Re: Plaque Too?
Tim Merrigan <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.callahans |
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| Organization | Forte - www.forteinc.com |
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:24:14 +0100, John <[email protected]> wrote: >On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:30:11 -0500, D.J. <[email protected]> >wrote: > >>On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 01:14:40 +0100, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I'm conflicted. >>> >>> I want to do a "Plaque" post for someone but she never contributed >>>to alt.call so far as I know nor was she a relative of a Callahaner , >>>nor did I ever meet her. >>> >>> So it wouldn't be an "official" Plaque post. >> >>Yes it would be official. I'm the creator of the plaque keyword. And I >>say it is okay. > > Oh. > > Wow! > > I'm in the presence of Internet Legend. > > My apologies. I was not aware of this. Seriously, I would have >thought that it was some old, white-bearded Ancient from the Dawn Of >Time who created such things. :) > > And thank you. > > You have made me happier. > > J. >>-- >>Jim Bear in mind that the "Dawn of time" for the Internet was the 1990s, maybe the 1980s, if you push it, the absolute beginning was 1969-10-29, when the first message was posted. I can remember when @! parties at conventions were a (moderately) big thing, and I joined fandom in 1980. (The requirement for attendance was that one have an @ or a ! in one's name.) -- Qualified immunity = virtual impunity. Tim Merrigan -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com