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Article #1095Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon
From: John Gilmer
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:40
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:40
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<newbie@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:h3Bf7.6302$2u.55113@www.newsranger.com... > In article <87ae0y417t.fsf@mendel.genehack.org>, John S. J. Anderson says... > > > >>>>>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:30:41 GMT, kencorn@shangrila.net said: > > > >> Sorry, Chief, shangrila.net, like its namesake, is fictitious...a > >> spamblocker IOW. Actually, I've got a Verizon DSL. > > > >No, it's not fictitious, it's been around since 1996: > > Actually the name has been around since James Hilton wrote about it in > the late thirties (my guess). FDR once chose to use it as a base. Since, as > you > point out, someone is using shangrila.net, I will drop the .net, but will > continue > using the rest of it. > > Shangri-La is the name that FDR gave to the "Presidential Retreat" in Maryland. Ike renamed it Camp David after his grandson. The following presidents kept the name. It is my understanding that Camp David started as a CCC camp.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,1196dc525a134d2d X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,1196dc525a134d2d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-18 17:45:37 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.newsfirst.net!dingus.crosslink.net!not-for-mail From: "John Gilmer" <gilmer@crosslink.net> Newsgroups: va.general,dc.general References: <3b784587.37066874@news.bellatlantic.net> <3b784bb2$0$31890@dingus.crosslink.net> <3b79bd97.34205238@news.speakeasy.org> <9lf6ma$a2e$1@bob.news.rcn.net> <xmRe7.3407$2u.39676@www.newsranger.com> <3b7d222a.11765111@news.bellatlantic.net> <Bhef7.5260$2u.51712@www.newsranger.com> <87ae0y417t.fsf@mendel.genehack.org> <h3Bf7.6302$2u.55113@www.newsranger.com> Subject: Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 20:40:43 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3b7f0c30$0$3817@dingus.crosslink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.246.73.70 X-Trace: dingus.crosslink.net 998181936 3817 206.246.73.70