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- From: polly@iastate.edu (Y. B. Normal)
- Subject: Re: FAQ?
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1992Nov19.202455.13717@udel.edu> <1992Nov20.154808.11574@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.210755.9959@udel.edu>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:59:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.210755.9959@udel.edu> litterst@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Nat'l Mediocre Soc.) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov20.154808.11574@infodev.cam.ac.uk> SA121@phx.cam.ac.uk (S. Arrowsmith) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov19.202455.13717@udel.edu> litterst@tuttifrutti.cns.udel.edu (Nat'l Mediocre Soc.) writes:
- >>>Thanks,Mike. But it gets worse (or better) The system I'm on is named
- >>>"freezer" and as such, all of the workstaions (like pecan) are named after
- >>>flavors of ice cream. I'm on tuttifrutti, now. Any flavor requests? I'll
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- SOme of the machines here at Iowa state are named after characters from
- A.A. Milne's _Winnie the Pooh_ So we have eyore, tigger, and Piglet
- in our comp. center
-
-
- >>>provide the ice cream...
- >>>
- >>BBQ-ripple, of course!!!! (-8
- >>
- >>(That's almost as weird as some of the machine/printer names around
- >> here....)
- >>
- > BBQ-Ripple? You're charging the net hundreds (if not thousands) of
- >dollars to request _that_? |-) I'll try, but I don't think we have a station
- >named after something that obscure. If I can't find it, can I get you some-
- >thing else? *wink*
-
- also charging the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars to say what she
- has to say.
-
- >
- >Have a good one. ;-} *HUG!*
- >
- > Steve
- >
- >--
- >| The National Mediocre Society | Remember, only the mediocre are |
- >| c/o Stephen C. Litterst | always at their best. |
- >| kyraan@bach.udel.edu \ We're number two! But we don't mind. |
- >|_litterst@freezer.cns.udel.edu___\_____________NMS mottoes______________|
- Paula
- polly@iastate.edu
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