# Countdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 1999, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414 "1999-12-22T05:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/41 "1999-12-29T20:30:00Z")
i remember being 6 years old and figuring out i would be 28 on january, 1st 2000. i was horrified at how OLD that sounded. after all, my elderly mother was 22. my mom insists on hitting me everytime i say that. i don’t know why * * * I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/42 "1999-12-29T23:11:00Z")
Test ran the big generator today and it works fine. The farm is ready. C’mon baby new year, ya’ little pansy, what ya’ got in those diapers ?! Actually I’m hoping the computer will crash. I’ve got hard copy and backup of what little business stuff I’ve got on it. At close to 3 years old I’m eyeing to replace it with a nicer model. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/43 "1999-12-29T23:15:00Z")
**2** days! yeeeehawwww!!! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/44 "1999-12-30T05:03:00Z")
Went to Meijer’s today. Needed bread & coffee. The bottled water is in the same aisle as the coffee. The gallon jugs of bottled water were gone. There was a bunch of the designer water, like Evian, and a few of the larger size jugs, but that was it. People are really tripping on the water thing. It’s still Wednesday, so…two more days! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/45 "1999-12-30T15:30:00Z")
**1** day, **13** hours, 30 minutes… See _Poetry Thread_ for my lyrical commentary on the new year & century. ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/46 "1999-12-30T15:47:00Z")
i’m pretty confident the banks and utilities will have everything under control. but i also expect a series of inconvienences for months. especially with the whole leap year confusion but, just to be safe, i have enough food water and stuff to last my family 2 weeks. but even if nothing does happen, it’s all stuff that i’ll use anyway. well, i wish you all a y2k compliant millennium in 37 hours and 25 minutes ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/47 "1999-12-31T06:36:00Z")
\*pluto: Since I’m still using the Julian calendar, January 1st was 5 days ago. Let me know how you Gregorians make out. \* You’ve got it backwards, Pluto. Today, December 30, would’ve been December 17 if we’d stayed on the Julian Calendar. Another wrench in the other direction: Since that monk “Dennis” was off by 2-8 years figuring out when AD started, we’ve been in the next century for as long as 7 years. * * * Everybody got to elevate from the norm - Rush ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/48 "1999-12-31T06:39:00Z")
\34 hours, 28 minutes, 40 seconds to go… * * * Everybody got to elevate from the norm - Rush ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/49 "1999-12-31T06:42:00Z")
That last message was: [list=1][li]based on Eastern Standard Time and the Bell Atlantic time lady.[/li][li]missing a \ [/list=1][/li] \\\OOPS!!\\\ * * * Everybody got to elevate from the norm - Rush ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/50 "1999-12-31T01:00:00Z")
**28** hours till… The end of the 1000s. The end of the century. The end of the decade. The end of the year. The end of the month. The end of the workweek. The end of the day. The end of the hour. The end of the minute. . . . (way cool) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/51 "1999-12-31T01:52:00Z")
Just got home from holiday travel… Pipes didn’t freeze & bust. Full tank of propane. Plenty o stored water. Woodstove & lots o wood. Bag o rice. Canned menudo. Battery operated boombox.3000 cds. All set… If y’all need to flee the Beast, head South, you’re most welcome. Especially Tenn Hipp! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/52 "1999-12-31T02:01:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Canned menudo. Boy am I glad _this_ happened. I never did like those boys. :::rimshot::: ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/53 "1999-12-31T03:23:00Z")
Unfortunately, MzCrist, one of ‘em is still livin’ LAVIDAMUYAFURYALOCA. Tripe is tripe. Canned hep’ that. The countdown continues… According to the Mayan calendar, the date of Big Change is December 22, 2012. So ya got a little time to stock up… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/54 "1999-12-31T04:32:00Z")
Twenty twenty twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated… * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/55 "1999-12-31T07:10:00Z")
Hey! It’s the last day of the century, and I’m still awake. I really didn’t think I’d still be ALIVE at this point. Hope all y’all have a great rollover into a … well, I’ll save it til tomorrow. Shit. I’m bad with waiting… HAPPY LAST DAY OF THE LAST 1000 YEARS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/56 "1999-12-31T14:16:00Z")
Well, it’s 2000 in some places already. I watched CNN for a little while this morning, and saw some fireworks in Sydney. I didn’t see any flaming death raining from the sky, no Grim Reapers, nothing particularly strange, except a weird lighted smiley face on a bridge in Sydney… ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/57 "1999-12-31T14:26:00Z")
Well I’ve seen it. Yesterday a telephone booth looking thing appeared in my yard. A guy with a long scarf (it seemed to have been dragged through the slimes of the universe) and some girl with a very English name took me to the new year for an hour. It was as mundane as this day. A bit cloudier. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/58 "1999-12-31T14:27:00Z")
Lest we all forget, it has been the year 2000 in several parts of the world for a couple of hours now. BTW, isn’t Guanolad from Down Under? If so, then Happy Millenium to you. ## BTW, it is now 14 hours and 45 minutes until Y2K for those living in the Eastern part of the US. Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/59 "1999-12-31T14:28:00Z")
## Except for the fact that apparently my computer clock is off by 12 minutes…ARGH!! Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/60 "1999-12-31T14:32:00Z")
Shadowfox, my computer clock is off by 12 minutes too. I’m not kidding. OMG IT’S THE END OF THE WOOOOORRRRLLLLDDD… Okay, that was a joke. But since you & I both live in Michigan, and both of our computer clocks are off by the same number of minutes, well, it is a little trippy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414.md?page=4)