At 08:01 PM 6/4/98 +0000, you wrote:
>On 4 Jun 98 at 8:56, Roger Ivie wrote:
>
>> >>From the yk2 Newsletter <http://www.y2knews.com/>:
>> >
>> >"The federal government is in dire need of technical resources to fix the
>> >Year 2000 problem-so dire, in fact, that there is speculation about a
>> >possible draft of Cobol programmers."
>>
>> What, we don't have time to fix the Y2K problem but we _do_ have time to
>> build a whole new bureaucracy to mobilize the nation? Of course, the new
>> draft agency would have to be Y2K compliant so they can track down and
>> punish draft dodgers...
>>
>> I guess it wouldn't do any good to skip off to Canada because _they'd_
>> probably draft you, too.
>>
>> Roger Ivie
>> ivie_at_cc.usu.edu
>>
>No way ! In ww1 a government got booted for trying that and even in
>WW11 they didn't dare institute a full draft. Mind you we do have Corel
>and a few others wwho haven't moved south yet.
>
> "Give us your tired,your poor, your huddled masses etc." that the US
>rejects. We'll take anybody. All that empty space y'know. Unfortunately
>because of the cold and the black flies and mosquitos we huddle for the
>most part on a thin strip along the US border.
>
>ciao larry
>lwalker_at_interlog.com
>
>
Don't forget the 18 wheelers colliding with the polar bears on Highway 401!
Cheers
Charlie Fox
Received on Fri Jun 05 1998 - 08:07:27 BST