Y2K Blues

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

FORWARDING
>
>
>With the impending Year 2000 crisis around the corner,
>I penned this little blues tune. 
>
>I hope you like and share it.  Your feed back is greatly 
>appreciated.
>
>
>...............................................................
>
>Y2K Blues 
>
>Woke up dis morning
>my achin' head was spinnin' roun',
>Got so many legacy programs
>I jus' know we gonna drown
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>Some wheres in middle fifties,
>best as I can recall,
>We started coding thousands of 
>lines of Assembler and Cobol
>   
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>We kept on a codin' 
>braggin' about how many KLOC's,
>We punched up those cards 
>and kept feeding that Big Blue box
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>Generatin' blue bar paper
>in ceiling high mounds,
>We drank our coffee in gallons 
>and ate doughnuts by the pound
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>Twas the days of vacuum tubes
>and hard wired boards,
>We made anyone a programmer
>and hired 'em in hordes 
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>Thought we were smart, 
>tried to save those two little bytes,
>And now it's back to haunt us
>causin' all these sleepless nights
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>And now this devil's upon us
>meaner than an rabid junk yard dog,
>Leaving stressed out system managers
>confused and in a fog
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>An' if that weren't all
>and even bad 'nough,
>We got thousands of contractors 
>tellin' us they really know their stuff
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>We're spending cash dollars
>by the buckets and truckload,
>But we even ain't got one 
>system out of user test mode
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>Can't see no easy solution
>the flames are getting higher,
>Before the last day of '99
>you can bet I'm gonna retire
>
>     I gotta real bad feelin'
>     ain't nothin' can help us now
>
>Lord Have Mercy!
>
> Author: Mike Gutierrez
>  Alias: Southside Slim
>  Email: mgutierr@hwdcmail.cahwnet.gov
>   Date: 97/12/17
>
>         You may distribute this tale of
>         woe and misery as long as you 
>         leave the credits intact.
>
>................................................................
>
>
>
>
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