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From: Phredd <phredd@exis.net>
Subject:HAPPY2K!
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 02:47:07 -0500



        Miataphyles:

        Well, it's New Year's Eve. I thought I'd check in to see what's 
going on and say "Howdy."

        'Been off the list for about 6 months owing to the extremely 
disagreeable circumstance of going back to work. For wages. Daily 
commute. Dilbert cube. The whole enchilada. For anyone interested, live 
TV sux, IMHO.

        Not much else happened during the last half of the last annum of 
the last decade of the last century this last millennium. [Yeah, I know 
that's all been debated ad nauseum but I'll have to confess that I don't 
give a damn one way or the other.] The few landmarks during the period, 
however, include:  My bride's recent purchase of a new couch, Mr.Redd's 
turning 50, and some snotnose's keying of his larboard flank.

        So, as you can tell from this message's time stamp, I'm just 
sitting around waiting out the last few moments before Y2K [Don'tcha hope 
you'll never hear that acronym again?] kicks over. 

        I expect many of you prudent peecee drivers have shut down your 
machines, wrapped them in aluminum foil, put 
'em in doubled-up Handibags, and buried them in your back yards to keep 
them safe until after the riots subside but I, being a visionary [Apple 
may not have done everything right but, at least, they knew the century 
was going to end], purchased a Macintosh early on and don't have to worry 
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