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- From: richb@jti.com (Richard Braun)
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- Subject: Re: Articles About Internet in Mass Media (Was Internet (Globe article))
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 15:08:47 GMT
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- Whilst visiting family over the Christmas weekend, I caught to my
- bemusement a human-interest article in the _Washington Post_ about how
- grandparents are using Internet to keep in touch with far-flung
- grandchildren via email.
-
- As I looked across the table at my own grandparents, I pondered the
- following: even with this wonderful technology, will grandchildren
- every really *write back* to their elders as often as it's wanted?
-
- -rich
- P.S. Finally, it seems, family might understand arcane Xmas gifts like
- modems!
-