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Reeling in the Noughties: 2000

WindSock · 2010-02-04 13:50:00

As per the sticky: Here is the first thread for our version of reeling in the years. 2000, the first year of the noughties and the new millenium. What do you remember about this year?

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As per the sticky: Here is the first thread for our version of reeling in the years.

2000, the first year of the noughties and the new millenium. What do you remember about this year?

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#2 04-02-2010 3:31pm

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January - Dr Harold Shipman is found guilty of murdering 15 patients, although there were more than 250 deaths that may have been ascribed to him.

About 80% of his victims were women. His youngest victim was Peter Lewis , a 41-year-old man

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#5 04-02-2010 4:39pm

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What was that about?

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'Hanging chads' - The 2000 Presidential Election when Gore got hornswaggled by the snheaky Bush!

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The last remaining Pyrenean Ibex gets killed by a falling tree

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Ahh lads...yee really must be at a loose end!!!

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The Millennium Tree that was planted by the government on our behalf....or was it?!

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The first ever Big Brother, the best one ever!

And the awful Kursk submarine disaster - yet Nasty nick of big Brother's sneaky tactics made front page headlines in the papers while this tragedy was shifted to the inner pages!

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lord lucan wrote: »

What's this?

My name is URL wrote: »

The last remaining Pyrenean Ibex gets killed by a falling tree

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/last-pyrenean-ibex-killed-by-tree-727009.html

Tragic!

I cut the tree, Wiley coyote style-y.

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#14 04-02-2010 7:46pm

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The-Rigger wrote: »

What's this?

I cut the tree, Wiley coyote style-y.

the millennium candle, every house in the country got one.

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Sonia O'Sullivan's silver medal at the Sydney Olympics.

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#16 04-02-2010 8:12pm

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ballsymchugh wrote: »

the millennium candle, every house in the country got one.

Yep and i've still got mine,hoping to flog it on eBay when i'm 65 and help my retirement fund.:p:p

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lord lucan wrote: »

Yep and i've still got mine,hoping to flog it on eBay when i'm 65 and help my retirement fund.:p:p

Along with your iodine tablets?

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wobblyknees wrote: »

Along with your iodine tablets?

I threw them out,they were out of date!:p

(That's true btw.)

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lord lucan wrote: »

I threw them out,they were out of date!:p

(That's true btw.)

MOST. SUCCESSFUL. GOVERNMENT. CAMPAIN. EVER!

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wobblyknees wrote: »

MOST. SUCCESSFUL. GOVERNMENT. CAMPAIN. EVER!

I still have the leaflet somewhere,"Planning for a National Emergency" or something like that.:)

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Sinking of the Kursk.

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USS Cole is attacked.

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#25 04-02-2010 8:33pm

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lord lucan wrote: »

Doesn't seem that long ago.

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lord lucan wrote: »

I still have the leaflet somewhere,"Planning for a National Emergency" or something like that.:)

The hilarious thing about it was they didn't send enough tablets to each house. For example, I was sharing a house with 6/8 people at the time and I think we had 4 posted through the door.

I got a fair bit of mileage after having a few pretending to knock next door for spare tablets due to an impending nuclear attack.

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wobblyknees wrote: »

Doesn't seem that long ago.

And a new court case against Continental Airlines and 5 employees only opened up this week in relation to the Concorde crash.

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lord lucan wrote: »

NAPSTER! Forgotten about that.

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#29 04-02-2010 10:01pm

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WindSock wrote: »

As per the sticky: Here is the first thread for our version of reeling in the years.

2000, the first year of the noughties and the new millenium. What do you remember about this year?

I'm enjoying this thread.

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#30 04-02-2010 10:08pm

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The-Rigger wrote: »

I'm enjoying this thread.

Ah, the 2012 of the millenium...

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But this time it's for REALZIES kelle :-o

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I won't be selling my worldly possessions and going on my luxury round-the-world trip, or telling my boss to f-off the day before, though - just in case!
And what will they come up with when/if that day passes!

Something else from 2000
http://no-retro.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/5110.jpg

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lord lucan wrote: »

Oh yeah, I forgot leather was in that year...

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Found some Ads

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I didn't realise the car ad was that old.

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Before proceeding, I'd just like to point out that I am making this post of my own free will and volition.

After months of speculation and spending in the billions no significant Y2K bugs occur in any critical systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu67yo-3jfw

On January 26th, rap-metal band, Rage Against the Machine play in front of Wall Street, forcing it to close early.

The NASDAQ index, which tracks technology stocks, peaks in March, the high watermark of what became known as the Dotcom bubble.

Rage break up in October of that year.

The two incidents are not necessarily related.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWH2s6CuFg

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Maybe i'm a bit sad but i still found that Budweiser ad hilarious.:o

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Millennium slime clock.

Someone mentioned that it should have been retained as an national debt counter, it would certainly need a few more digits added to it.

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A Clockwork Orange. Banned in Ireland from 1971-2000

U2 Beautiful Day

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Fashion (Who can forget the electric belt?)

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Madonna becomes British, innit?

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I went there.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbvGV1rrW8

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U2 play on the top of the Clarence. I remember the look on the tourist's faces aboard an open-top bus. Was class.

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U2 play on the top of the Clarence. I remember the look on the tourist's faces aboard an open-top bus. Was class.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f2A0whTF7Xc/R6uwo_yEO2I/AAAAAAAABkI/NTErlL2IRpw/u2-totp-clarence-01.jpg

They always were on the cutting edge.

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Lol @ the ads. G G G G G Galway. Great stuff. And cars priced in punts!!:D

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