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From: "Margie Phelps" <>
Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] Y2K hoax
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:29:46 -0600


So, bottom line..... will it hurt to change it to mm/dd/yy?
Margie
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Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 5:33 AM
Subject: [VACULPEP] Y2K hoax


> Zinger! I fell for it, despite having sent warnings of hoaxes myself in
> the past. (They usually give themselves away by telling you to pass the
> message along.) I didn't see this one in the hoax/chain letter/urban
> legends sites in my file. At least it isn't harmful.
> A helpful person sent the URL below.
> --------
> On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 04:34:55 EST writes:
> > In a message dated 99-12-13 03:34:25 EST, writes:
> >
> > << but you'll be surprised that Windows may still crash unless you do
> the simple exercise below. >>
> >
> > This is actually a hoax. That particular time is for display purposes
> only. To read about this hoax go to: <A
> HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/y2k/hoax/y2khoax.htm">Y2K Hoax</A>
> >
> > Actual URL is: http://www.microsoft.com/y2k/hoax/y2khoax.htm
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill
>
>
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