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   rbowman to RonB   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   31 Jan 26 06:18:30   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:41:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
      
   > I know. Reading an e-Magazine is just not the same. Newspapers as well.   
   > The ones have survived have gotten ridiculously thin.   
      
   The local rag was barely good for fish wrap and then it was bought by Lee   
   Enterprises in Iowa. They fired the local people. There is a plan to tear   
   down the physical building and build luxury condos that is as popular as   
   herpes.   
      
      
   A friend at work subscribed and left a copy in the mens room. I was   
   puzzled and when I came out I asked him if it wasn't a lot narrower that   
   it used to be. Yup. So, narrower and thinner.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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