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Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: mike
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
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NF Stevens wrote:

> "Russell L. Rader" <rlrader@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >Printing teletypes?  Yuck, too convenient and modern for my tastes.
> >I'll stick with my good old computer system.  An abacus, two tin cans
> >and a string.
>
> String! String! I'll have you know that when I were a lad we had
> to chase horses and pull hairs out of their tail if we wanted to
> tie something up. I dunno, the youth of today, got no idea!
>
> Norman

Horses! Ha, at least you _had_  horses. Our father would kick
us out of the box 3 hours before we went to sleep so we could
track down the neighbors sheep dog for 'string'

mike
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From: mike <v_due@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/28
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