*** Quoting Nicolay Simonov from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> Sorry about that!

NS>  It's absolutely allright. I just wanted to start a conversation someh

;-)

NS>  In Russia most of the sysops use Russian software. I wonder if such s
NS> occures in other countries..

Not uncommon at all to use one where the Docs are in your native language. 
¨It's sort of natural selection there.

 CS> As an example, last year I spent 8.5 months straight in the persian gulf.
 CS> System ran just fine on autopilot while I was away.

NS>  That's great! My best was 37 days :) I had a node address then.
NS>  What hardware do you use?

It's a very aging DOS based lower speed pentium.  Nothing fancy and will
have ¨to patch things if i upgrade the BBS machine.


 CS> I'll eventually upgrade to something else, but need to be on shor
 CS> retired from the Navy first.

NS>  That's even greater! I'm just a student. Why have you chosen this pro
NS> Do you often visit different countries?

I chose it when i couldnt afford to finish college and somehow just stayed
in. ¨Yes, been to many countries including your own!  (Vladivostok twice). 
I get a ¨port visit in another land about 5 times a year.
                                       xxcarol

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