Bob Short (1:105/38) wrote to Steven Horn at 20:03 on 15 Sep 2002:

 BS> For the right price. I'll buy the Brooklyn Bridge.  ;-)

Sorry.  It's not for sale.:-)

SH>  SH> "... volunteers.  From its early beginning in 1984 as a
network of a
SH>  SH> few friends in the United States swapping messages back and 
SH>  SH> forth, it has developed into a global network."

 BS> How's this:

 BS> ... volunteers.  Beginning with a few friends exchanging messages
 BS> in 1984, FidoNet has grown into a global network consisting of
 BS> thousands of nodes. 

That loses the American origin of the network and continues to use a figure
which may become inaccurate.  But I could live with this:

"Beginning with a few friends in the United States exchanging messages
in 1984, FidoNet has grown into a global network."

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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