🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <TqwekB4w165w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca>, sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Pershing) writes:
> chin@cs.sfu.ca (( Fred Chin )) writes:
> 
> => >... or call the Vancouver Police (911) and quote this
> =>                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> =>                        Is this a life treatening situation here? Please
> =>                        find your local police station phone#.
> 
> Ever tried to call the police on their *local* number, Fred?  95% of the
> time you get a recording telling you to call back later.  It might take
> hours.
> 
>     Steve Pershing, System Administrator, The QUESTOR Project

Would you rather talk to the police now about a stolen computer while somebody
else DIES or would you prefer to call back in a few hours?

If people like you are going to tie up the 911 number, I'm glad I live in
Victoria!  PLEASE, use the 911 number ONLY in an emergency.  

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Ed Wilts, BC Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8
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