Re: Plaque Too?
John <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.callahans |
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| Organization | Less than none. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:39:51 -0700, Tim Merrigan <[email protected]> wrote: >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 Hmm, that signature delimiter doesn't work properly. It is supposed to be "dash dash carriage-return newline" without any spaces. I think. Sorry to be a niggler. > >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.) Real name or Internet address name? And, "at bang", "at shriek" or "at factorial"? >-- Hmm, that signature delimiter doesn't work properly. It is supposed to be "dash dash carriage-return newline" without any spaces. I think. Sorry to be a niggler. > >Qualified immunity = virtual impunity. > >Tim Merrigan I'm beginning to think that I should new-thread this sub-thread, too. It, too, is getting a little drifty. :) J.