Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23212 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2005 18:30:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore02.plus.net) (192.168.71.3) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 7 Jan 2005 18:30:35 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Cmyri-0002as-31 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:29:40 +0000 Received: from [192.168.67.1] (helo=ptb-mxcore01.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Cmyrg-0002Zo-CQ for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:29:36 +0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1CmysY-000DDY-9A for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:30:30 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1CmysR-0003YR-Sx for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:30:23 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.20] (helo=relay.omnieng.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Cmybh-0003AO-Le for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:13:05 +0000 Received: from mail.nrtco.net ([216.168.96.52]) by relay.omnieng.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cmu5N-0006mk-G5 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:23:31 +0000 Received: from nocturna-y1zrar (nrtcorback-216-168-120-89.nrtco.net [216.168.120.89]) by mail.nrtco.net (8.12.10/8.12.1) with SMTP id j07DPVHC027641 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:25:31 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050107081649.00a58490@magma.ca> X-Sender: ve2iq@magma.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:16:49 -0500 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: Bill de Carle In-Reply-To: <41DE7D64.5070006@usa.net> References: <01C4F49A.B747BF50.actalbot@southsurf.com> <01C4F49A.B747BF50.actalbot@southsurf.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SPF-Result: relay.omnieng.net: 216.168.96.52 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of magma.ca X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no, Subject: Re: LF: Has the world gone mad - completely and utterly off topic, but good for the new year Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit At 01:15 PM 1/7/2005 +0100, Alberto wrote: >I saw many, many, years ago a booklet meant for the Customer >Engineers servicing those big IBM computers now disappeared, >which had a note, in bold characters, that stated that the >Power OFF push button was operative _only_ when the power >was switched on.... Reminds me of the one about the computer which had the instruction: "BRANCH ON POWER OFF" Bill