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- From: mlloyd@ocf.berkeley.edu (M. Lloyd)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Lurkers
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 01:14:18 GMT
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- sara@festival.ed.ac.uk (Swamp Thing) writes:
- >mlloyd@ocf.berkeley.edu (M. Lloyd) writes:
- >
- >>But since you asked (in an earlier post! Thank any nearby Deity I'm no
- >>longer The Most Proficient Poster hereabouts - I was beginning to feel
- > ^^^^^^^^^^
- >>that everyone would be sick of the sight of my name), yep, I still get
- >>lurker-mail. Last must have been a day or two back. And I have never
- >
- >Ahem, should that not be "prolific", Mike? I'm sure you wouldn't blow
- >your own trumpet in that way.
-
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- problem, in which case we send our condolences to your kin. However, if
- you're reading this, it was probably just one of those abberation
- thingys best politely forgotten.
-
- Yeah, well. Thanks, Sara. It'll be a fine day when computers have
- enough Artificial Intelligence to be utterly stupid :-) I give the class
- final (which happened a few hours back; since then I've been struggling
- through the crosspost shrubbery), and my impending move, as partial
- causes (as if you were interested). I also, much to my un-delight, gave
- away my dictionary yesterday. It just weighs too much to go into my
- luggage. Moving around is highly recommended, but you have to get used
- to ditching all the detritus we accumulate over time. Abandoning a
- well-used dictionary is an awful thing, but needs must :-( (Not that it
- would have helped this case any either; can't say I like the taste of my
- aging Kangaroos.)
-
- >It's a while since I got any lurker mail, but then I don't post enough
- >to get noticed these days (no bad thing I sometimes think, altho I don't
- >recall I ever got any really bad mail). Then, it's a while since I got
- >any mail from *you*, Mike, altho I sent you some the other day... <hint>
-
- Hey, hint received; I have a *binload* of unreplied mail. However, I
- just went to check, and I find that should by now have received a
- two-page response to your note (sent Dec 17). You certainly get high
- enough priority to break through my lethargy, but apparently the fault
- lies in the ether. I can resend; try dropping me a note if you haven't
- heard from me yet.
-
- Of course, you realise you just set me up *perfectly* for dealing with
- people I haven't bothered to write to? :-)
-
- Mike
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