Date   : Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:42:13 -0600
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Text screen?

Fragula wrote:
>> I do agree, we are not amused.
>>
> Oh.. Just to be awkward, I *was* amused.

Me too - or at least I think I hit an amusal factor of 0.6 or so. (in all 
seriousness, it'd be nice to hear from the list owner what their opinion is on 
the list address aggro - I don't think we've ever hear)

> It was almost as funny as a NewLabour attempt at rational policy or
> legislation, but not as funny as telling the local kids deadpan that the
> only way to get Elite is to go back to Zaonce and wait for *exactly* six
> hours at the entrance to the space station, or "dowsing" for faults in
> BBC Model Bs. (good party trick anyplace there is a dead model B in the
> garden shed..

Bonus points for on-topic content. I see what you did there ;)

> Or the manufacturing manager with another arcade machine company, who
> liked to store all his Important-to-be-kept-on-record emails in his
> "Deleted" (IMAP) folder to stop his inbox from getting too full.

My dad did that once - or rather he was shocked when things he'd moved to the 
deleted folder didn't stick around until *he* asked for them to be deleted...

cheers

Jules