Good evening and I remember 1999. No, I wasn't worried about Y2K either. What do you folks remember about the year? I remember the year as a good one
It's 1999: are you worried about Y2K?
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A lot of people thought it was a non event; working in IT @ the time, it was a non event where I worked because of the countless hours of scrutiny and numerous compliant upgrades that were performed.
Thanks for the info and your experiences Simple Gifts ;-)
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I remember hoping the juice at my job would go out so I'd get a few days off haha!
We beefed up our inventory of medical supplies on hand a month before Y2K, in case our vendors had any inventory problems or supply line problems to limit their production. We spent a good bit of money. There were no problems and we just burned through our inventory over the next few months.
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I worked at a construction supply company and a gas station while in HS, neither of which had very sophisticated invoicing and inventory systems, IIRC. I don't remember having any thoughts on the subject at all, except that it seemed like a popular thing to talk about. In other words, it was the latest, "could Y2k give your kids autism, poison your drinking water, or cause gas prices to go up!? Find out that and more at 10PM tonight!" newscast fodder.
So, it was a non-event for me.
So, it was a non-event for me.
I worked in TV (still do) and we had to patch the commercial server to accept "kill dates" beyond 12/31/99. Then we had to go through and manually change them all in their meta-data one by one. (The kill date automatically makes them disappear after they've run their course.)
If we missed some, a bunch, there would have been a metric ton of work. But there wasn't!
If we missed some, a bunch, there would have been a metric ton of work. But there wasn't!
I was 1.5 yrs out of HS, many of my friends were back in town for the holiday break.
I was working 3rds @ the time, and Corp decided to Close all the stores from like 9p-2a "just in case"(normally open 24/7 except for Christmas day) 3rd Shifter's still had to report as usual.
I called off and went to a friend's New Years party.
I was working 3rds @ the time, and Corp decided to Close all the stores from like 9p-2a "just in case"(normally open 24/7 except for Christmas day) 3rd Shifter's still had to report as usual.
I called off and went to a friend's New Years party.
'99 was a great year! I got married and bought my first house. I was too busy to worry about the Y2K hype.
Thank you for all the stories and memories guys
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No. I was punching holes in the ocean on a Submarine. I didn't have time.
My Neighbor was. He was a bat...Crazy! He asked aren't your worried about all of Russia's rusty equipment that could malfunction and launch Missiles? Umm no.
What about your cars! I don't buy cars with a computer. He had a 96 Subaru at the time.
Ah good times folks, good times!
My Neighbor was. He was a bat...Crazy! He asked aren't your worried about all of Russia's rusty equipment that could malfunction and launch Missiles? Umm no.
What about your cars! I don't buy cars with a computer. He had a 96 Subaru at the time.
Ah good times folks, good times!
I was not worried about it one bit.
It's still gonna happen man, they just got the year wrong. 2019 is the real end. I'm prepared for it though.
I wasn't particularly worried but I did prepare by purchasing an emergency genset and a "rook" style kerosene heater, among a few other things. When 0000 hit, it was certainly a non-event.
There was indeed much preparation by IT folks during 1999; I recall one fluke my mother had with respect to a notice she received, IIRC it was from her insurance company. It was sent on April 10th or thereabouts; she called the company and they didn't know why it happened but they also figured it had to do with Y2K preparation. It was, in fact, sent on the 100th day of 1999... maybe some old COBOL or FORTRAN workarounds caused it.
There was indeed much preparation by IT folks during 1999; I recall one fluke my mother had with respect to a notice she received, IIRC it was from her insurance company. It was sent on April 10th or thereabouts; she called the company and they didn't know why it happened but they also figured it had to do with Y2K preparation. It was, in fact, sent on the 100th day of 1999... maybe some old COBOL or FORTRAN workarounds caused it.
I worked as a consulting engineer in 1998-99, and we had quite a few clients in the public utility sector hire my firm to do a survey of their systems and infrastructure to assess Y2K vulnerabilities. It became quickly clear in the course of the first several projects that there was no concern whatsoever. IIRC, we made great margin on these projects.
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Still own the Honda generator I bought just in case..
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I kind of figured something would happen... Power out, some stores not able to transact, something. But y2k came and went, no issues, went back to college and life as usual.
My sister was a big wig in a fairly large bank and they had to buy a $15K generator "just in case". I have no idea if they still have the generator.
My BIL cashed in his 401K, all of his monetary possessions (several hundred thousand dollars worth), put it in his car, drove 600 miles to my house and "waited it out". He put it all back a few weeks later when he realized that the world was still turning and the sun still rose every day.
My wife, a computer programmer for a large company that you've all heard of, fixed code for several years before Y2K. It was a non-event for her company.
My BIL cashed in his 401K, all of his monetary possessions (several hundred thousand dollars worth), put it in his car, drove 600 miles to my house and "waited it out". He put it all back a few weeks later when he realized that the world was still turning and the sun still rose every day.
My wife, a computer programmer for a large company that you've all heard of, fixed code for several years before Y2K. It was a non-event for her company.
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