• Re: sbbslist.js 1.68

    From poindexter FORTRAN@REALITY to Andre on Fri Feb 25 07:38:00 2022
    Andre wrote to the doctor <=-

    You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of
    which is never get involved in a land war in Asia. But only slighly
    less well-known is this... Never mention to DM an error or a possible feature in Synchonet.

    Is DM Sicilian?


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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 27 16:03:16 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Andre on Fri Feb 25 2022 07:38 am

    You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of
    which is never get involved in a land war in Asia. But only slighly
    less well-known is this... Never mention to DM an error or a
    possible feature in Synchonet.

    Is DM Sicilian?

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought DM is of German lineage. :P

    Nightfox

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  • From Andre@RDOMENTR to Nightfox on Sun Feb 27 19:05:20 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 27 2022 04:03 pm

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought DM is of German lineage. :P

    I'm pretty sure it's asian.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy9Z-Tg6ufU


    - Andre

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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sun Feb 27 21:12:12 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 27 2022 04:03 pm

    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Andre on Fri Feb 25 2022 07:38 am

    You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of
    which is never get involved in a land war in Asia. But only slighly
    less well-known is this... Never mention to DM an error or a
    possible feature in Synchonet.

    Is DM Sicilian?

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought DM is

    of
    German lineage. :P

    i always thought he was an albino puerto rican. i thought he just changed his name to fit in.

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  • From Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Feb 27 20:14:09 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 27 2022 04:03 pm

    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Andre on Fri Feb 25 2022 07:38 am

    You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of
    which is never get involved in a land war in Asia. But only slighly
    less well-known is this... Never mention to DM an error or a
    possible feature in Synchonet.

    Is DM Sicilian?

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought DM is of German lineage. :P

    More English than German, but yeah, a bit of both and some French. Basically a northern European mutt. :-)
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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to Andre on Sun Feb 27 21:59:08 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: Andre to Nightfox on Sun Feb 27 2022 07:05 pm

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought
    DM is of German lineage. :P

    I'm pretty sure it's asian.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy9Z-Tg6ufU

    Inconceivable!

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@REALITY to Nightfox on Mon Feb 28 06:18:00 2022
    Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of
    which is never get involved in a land war in Asia. But only slighly
    less well-known is this... Never mention to DM an error or a
    possible feature in Synchonet.

    Is DM Sicilian?

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought DM
    is of German lineage. :P

    It was a "Princess Bride" reference, I thought the "land war in Asia" line
    was a reference.


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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 2 09:16:59 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Feb 28 2022 06:18 am

    Is DM Sicilian?

    From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought
    DM is of German lineage. :P

    It was a "Princess Bride" reference, I thought the "land war in Asia" line was a reference.

    Yes, I got the reference. :)

    Nightfox

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  • From dragon@IPTIA to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 2 15:29:52 2022
    On 2/28/2022 9:18 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    An>> You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of
    An>> which is never get involved in a land war in Asia. But only slighly
    An>> less well-known is this... Never mention to DM an error or a
    An>> possible feature in Synchonet.

    PF> Is DM Sicilian?

    Ni> From the name of his BBS (and his last name), I would have thought DM
    Ni> is of German lineage. :P

    It was a "Princess Bride" reference, I thought the "land war in Asia" line was a reference.


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    INCONCEIVABLE!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@REALITY to dragon on Thu Mar 3 07:55:00 2022
    dragon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    It was a "Princess Bride" reference, I thought the "land war in Asia" line was a reference.

    INCONCEIVABLE!


    I was on the Apache web server mailing list a long time ago. We did the
    usual trading of TPB references, and the listmaster allowed it to continue, saying while it was off-topic, a Pricess Bride reference was a sign of good character.

    His email address? rous@apache.org.


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  • From dragon@IPTIA to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Mar 4 21:48:42 2022
    On 3/3/2022 10:55 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    dragon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    > It was a "Princess Bride" reference, I thought the "land war in Asia" line
    > was a reference.

    dr> INCONCEIVABLE!


    I was on the Apache web server mailing list a long time ago. We did the
    usual trading of TPB references, and the listmaster allowed it to continue, saying while it was off-topic, a Pricess Bride reference was a sign of good character.

    His email address? rous@apache.org.


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  • From cr1mson@STEPPING to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 9 19:55:28 2022
    Re: Re: sbbslist.js 1.68
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Feb 28 2022 06:18 am

    Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    It was a "Princess Bride" reference, I thought the "land war in Asia" line was a reference.

    "As you wish." was a favorite line I'd tell my boss when I was like 19. It made her happy. =)
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