Dieter, at 23:52 on Feb 28 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

DM> Ahh, it's his money.....although Paul is trying.

BG> Yeah, VERY trying.  :)

DM> What do you expect from a pigeon killer ?

True, but I have a "final solution" organised for when he next
visits Brisbane.  I have now trained my 3 Peachfaces, 2 Cockatiels, and 2
Quail (as well as the 80-odd itinerant Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets
who feed here each day) to attack him on sight.  The hardest part was
training them to eat meat.  :)

BG> Could well be, as the line levels between here and TML are amongst the
BG> worst that I've ever seen.  In fact, it's a credit to USR that his
BG> Courier managed to connect at 28800/LAPM at all.  His M34F sure won't
BG> (most times). 

DM> I had good connects with the Netcomm BBS, although Netcomm HQ is
DM> located in an adjacent suburb from 3M.

Oh really?  That sure explains a lot then, as I get terrible connects with
3M most times, even at V.32bis.

DM> Well, across Lane Cove River. Maybe they've got soggy cables ?

Seems that Sydney's telco infrastructure needs replacing urgently...

Regards, Bill

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