Bill, at 14:16 on Aug 07 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

DD>> Geez, you fellows must have lousy phone lines.  I get 
DD>> regular 33,600 connects from a site more than 1000 miles 
DD>> away.

BG>> Miles?  What the hell are they?  It's 1600 kilometres, if 
BG>> you don't mind.  

DD>> I _was_ talking to am American.  They don't understand 
DD>> metric you know.

BG> Of course they do.  Weren't all of the Atlanta Olympic event 
BG> distances measured in metres, and power-lift weights in 
BG> kilos?  Mind you, for some obscure reason, they do still 
BG> drive on the wrong side of their roads over there...

I don't think they relate athletic distances to real world distances though.

BG> OOTC:  Your Courier now appears to work perfectly with AA 
BG> enabled.  :)

Oh, I suppose I had better register the software then :-)

David
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