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OT: Remember when

bluesun
bluesun
a few years before Y2K was coming up and everyone was panicking? And that people thought the end of the world was coming? Did you or any family member panic too and have to prepare for it? I guess this is one of those things that would make you look back and laugh your @ss off at! Just curious, if you can remember it, what were you / they afraid of and what did you / they stock up on?

I remember my mom getting ready for it back in 98. She started stalking up on canned goods, bottled water, candles, matches, and whatever else she thought was necessary. My brothers and I thought she had gone mad! LOL
One of my next door neighbors stocked up on ammo!! He said that there was gonna be an uproar and people would starve and try to break in to your house looking for food!! ROLMAO
deleted_user
deleted_user
lol I remember I was living with my parents at the time.. they said dont go on line. there was suppose to be a big virus or something that hit at midnight
deleted_user
deleted_user
Blue, I do remember all of that. Some people are doing the same thing now because they claim the end of the world is coming. I suppose it's always going to be something!
PeaceN2You
PeaceN2You
All I did to "prepare" was test all the computers in my office to make sure they were Y2K compliant. All of the rest of it was just stupid.

I was reading something last night about environmentalists in 1970 saying most of the world would be in famine by 1975. And millions of people were going to die of air pollution. And by 1995 the world as we know it would be over, and 75% of the animals would be extinct.

Now I just sit back and watch and shake my head. I don't even stock up on toilet paper when it's going to snow. It's just funny to watch.
deleted_user
deleted_user
LOL MY PARENTS ARE THE KIND TO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW SO WE SAT AT THEIR HOUSE (NEW YEARS EVE IS ALSO MY BDAY) AND WE PLAYED POKER WATCHING THE BALL DROP AROUND THE WORLD. WE KINDA HAD THE "YA CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IF IT HAPPENDS" ATTITUDE.. i HAVE TO SAY I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS THO....
CarrieinSK
CarrieinSK
My hubby was playing bass in a country band that night. I owned a computer store and told ALL my customers that I was going out to party and NOT to phone me! LOL I said I'd fix any and everything on MONDAY morning! I knew the computers wouldn't blow up or anything and could wait. I got pretty hammered and had a great time dancing the night away!
Dixe4me
Dixe4me
Oh goodness that is funny, but you know she probably had a real reason for how she felt.
PeaceN2You
PeaceN2You
Does anybody remember the movie "End of Days" with Arnold Schwarzenegger? The "end of days" was supposedly going to happen at midnight on December 31, 1999. We were sitting there watching it when my husband said "So...God goes by Eastern Standard Time?" LOL

Most of the predictions are just about that stupid when you take a close look, but they're fun to watch anyway.
bluesun
bluesun
I do remember that movie! Pretty funny! I like your husband's comment about the standard eastern time! LOL Gosh!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was in Auckland, New Zealand when the century came in. I remember all of the hustle and bustle at the grocery stores, gas stations etc. happening on the news. I am so glad that nothing happened. Now the psychics are predicting that the world will end in 2012.
bluesun
bluesun
not only the psychics but the Mayans, too! Oh boy, in a few years the madness will start all over again! LOL
deleted_user
deleted_user
I remember my mother in law insisting that I should stock up on bottled water and cans. She had the whole thing happening at her house. Me - I just couldn't be bothered. I wasn't worried. I guess that if the end of the world really does come then I'll just have to be unprepared!