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In message <2.2.16.19960916231706.249f78b6@canuck.com>, Andersen
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>At 08:59 PM 96/09/16 -0400, Daniel P Dern wrote:
>[...]
>>That which we post in fora like this are, aside from 
>>advertising-by-existance and also (one would hope) the
>>content itself, a demonstration of our professional/technical
>>skills.
>>As seen by a jury of our peers.
>[...]
>
>If I can add, in certain respects more permanent than the "printed" word. 
>Yikes -- I'll probably be able to read these words 30 years from now, 
>any time I want, from anywhere I want, without getting a lungful of 
>dust. As will the up-and-comers vying for my job. Sheesh. In case 
>any of them manage to dig this one up decades
>from now, GET BACK TO WORK! WE'RE NOT PAYING YOU 
>TO ROOT AROUND LISTSERV ARCHIVES!!
>Rick
>

That's one of the freakiest messages I've seen on the net yet. But oh so
true. And it's probably my grandchild (as yet unborn) who'll take that
admonishment in the neck if he or she's anything like me.

>
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>Richard Andersen
>Calgary, Alberta  CANADA
>andersen@canuck.com
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