You'll remember that all computers would implode on 1/1/2000
And that would be the smouldering end of the world as we enjoyed it. Who'd have thought to teach a database the difference between 1999 and 2000? They'd not work it out by themselves.

I was in Eugene,Oregon in February 1999 and rather against my will found myself in lengthy strategic discussions with a gentleman who really believed this was going to be the endgame.

He had it all planned out. He had the supplies and the guns and the bullets and as the beers carried on he told me what he'd need to do to survive. It involved the guns, the bullets and the violent demise of his immediate neighbours. Also anyone who had survived the implosion he clearly envisaged for Portland. The most alarming thing was that he not only believed that this WOULD be the end, but that he'd planned out his survival strategy in obsessive detail.

I wonder what he thought on January 2nd 2000.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 17 Jun 2012, 19:07, 3 replies)

I like the story of the Chinese state airline
...the Big Bosses of the airline, in particular those who were in charge of Millennium Bug fixing work, were told by the government that at 00:00:00 on 01/01/2000 they would all be flying at 30,000ft on one of their aircraft.

Now THAT's an incentive scheme...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 18 Jun 2012, 11:07, closed)

at 23:59 on the 31st December 1999...
He killed himself. He couldn't bear the tension.
( Muns, Mon 18 Jun 2012, 11:28, closed)

Nothing on the net ever goes away
Googling around for some information on kerosene powered refrigerators several years ago I found an old net forum where the 2000 doomtards discussed their preparations for 31 December 1999. Most of it centered around the range and accuracy of various rifles.

Barking mad gun nuts, most of them.
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 14:23, closed)