Did Reg's specs on the rail gauge prompt me to send this? There did he ever get that info? Harry Bassler harryb@bellatlantci. -----Original Message----- From: Earl Spangenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 10:36 AM Subject: Y2K >HARRY, > ... and we think we're facing changes... Earl > >>>>>Message from: Rome >>>>>>January 18, 1 B.C. >>>>>> >>>>>>Dear Cassius, >>>>>> >>>>>>Are you still working on the Y zero K problem? This change >>>>>>from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven't >>>>>>much time left. I don't know how people will cope with working >>>>>>the wrong way around. Having been working happily downwards >>>>>>forever, now we have to start thinking upwards. You would think >>>>>>that someone would have thought of it earlier and not left it >>>>>>to us to sort out at the last minute. >>>>>> >>>>>>I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Julius >>>>>>hadn't done something about it when he was sorting out the >>>>>>calendar. He said he could see why Brutus turned nasty. >>>>>>We called in the consulting astrologers, but they simply said >>>>>>that continuing downwards using minus BC won't work. As usual, >>>>>>the consultants charged a fortune for doing nothing useful. >>>>>>As for myself, I just can't see the sand in an hourglass >>>>>>flowing upwards. >>>>>> >>>>>>We have heard that there are 3 wise guys in the east working >>>>>>on the problem, but unfortunately they won't arrive till it's >>>>>>all over. Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment >>>>>>of transition. Anyway we are continuing to work on this blasted >>>>>>Y zero K problem and I will send you a parchment if anything >>>>>>further develops. >>>>>> >>>>>>Plutonius. >>>>>> > > - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
