grandparents who raped and pillaged

[Nomad]

On 18 Dec 2002 08:56:50 -0800, Cliff Wells
<LogiplexSoftware at earthlink.net> wrote:

>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.

In fact, spam was one of the few things on the menu, so, I guess, you
could build your house _and_ eat it.

Now _that_ is completely different! (this side of the fairy tales
anyway -- and they're Danish if I'm not mistaken, eh Peter?)
-- 
Nomad

Wondering of the vast emptyness of the 'net
in search of something cool.