Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:

AH>  I am glad to report, however, that the message you posted
AH>  to "All" on January 15th has finally made its way to
AH>  Vancouver....  ;-)

DS>  That's like the joke about the carrier pigeon who took
DS>  weeks to deliver a piece of mail. When confronted by the
DS>  handler at the destination to explain the delay, the bird
DS>  replied "It was such a nice day, that I decided to walk". 


         Yeah, I figure it might easily take about that long to walk from
where you are to where I am... [chuckle].

         Ah, well.  Only twenty years ago it took two days to get Fidomail
from a suburb we could drive to in an hour.  We could use a bridge whereas the
phone company rate structure made it cheaper to send messages via Oregon, in
the USA. I remember as a child opening Christmas gifts from the UK at
Easter... and I've heard stories about snail mail which took even longer 'way
back when.

         Better late than never, I say!  I do appreciate your retyping all
this stuff meanwhile, though, because I can take longer to think on our
system.  :-)




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)