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- From: tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Thomas J Lee)
- Subject: Re: Hi Alfvaen
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.165601.18285@news.columbia.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 16:56:01 GMT
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- "Maybe we should start our own newsgroup," says the Lamplighter to
- Amanda and Alfvaen, "for language-loving physics types. I remember being
- fascinated by codes and ciphers in grade school, and in high school a friend
- and I sent messages back and forth in Tolkien's Elvish letters."
-
- "Now I'm working in a library, converting computer records of serials
- from all over the world. Lots of Turkish stuff lately, and a couple of
- statistical handbooks from Thailand."
-
- I neglected the undersea costume motif, I think, so let's say the
- patches on the Lamplighter's hat and coat look like nautical letter-flags,
- spelling out messages like "Happy New Year."
-
- ---==--===-+===++==+++=*+++**++***+****#****+***++**+++*=+++==++===+-===--==---
- The Lamplighter |"Everybody here
- (Tom Lee) | Seen the changing of the year ..."
- |
- tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu | -- The Guess Who, "Hand Me Down"
-