We dined on shrimp and ham and some non-alcoholic bubbly champagne substitute. We watched the ball drop on the TV in the conference room. And then, after it was officially the Year 2000, we spent a couple of hours making sure everything worked pretty much the same way as it had before midnight. That everything did, in fact, work, is testament to countless hours of planning and work by countless people over the previous year. And that was about the best anyone could have expected, I think.
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