grandparents who raped and pillaged

[Cliff Wells]

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 08:13, sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote:
> > From: Cliff Wells [mailto:LogiplexSoftware at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:00 AM
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 06:34, Michael Hudson wrote:
> > 
> > > ... but would really rather argue about which of their ancestors
> > > caused the most mayhem a thousand or so years ago on USENET :)
> > 
> > I didn't know USENET had such a long and colourful history.
> >
> 
> Sure, but it used to be written on stone tablets, so it
> was kinda hard to get a feed with all groups on it.
> Normally you only got the local town newsgroups, talking
> about religion, math, astronomy, grain storage, things
> like that.

And spam was considered a blessing.  A couple of weeks' worth was enough
for a poor family to build a cottage.


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