Remember the Millenium Celebrations?
By Val
@valmnz (17097)
New Zealand
January 1, 2020 1:33pm CST
The year 2000 seems so long ago and I can't help wondering what all the fuss was about. The computer world especially got people worked up with their scare mongering about computers crashing.
However, I do remember how determined I was to celebrate the occasion in style. My father was born in 1907 and always lamented the fact that he was born too late to see one century change and too soon to be still around for the next.
Centuries are more meaningful to me than milleniums. Now here we are already one fifth of the way through the next century. I like the sound of the 2020 date, it's nice and rounded.
The image above is a postcard I own of the Millenium celebrations 2000 - 2001. I wonder if by the end of this century people will still be sending postcards through the mail? I very much doubt such a thing will happen when the next millenium occurs.
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@xFiacre (13181)
• Ireland
1 Jan 20
@valmnz My youngest was born in 2001 which makes me feel very young indeed. And no, she wasn't the result of us getting carried away celebrating the start of a new century! Actually I have a very active friend who was born at the start of WW1 and she still sings in the church choir! She has been alive now during 12 decades.
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@LadyDuck (472124)
• Switzerland
2 Jan 20
I remember when we went from 1999 to 2000, just because my mother, my brother and my niece stayed with us and we waited for midnight. My grandmother was born in 1891, so she had seen the change of the century, I am glad I have also seen one.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
2 Jan 20
Oh I was a young and single during those times. I was just a few years old from my college graduation and just got a jobe back home. I think that during the New Year we went into a large stadium to watch a fireworks display back then. It was fun and enjoyed my single blessedness since a year after that I got married already.
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@LeaPea2417 (37384)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2 Jan 20
I remember the Y2K scare very well.
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@wolfgirl569 (108380)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Jan 20
That was a fun year. 1999 is the year I got married. But we didnt try to do it at midnight on the 31rst like I heard of many doing.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
2 Jan 20
i recall such, 'twas a nightmare. i'd like to slap whome'er got that rumor started. caused lots 'f troubles where i worked 't the time.
aw, bless yer dad! yes ma'am, nice'n round number. wonder how long 'tis gonna take me to get the year correct'n documents? lol
i reckon post cards 'll still be 'round. 't least i hope so. i really need to get better 'bout sendin' letters, notes 'n postcards. i'm such a cad these days.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jan 20
I remember how the world was going to crash.
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@xstitcher (32735)
• Petaluma, California
1 Jan 20
LOL--I was at my friend's house that new year's eve, and when the ball dropped the first thing we did was run to his room and check his computer--which of course, still worked. 
They sure got everyone worked up.
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@JESSY3236 (20039)
• United States
6 Jan 20
I remember the 2000 scare. I was in New Jersey visiting my boyfriend when it happened.
@NJChicaa (120205)
• United States
1 Jan 20
I'll never forget the Y2K night. My parents had a big party at the house and I went out to a club with friends. When I got back home totally hammered I walked into the kitchen and found loads of leftovers sitting out on the counter and stove. . . including veal topped with crabmeat and a whole bowl of whipped cream. I chowed down! I think I need to write a post about that now.
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