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More immoderation

#228
From: John Boteler
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 07:49
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I sent the following to the allegedly moderated newsgroup
and list name telecom digest.

Yet more documentation of how valueless that thing is becoming
under Patrick A. Townson.

>Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
>Subject: Immoderation (was: Format of ZIP Code Bars on Envelopes)

ssay@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (say,halim s) writes:
>I would like to find out the encoding for the ZIP code bars on USPS
>mail envelopes.

A moderated newsgroup dedicated to telecommunications discussions?

What moderator?

When was the last time you mailed a phone call to your mother?

How much does jsol want to take the thing over again??

Happy New Year :)

-- 
bote@access.digex.com (John Boteler) 
This week's usenet malapropism: its, it's
its = posessive pronoun; "My car blew its engine."
it's = contraction of 'it is'; "It's cold outside!"
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Message-ID: <1i3hf7INN897@mirror.digex.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!digex.com!bote
References: <1992Dec31.015854.27103@tandem.com> <C05Gp0.Ix@mtholyoke.edu>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!digex.com!bote
From: bote@access.digex.com (John Boteler)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: More immoderation
Date: 2 Jan 1993 07:49:59 GMT
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Lines: 28
Message-ID: <1i3hf7INN897@mirror.digex.com>
References: <1992Dec31.015854.27103@tandem.com> <C05Gp0.Ix@mtholyoke.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
Summary: "It's time for PAT to go!"