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Date: | Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:10:32 -0700 |
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Question:
What time will these count down clocks display on Jan. 2, 2000; say at 9:00am?
John Clogg wrote:
> I fear the day will come when everyone on the planet will stay at home in
> bed with the covers pulled over their heads for fear they will offend some
> over-sensitive idiot if they dare to emerge. The first to succumb to this
> paralysis will be the people who set policy for government agencies.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 2:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: Post Office Clocks
>
> Gentle HP 3000 List Members,
>
> A few weeks ago, I recounted the story of the man pointing out the countdown
> clock at the post office as being an hour off. I explained about daylight
> saving time. He left in a huff. Well I was at the post office today and
> noticed the countdown clock was missing. So I asked the teller about it.
> She
> explained to me that all the clocks had been removed in all the post
> offices.
> It seems people were complaining about the doomsday aspect of the
> countdown!
> They removed the countdown clocks AND the regular clocks. Go figure.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
> HICOMP
> (800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 355-6879
> denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
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