This message is from: "Poirier, Jeanne L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jodie, What you wrote is VERY true! I work in the 'high tech' industry, and knowing what we know about the computer world, we believe the sun will come up 01-Jan-00 just like any other day. My folks, (mid 60's), are terrified about this day coming. They've even started buying extra food, storing water and... get this... even making plans to have all of their money in cash, at home, when 01-Jan-00 hits!! They even believe that at midnight on December 31, 1999, all planes in the air will just drop from the sky !!!! Can you believe this ?!?! I've tried to talk to them about this, but... somewhere, somehow they are scared to death. And, unlike your Mom, they don't own a Fjord :-( Now, THATS sad. Jeanne in Berthoud Colorado - watching Hanne's coat grow thicker and thicker !! > ---------- > From: Jodie Gilmore[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 12:10 PM > To: Fjord Horse List > Subject: Re: Y2K > > This message is from: Jodie Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I agree with Steve on the Y2K "problem". I'm a technical writer, and have > worked in the software industry for over 10 years. I find that the > majority of the people (like my mom) who are "scared" by the Y2K thing > (which the media has blown out of proportion due to nothing else > interesting to talk about) are people who do NOT make their living by > computers--they are scared of computers, so they are also scared of > problems with computers. > > My take on it is this--it's not only the *consumers* who will be affected > by Y2K glitches in programs. The business *owners* will be too, so it is > beneficial to their bottom line to smooth out most problems beforehand, > and they will do so. There will be places in the programs that didn't get > fixed/caught, but I do not think any of the bank, satellite, financial > guru, etc. type businesses want to lose money, and they will do what is > necessary to keep from doing that. > > Better off worrying about the polar ice caps melting (another of my Mom's > favorite topics...) But she *does* own two Fjords, so she can't be all > bad! :) :) :) > > --- > Jodie Gilmore > Freelance Technical Writer > Washougal, WA > > >
