Sure enough, at 12:00 A.M. on January 1, nothing happened (as I quickly reassured family members back home on a fully functioning telephone). The Y2K reprogrammers, like the elephant-repellent salesman, took credit for averting disaster, but many countries and small businesses had taken their chances without any Y2K preparation, and they had no problems either.
This was the first "I told you so" in my marriage. My husband wanted an apocalyptic scenario. I was the rational one.
My 2nd was Jan. 1, 2013.
