Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2002/07

From: vic wyman <wymanvic@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Illiteratates - And question
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 02:53:27 -0400

Well GOSH, HECK, GOLLY and other cornpone words. Is this what 'klarinet'
has come to? VW
At 01:18 AM 7/1/02 -0400, you wrote:

>Jeremy A Schiffer wrote:
> >
> > since this thread was clearly aimed at me...
> >
> > my decision to often type without capital letters is not due to the
> > popularity of chat rooms and instant messaging. i have been using the
> > internet since before there was a world wide web and im'ing, and long,
> > long before many of the members of this list (regardless of their age)
> > knew what modems were. heck, i remember when 1200 baud was speedy and when
> > usenet hadn't yet been destroyed by the aol invasion.
>
>SO BASICALLY YOU'RE MAKING UP FOR THOSE DAYS WHEN FOLKS LIKE YOU AND ME
>HAD TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS ON TEXT-ONLY TERMINALS? ;-) HECK, I REMEMBER
>WHEN 300 BAUD WAS STANDARD. MY UNIX MENTOR REMEMBERS WHEN 300 BAUD WAS
>CONSIDERED SETTING THE PHONE LINES ON FIRE. THANK GOD FOR TELETYPE SO
>WE COULD GET HARD COPY ON OCCASION.
>
>CHEERS,
>
>--
>Mark Gresham, composer
>mgresham@-----.com/
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