Re: OT: 9/9/1999 - the day after
From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
> From: "Glenn & Barbara Fowler" <sheep@digital.net>
>
> Thank you for your info.
> Please delete me from iris-talk@onelist.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> To: <iris-talk@onelist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: 9/9/1999 - the day after
>
>
> > From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> >
> > From: heather & bernard pryor <irishaven@pip.com.au>
> > Life down here is still the same on the 10th! Planes still in the sky,
> > traffic lights still operating, electricity and water still running, sun
> > still in the sky and my American Express bill arrived today and all was
in
> > order! Yup, everything is calm on the south-western front......
> >
> > Heather,
> >
> > Actually, the scare stories about 9/9/99 were mostly myth. Computer code
> > for this date is 090999 - no four nines in a row to put an end to life
as
> > we know it. Glad to hear you made it through the danger zone with flying
> > colors, though. With five-and-a-half hours yet to go, I am assuming we
> will
> > pull through, too.
> >
> > BTW, since east and west begin at Greenwich outside London, your
location
> > actually represents the south-eastern front, unless the Kiwis wish to
> claim
> > sole possession of the front lines. (-:
> >
> > Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
> > jcwalters@bridgernet.com
> > Where I planted my first ever LA iris yesterday - probably a lot riskier
> > proposition than today's date!
As a little humor this morning on the Today Show, Willard Scott said that
only German computers will be affected by 09-09-99 date! So far I have
found that to be true!
Glenn
Glenn & Linda Simmons
Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Zone 6
g*@swbell.net
or
G*@netscape.net
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