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>William Elliot wrote to Mark Bloss about Alive?
 
 MB> You must be one of those who think that there had to be a First
 MB> Message. There is no concrete evidence that there ever was such a
 MB> thing as a First Message in the first place, and unless someone is
 MB> able to observe such a thing, then there can be no proof at all of its
 MB> existing.  ;-) 
 WE> So you think that I should have second thoughts about a First Message?
 WE> -) Well, on second thought you could be correct.  I bet you don't
 WE> remember the welcoming slap on your butt that you recieved upon birth.
 WE> Tho not everybody's First Message is so crude. 
 You're right - I don't remember any welcoming slap on my butt.  In fact,
 the only welcoming slap I remember on my butt - I was 24 years old by
 then - and it was a while before that when I was born.  But I do sometimes
 get the two of them mixed up.  So, what are we trying to decide here - that
 Fidonet just came into being one day, so everybody decided that it might
 be a good way to send messages back and forth?  Sounds about right to me... 
 ;)
 
... "I'm so hip I have trouble seeing over my pelvis."
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