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Message no. 1
From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
Subject: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 22:54:06 -0400
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At 08:23 PM 5/2/98 -0500, Wyrmy wrote:
>I thought Desert wars was a corporate war fought in a desert.Can
someone
>enlighten me about that show?

Imagine CNN's coverage of the Gulf War, crossed with the relative hype
of both the NCAA and NBA Playoffs.

Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?
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Message no. 2
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 21:26:03 -0600
At 22:54 02/05/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Imagine CNN's coverage of the Gulf War, crossed with the relative hype
>of both the NCAA and NBA Playoffs.

Hype I could do without. They have the gall to pre-empt wrestling for
basketball and baseball.

>Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?

I was 11, I think. So that would put Wyrmy at 7 or 8? Old enough to enjoy
the explosions :)

-Adam
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Message no. 3
From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 23:53:29 -0400
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At 09:26 PM 5/2/98 -0600, Adam wrote:
>Hype I could do without. They have the gall to pre-empt wrestling
for
>basketball and baseball.

I would imagine that Desert Wars would have at least a bit of the
colorful personalities you see in any pro-wrestling match. (Although
I'd imagine those personalities would be more for the benifit of the
trid watching audience, with the real warring done by more down to
earth platoons of both coporate troops and hired mercs.)
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Message no. 4
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 00:53:08 EDT
In a message dated 5/2/98 10:24:52 PM US Eastern Standard Time, fro@***.AB.CA
writes:

> >Imagine CNN's coverage of the Gulf War, crossed with the relative hype
> >of both the NCAA and NBA Playoffs.
>
> Hype I could do without. They have the gall to pre-empt wrestling for
> basketball and baseball.

Oh the HORROR of it!!! :P

> >Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?
> I was 11, I think. So that would put Wyrmy at 7 or 8? Old enough to enjoy
> the explosions :)
> -Adam

OMG...I think I'm gonna go work on my web pages now....11??? The
admin/fearless leader was only 11????

Sweet God Above ... I was drunk legally with my friends that came back the
night they returned and we had the huge parade for them here in Lafayette...

-K
Message no. 5
From: Lander Williams <lander@****.WAVE.CA>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 00:36:19 -0600
>
>>Imagine CNN's coverage of the Gulf War, crossed with the relative hype
>>of both the NCAA and NBA Playoffs.
>
>Hype I could do without. They have the gall to pre-empt wrestling for
>basketball and baseball.


i have that beef to, expect lately its been hockey and basketball.. grr!
hockey i can deal with (i practically worship it) but i cant stand
basketball.. give me undertaker any day <g>

>>Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?
>
>I was 11, I think. So that would put Wyrmy at 7 or 8? Old enough to enjoy
>the explosions :)

when was the gulf war again? '92? i was just wrapping up Highschool :)
Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 13:48:34 +0100
Paul Gettle said on 23:53/ 2 May 98...

> I would imagine that Desert Wars would have at least a bit of the
> colorful personalities you see in any pro-wrestling match. (Although
> I'd imagine those personalities would be more for the benifit of the
> trid watching audience, with the real warring done by more down to
> earth platoons of both coporate troops and hired mercs.)

I'm not 100% sure of this, but IIRC I read somewhere (Corporate
Shadowfiles, I think) that mercs aren't used in Desert Wars.

Or is that just something I made up myself for the DW article I've been
writing for NERPS: NAGTTW?

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Message no. 7
From: John Penta <johndevil@****.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 10:32:37 -0500
Adam wrote:
<snip>
>>Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?
>I was 11, I think. So that would put Wyrmy at 7 or 8? Old enough to
enjoy
>the explosions :)

Hehe. I was 7 during the Gulf War. I just remember (mostly) scuds falling
on Israel, as broadcast by CNN. And my parents wonder why I have the
political views I have?:/

John
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Message no. 8
From: Wyrmy The powerful <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 13:15:35 -0500
> Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?
I was about 10 years old.

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Message no. 9
From: JonSzeto <JonSzeto@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 00:39:13 EDT
<multiple posts on how old people were during Desert Storm snipped>

STOP IT!!!!!!

You're making me feel old!!!

-- Jon

(who remembers the beginning of the *first* Gulf War, long before CNN was a
glimmer in Ted Turner's mind.)
Message no. 10
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 02:23:30 -0400
Once upon a time, Lander Williams wrote;

>when was the gulf war again? '92? i was just wrapping up Highschool :)

91 I think, 90 if not. The years kinda blur. It was before MC23 came into
existence (or realized as it were), that was in '92.

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle
- G.I.Joe

I am MC23
Message no. 11
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 10:28:36 +0100
Wyrmy The powerful said on 13:15/ 3 May 98...

> > Actually, just how old were you, Wyrmy, during the Gulf War?
> I was about 10 years old.

Neat trick if you're 14 now... The second Gulf War was 1990-91 (the first
being the Iran-Iraq war from 1980-88).


JonSzeto said on 0:39/ 4 May 98...

> <multiple posts on how old people were during Desert Storm snipped>
>
> STOP IT!!!!!!
>
> You're making me feel old!!!

You could use the same kind of magic(k) Wyrmy uses -- aging 4 years in 7
makes you a lot less old than you are now :)

> (who remembers the beginning of the *first* Gulf War, long before CNN was
> a glimmer in Ted Turner's mind.)

I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
(For the record, I was about 6.)

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Message no. 12
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 11:49:28 +0100
And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
|I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
|(For the record, I was about 6.)

SIX!?
Oh my aching bones...
I was 22 when it started.

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Message no. 13
From: Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 08:13:41 -0500
----------
> From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
> Once upon a time, Lander Williams wrote;
>
> >when was the gulf war again? '92? i was just wrapping up Highschool :)
>
> 91 I think, 90 if not. The years kinda blur. It was before MC23 came
into
> existence (or realized as it were), that was in '92.

Had to be '90, because I remember thinking that it would have been better
for Bush if it came two years later, and thus fresh in the minds of the
voters. Oh, and I was in 7th grade (sorta) when it happened.

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Message no. 14
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 10:47:09 -0400
Once upon a time, Spike wrote;

>And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
>|I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
>|(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
>SIX!?
>Oh my aching bones...
>I was 22 when it started.

&
Once upon a time, Gurth wrote;

>The second Gulf War was 1990-91 (the first being the Iran-Iraq war from
1980-88).

Ok now I can place it. It started in '90 and I'm one year younger than
the Spike baby so that would put me... Damn I still can't figure out my
age. B>]#

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

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more so and they were guarded very closely. To protect themselves, they
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History repeats itself.
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Message no. 15
From: Sheldon Rose <scrose@****.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 10:11:22 -0500
Spike wrote:
>
> And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
> |I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
> |(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
> SIX!?
> Oh my aching bones...
> I was 22 when it started.

I was even older than that 25 geeze that makes me feel old.
Message no. 16
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 17:10:34 +0100
And verily, did MC23 hastily scribble thusly...
|Ok now I can place it. It started in '90 and I'm one year younger than
|the Spike baby so that would put me... Damn I still can't figure out my
|age. B>]#

I think you'll find you're 31 or 32....
:)
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Message no. 17
From: Michael Broadwater <neon@******.BACKBONE.OLEMISS.EDU>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 13:25:11 -0500
At 11:49 AM 5/4/98 +0100, Spike wrote:
>And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
>|I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
>|(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
>SIX!?
>Oh my aching bones...
>I was 22 when it started.
>
Spike, you're 40? Gurth was talking about the _first_ gulf war (which was
in '80).


Mike Broadwater
Member of the Blackhand and Dwarven Illuminati
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon/
Message no. 18
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 14:29:15 -0400
Once upon a time, Spike wrote;

>And verily, did MC23 hastily scribble thusly...
>|Ok now I can place it. It started in '90 and I'm one year younger than
>|the Spike baby so that would put me... Damn I still can't figure out my
>|age. B>]#
>
>I think you'll find you're 31 or 32....
>:)

Damn, I thought I was just a year younger. No wonder the math didn't
work. It might also have something to do with you being a teenager for 10
years. B>]#
My 29th birthday was yesterday.

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle
- G.I.Joe

I am MC23
Message no. 19
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:24:25 +0100
And verily, did MC23 hastily scribble thusly...
|Damn, I thought I was just a year younger. No wonder the math didn't
|work. It might also have something to do with you being a teenager for 10
|years. B>]#
|My 29th birthday was yesterday.

Ooops. Well, I always said I was crap at maths, and for some reason, I read
it as me being younger than you....
:)

Besides, you VERY close to being 2 years younger...
I'm 31 in June.... Or is that 24 again, and again, and again?
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Message no. 20
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:25:49 +0100
And verily, did Michael Broadwater hastily scribble thusly...
|Spike, you're 40? Gurth was talking about the _first_ gulf war (which was
|in '80).

Eh? That wasn't CALLED the Gulf War. That was the Iran/Iraq war.

Please! I'm old enough as it is without people making me 10 years older!
:)
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Message no. 21
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 17:37:52 -0400
Once upon a time, Spike wrote;

>Besides, you VERY close to being 2 years younger...
>I'm 31 in June.... Or is that 24 again, and again, and again?

Yep, or in my case it's now 23+2x3 and next year it's 2x3x5.
B>]#

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Ancient cultures believed that names held great power, personal names
more so and they were guarded very closely. To protect themselves, they
answered to another name, because if another discovered their real name,
it could be used against them.
History repeats itself.
Welcome to the Digital Age.
I am MC23
Message no. 22
From: Michael Broadwater <neon@******.BACKBONE.OLEMISS.EDU>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 17:37:56 -0500
At 10:25 PM 5/4/98 +0100, Spike wrote:
>And verily, did Michael Broadwater hastily scribble thusly...
>|Spike, you're 40? Gurth was talking about the _first_ gulf war (which was
>|in '80).
>
>Eh? That wasn't CALLED the Gulf War. That was the Iran/Iraq war.
>
>Please! I'm old enough as it is without people making me 10 years older!
>:)

That's what I thought. But then, Gurth had said:

>> (who remembers the beginning of the *first* Gulf War, long before CNN was
>> a glimmer in Ted Turner's mind.)
>
>I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
>(For the record, I was about 6.)

and you said:

>And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
>|I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
>|(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
>SIX!?
>Oh my aching bones...
>I was 22 when it started.

So I was curious.


Mike Broadwater
Member of the Blackhand and Dwarven Illuminati
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon/
Message no. 23
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:22:00 EDT
In a message dated 5/4/98 3:29:47 AM US Eastern Standard Time, gurth@******.NL
writes:

> > (who remembers the beginning of the *first* Gulf War, long before CNN was
> > a glimmer in Ted Turner's mind.)
>
> I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
> (For the record, I was about 6.)
>
(strange noise of milk spewing...)

Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone else??? I
know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...

-K
Message no. 24
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:25:48 EDT
In a message dated 5/4/98 5:50:04 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK writes:

> And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
> |I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
> |(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
> SIX!?
> Oh my aching bones...
> I was 22 when it started.
>
YES!!! I knew it...!!! Thank -YOU- Spike!!!

-K
Message no. 25
From: Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:32:30 -0500
On 4 May 98 at 22:22, Ereskanti wrote:

> Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone
> else??? I know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...

I'll be 32 this year, Keith. I'm pretty sure that David Hinkley is
the oldest though, if he was in the fifth grade when Kennedy was
shot. (Wow!)
Avenger is up there too, but I haven't seen him lately.

--
Drekhead
Message no. 26
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:35:52 EDT
In a message dated 5/4/98 1:31:30 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
mc23@**********.COM writes:

> Damn, I thought I was just a year younger. No wonder the math didn't
> work. It might also have something to do with you being a teenager for 10
> years. B>]#
> My 29th birthday was yesterday.
>
Well, that works nice and congratulations....now you are in the Shadow of
30...have fun while you can...my mother is working on something nasty to
happen to me...quick, anyone wanna do a run on a woman who knows every
governmental official (state and federal) in the American Southwest on a
personal basis and does a lot of them's taxes....?????

-K
Message no. 27
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 13:02:07 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Ereskanti wrote:
> Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone
else??? I
> know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...

I turn 28 in about 3 weeks time. I was not quite 21 when the offensive
side of the Gulf War broke out.

For the record, the build up of allied troops began in late 1990 and
they went on the offensive in (IIRC) January of 1991.

cheers
Geoff

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Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
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- Will Smith in "Men in Black"
Message no. 28
From: Katt Freyson <katt@******.NET>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 01:12:25 -0400
|> From: Shadowrun Discussion On Behalf Of Ereskanti
|> Sent: May 4, 1998 10:22 PM
|> Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?

|> Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone
|> else??? I
|> know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...

No sir, you are not. I am older than that. 36 to be precise. [Oh no! I
posted, I can't believe they tempted me into posting.]

Oh well, guess my tirade didn't get me dumped for some strange reason.
So, after a period of cooling down I've decided to try again. Of course if
my dumping has only been delayed because Alan is too busy, then this might
be one of my last posts. Note that I have complided to the posting
requirments [I hope], even though I still see nothing wrong with the way I
was posting before.

BTW, I refuse to get into a debate about posting styles, like last time.
So, plese don't bother writing to me about that. However, if there are any
technical difficulties, such as when I was using the TAB character, please
do let me know.

So, either this is my swan song, or the start of a new reformed Katt
post.

Katt Freyson
ICQ UIN 3337155
Montreal, Canada
http://www.dsuper.net/~katt
Message no. 29
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 01:23:20 EDT
In a message dated 5/5/98 12:15:17 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
katt@******.NET writes:

> So, either this is my swan song, or the start of a new reformed Katt
> post.
>
Let's all hope that it's a Katt that isn't going to explode and write nasty
letters to the list...(mumblesgrumbleschucklessmirkslaughaloud)

And BTW, YOU DID IT!!! The posting worked ... I am so proud of you!!!
(crocodile tears being shed here of course, lots of dramatic acting and at
least three undeserved Oscars being passed around)....

:P


-K
Message no. 30
From: rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 03:11:00 -0500
>
>Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone
else??? I
>know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...
>


Ah, to be on the other side of 30 once again....(grin)

Coming up on my 37th summer, myself...

Tony Rabiola rabiola@**.netcom.com
Fourth and Sixth World Adept
Still working on the Fifth...
Message no. 31
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 11:30:51 +0100
Spike said on 11:49/ 4 May 98...

> And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
> |I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
> |(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
> SIX!?
> Oh my aching bones...
> I was 22 when it started.

So you've suddenly gone from 30 to 40 years old in the space of a few
months? I was referring to the Iran-Iraq war, which started when I was
about 6. The other Gulf War was some 10 years later...


Spike said on 22:25/ 4 May 98...

> Eh? That wasn't CALLED the Gulf War. That was the Iran/Iraq war.

That WAS called the Gulf War (at least in this part of the world), until
Iraq invaded Kuwait, then that name was suddenly applied to the allied
efforts to get them out again. My guess is that if another war breaks out
there, it'll be called the Fourth Gulf War or something, to further
confuse those who pay attention to these things... :)

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Message no. 32
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 11:49:23 +0100
And verily, did Michael Broadwater hastily scribble thusly...
|>And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
|>|I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
|>|(For the record, I was about 6.)
|>
|>SIX!?
|>Oh my aching bones...
|>I was 22 when it started.
|
|So I was curious.

Ahhh...
I mustn't have read that one either...
(Or if I did, I must've skipped a bit.)
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Message no. 33
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 07:20:58 -0600
Ereskanti wrote:
/
/ In a message dated 5/4/98 3:29:47 AM US Eastern Standard Time, gurth@******.NL
/ writes:
/
/ > > (who remembers the beginning of the *first* Gulf War, long before CNN was
/ > > a glimmer in Ted Turner's mind.)
/ >
/ > I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
/ > (For the record, I was about 6.)
/ >
/ (strange noise of milk spewing...)
/
/ Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone else??? I
/ know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...

In addition to the others who have fessed up, I'm 32. So you're not
the oldest. :)

-David
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Message no. 34
From: David Hinkley <dhinkley@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 15:00:14 +0000
On 5 May 98 at 1:12, Katt Freyson wrote:

> |> From: Shadowrun Discussion On Behalf Of Ereskanti
> |> Sent: May 4, 1998 10:22 PM
> |> Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
>
> |> Okay, that did it...I'm in the Shadow of 30....how old is anyone
> |> else??? I
> |> know I -CAN'T- be the oldest one on the list...
>
> No sir, you are not. I am older than that. 36 to be precise. [Oh
> no! I
> posted, I can't believe they tempted me into posting.]
>
And being 23 for the second time, I belive I have 10 on you.


David Hinkley
dhinkley@***.org

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Message no. 35
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What's on the Trid?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 22:25:12 -0400
Once upon a time, Katt Freyson wrote;

> BTW, I refuse to get into a debate about posting styles, like last time.
>So, plese don't bother writing to me about that. However, if there are any
>technical difficulties, such as when I was using the TAB character, please
>do let me know.

Ah, the second flame (or flamedrift) I was in was over me not using a
"--" before my .sig I later compromised and did include a breaking line.
I guess I'm saying is don't feel alone, then again being in my company
might be worse. B>]#

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