What did you do on December 31 1999?

[SailorMars1994]

I am curious as to what y'all did on the millenium! Apprently, the world was suppose to crash and die and burn (computers,y2k).. good thing it didnt as I would have only be 5 at the time xD

But what did you all do? I remember it actually rather well for some reason given my age. Me, my dad, his friend (who became my uncle later who i have lost contact with for a number of years) and his friends roomate walked from dads friends house down a long road that took us to downtown and to Victoria British Columbia's inner harbour. I recall watching the fire works kick off and seeing stupid people getting arrested for doing stupid things lol. Apprently according to my dad I was being interview either by a newpaper person or a TV station about all this going on but I was cranky and tired lol. Well, thats how i rang in the new millenium. How about you?

[Amanda_Combs]

I remember not believing Y2K was going to be an issue; but I really hoped the end was coming...
I was about to turn 10, and my depression had just started. 

[Rayna]

I owned an Internet Service Provider (ISP), providing web sites, email and Internet connectivity to users around the world.  Although we didn't really expect anything to go wrong, I spent the evening at the office, hitting <refresh> on my web browser to make sure everything kept working.  Of course it did -- rather anticlimactic and a pretty dull way to ring in the millenium.  By so doing, I made sure that my employees could go out and drink and carouse.  I guess that was my social contribution.

[Thessa]

I was celebrating with a bunch of friends and I got massively drunk. My GF and mother of my first daughter just left me two months before that.

[Dena]

I was pretty sure nothing would happen but I pulled out a little extra cash should the banks need an extra week or two in order to track down a bug. Other than that, I did exactly what I normally did on December 31. I was at a trap shoot in the motorhome vending with my roommate and shooting competition. Pretty much everything I had with me was old school other than my laptop and my cell phone. I wasn't worried about either of them failing.

Other than that, it was cold and we were exhausted so we turned in early and slept through the new year.

[RavenMoon]

The new millennium started in 2001! This is because there was no year zero. (Just as the decade of the 70s started in 1971 to 1980).

I don't remember exactly what I was doing. Lived with a girl named Ann Marie back then. She was six feet tall. lol.




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[VeronicaLynn]

Went to a bar where they played a certain song by Prince just before midnight and did just what the song lyrics said, so I don't remember too much else.

[Colleen_definitely]

I had just gotten stationed at Fort Stewart and went up to Savannah, Georgia with a friend from basic training to go party and watch the world burn down.

The night ended awkwardly at this "really great party" that ended up just being about 15 college kids whacked out of their minds on ecstasy rubbing on everything including us, who were not on ecstasy.  At about 1AM we decided that if anything really neat was going to happen in the apocalyptic sense it would have done so by then so we drove back home.

[LizK]

My entire Family flew to Australia to have 2000 with me and my wife...we had a party and fireworks and I don't actually remember much about it but I did end up in hospital with an attack of Pancreatitis. It was my last year as a drunk...8 months later I was in hospital fighting for my life. I had a computer business and really didn't think much if anything would happen as most people with any sense took some simple precautions.

Liz

[David1987]

I was recording the news all day since my mom wanted me to document how the celebrations were all across the world. It was also the first time I had drank a whole can of beer myself and I dropped a drawer on my foot. Quite uneventful really.

[CoriM]

I was working in software support, so I knew the real problem wouldn't begin for another year. Just the same I spent the night at home with the family watching bad sitcoms.

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[Kylo]

I was bar tending for triple pay.

[Dani]

I was working the evening shift at a VA Hospital. Nothing happened to the hospital computer program. Some off line programs that only used 2 digits for the year, did get a little confused. The programs placed 00 before 99. Really inconsequential.

[SailorMars1994]

I was bar tending for triple pay.

Ooooh i would have taken that offer!

[SailorMars1994]

I was working the evening shift at a VA Hospital. Nothing happened to the hospital computer program. Some off line programs that only used 2 digits for the year, did get a little confused. The programs placed 00 before 99. Really inconsequential.

That sounds like a buzz kill

[KathyLauren]

I was quitting my job, so I was at the dentist on the last day of my dental coverage to have a crown installed.  My resignation on 31 Dec 1999 caused some consternation among my co-workers, since I was the guy responsible for verifying that all our software was ready for "Y2K".  I had to assure tham that I hadn't bought a plane ticket to Rio de Janeiro, and that the software really was fine.

A year later, I was back working for them as a consultant.  We had more Y2K problems in 2001 than we did in 2000.  The date 00/01/02 is unambiguous: the 00 can only be the year, so the format has to be yy/mm/dd, since yy/dd/mm is never used anywhere in the world.  However, 03/02/01 could be 3rd Feb 2001 (European format), 2nd Mar 2001 (American format), or 1st Feb 2003 (International format).  We got bitten by that one.

[SailorMars1994]

I was quitting my job, so I was at the dentist on the last day of my dental coverage to have a crown installed.  My resignation on 31 Dec 1999 caused some consternation among my co-workers, since I was the guy responsible for verifying that all our software was ready for "Y2K".  I had to assure tham that I hadn't bought a plane ticket to Rio de Janeiro, and that the software really was fine.

BAHAHAA, look at you getting everyone paranoid

[CoriM]

I was working in software support, so I knew the real problem wouldn't begin for another year. Just the same I spent the night at home with the family watching bad sitcoms.

I was just informed by my darling wife that I have a terrible memory and ought to be ashamed. I have reviewed the pertinent facts and found indeed, that I am mistaken. I apologize to any who were adversely affected by my errors.

The truth is we rented "Trekkies" and then went to see "Galaxy Quest" in the theater that afternoon. I cannot recall having laughed so hard at a pair of movies, when one so clearly represented the other. (or misrepresented?)(no)

[Denise]

At work.  I was responsible for my company's web sites.

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[Devlyn]

I threw away my 1999 calendar.