RootsAir From Costa Rica, joined Feb 2005, 4179 posts, RR: 45 Posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1528 times:
Its incredible how time flies....year 2000 is 5 years behind. I remeber back in 1995 when I thought 5 years was an awful long time to wait before Y2k
I thought it would be nice to share our experience of that event.
I was in the middle of Geneva where a huge public party was organised. There were around 300 000 people .I remeber the giant sandclock being turned around during the countdown.With my friends,we then went to different parts of the city where all sorts of activities and concerts were taking place. I had lots of fun and I'll remember that night for a very long time !!!
A man without the knowledge of his past history,culture and origins is like a tree without roots
ACDC8 From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 7598 posts, RR: 40 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1524 times:
I was in my bomb shelter, with 5 years worth of preserved food waiting for the world to end.
Seriously though, I was at home with some friends, that's about it. The funny thing about the year 2000 was during the first week of January, were the line ups outside the hardware stores, because everyone was trying to return the generators and emergency equipment they bought and get their money back. Me and some friends went around and laughed at them all!
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1544 times:
A buddy and I were in Spain from 25th December 1999 till 3rd January 2000 (a small town near Alicante) because we could use his parent's house there.
On New Years Eve we had a very nice dinner in a Spanish restaurant, later we went to a bar owned by a Dutch guy. I don't remember much from that night because I drunk way too much Heineken and smoked way too much weed .
UN_B732 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 4286 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1484 times:
I stood on Red Square in Moscow to be pushed by a bunch of people and then having chapagne popped in my face. Then walking as part of a large crowd down Ohotniy Ryad towards our apartment.
Alcregular From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1477 times:
The one thing I wanted to do when I lived in Spain, was to be on Levante Beach in Benidorm at the massive party and fireworks display, but I'd been in resort since April, and the bastards at JMC decided to send me home on the 30th December, so I ended up staying at home with no plans all by myself, with my brother and his ex snogging right in front of me. I was not a happy bunny, but nevermind, I got over it (with a bottle of vodka, lol)
Msllsmith From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 396 posts, RR: 10 Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1472 times:
The flight attendant on an empty, save for a FAA inspector, regional on our way back from some god forsaken place in upstate NY...... that's when the ball dropped in NY...... the real drop at UTC was a full flight of gamblers, thanking their lucky stars they weren't in the air at midnight..... funny, they didn't realize that 'Aviation 2000' had begun 5 hours earlier. New Year's to me is so relative.
There's nothing more beautiful than flying into the dawn.
Biggles From Canada, joined Dec 2004, 459 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1464 times:
I was on a beach resort in The Maldives with a beautiful Thai girl . I was working for Air Maldives at the time,and she was training the F/A's . We were both lonely people far away from home on a beautiful island in a beautiful country on a beautiful night. Probably one of the best nights of my life.The next few months weren't too bad either .I really didn't want to come home.
The Maldives were magical.
Delta767300ER From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2559 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1462 times:
I was with my family and friends at a party here in Orlando. I will forever always remember that moment for the rest of my life.
Air2gxs From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1459 times:
I was the riding battalion chief for the fire department that night. Made one run the whole night. Some fool was running a gasoline powered circular saw in his basement a little after midnight. Overcome by the fumes.
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4682 posts, RR: 23 Reply 15, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1443 times:
I spent the night in bed with a very good partner.
UPs707 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 354 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1434 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 5): A buddy and I were in Spain from 25th December 1999 till 3rd January 2000 (a small town near Alicante) because we could use his parent's house there
Hey Sabena,
Where were you. we used to have an apartment in Calpe and loved it down there. We would go 4-5 times/year when we were living in the UK, but sold the place when we moved back to the US.
As for my Y2k New Years, I got to work. I was working IT for a major Health Insurance company at the time, so we had to sit and make sure the systems didn't go nuts at Midnight. Of course nothing happened and the night was a waste for us.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 19, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1406 times:
If you mean 1999-2000 then At the Airport Working & hoping Our Aircraft would not have any Y2K problems.
There was no flying Aircraft Around.
If your talking 2000-2001....Partying.
regds
MEL
9V-SPF From Germany, joined Sep 2001, 1375 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1405 times:
I celebrated new years eve at the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden and spent the whole night with a very nice girl. It was cold like hell but it was a great night though...
Allstarflyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1399 times:
I think we played cards all night. But to be safe (I didn't know better), I bought a big kerosene heater - I was listening to Y2K hype, so I got a heater that could be returned w/o a problem were the whole thing a hoax (as it was).
Where were you. we used to have an apartment in Calpe and loved it down there. We would go 4-5 times/year when we were living in the UK, but sold the place when we moved back to the US.
We were in Altea. I remember Calpe, we were there on New Years day to eat Spanish ham, the president of the local carnival club invited us when we met him a few days earlier in some bar (unfortunately I can not remember his name, he was a black guy from some Caribbean island but his German was excellent).
I really like this area of Spain and enjoyed the time there very much. We also had incredible luck with the weather, perfect to make daytrips with our rental car.
Alcregular From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1389 times:
Sabena332,
I love Altea, its so picturesque. I used to visit the market every Tuesday, then onto a Bodega, a typical British excursion, but I loved being in Altea. If I moved back, I would live there.
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 24, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1380 times:
Quoting ACDC8 (Reply 2): I was in my bomb shelter, with 5 years worth of preserved food waiting for the world to end.
You too? Did you bring adequate stocks of ammo for the armory, seed for the crops, and chlorine to purify the contaminated water? If not we had you beat.
Quoting ANCFlyer (Reply 7): Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean in a C-130 heading West from the Azores to the States
Now, that was a pleasure flight.
Is my Pan Am ticket to the moon still good?
25 Allstarflyer: Lucky stiff - I've always wanted to go to the Azores. -R
26 Clrd2go: Not much..was on call for work..watched Donny Brasco with my wife and was in bed shortly after midnight..had to be at work at 6AM in case anything wen
27 AJBUS300: definetly nothing glamorous here......we were all in the panic room at my parent's house....just in case the world ended....LOL Oh and of course we ha
28 Seb146: I lived in Seattle at the time. Some people with connections to terrorist groups tried to smuggle bombs across the ferry from Victoria BC so almost al
29 Kieron747: Hi, Thanks to my unstable ex-girlfriend and her healthy fear of the millennium bug, my new years eve was spent in my locked student room, surrounded b
30 Redngold: I was at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, courtesy of tickets given to my family by my aunt. I half-bought into the Y2K thing. At the time I was suffe
31 BMIFlyer: I was on my way back from MAN working a nearly empty train Lee
32 Dtwclipper: I cooked for 12, here's the menu: Terrine de Lapine aux Noisettes Caviar Beluga avec accoutrêments Consommé aux Moulles Simi Reserve Chardonnay, Cal
33 TWFirst: At a bar in Times Square, NYC with my best friend, his wife, and her best friend.
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