-=> Quoting Bob Lawrence to Dieter Mirbach <=-

 PE> Hi Bob. On 1/12/94 you sent two netmail messages to yourself.
 
 DM> It must get lonely with only his mum and mutt to talk to :-)

 BL> ROFL! and it was even worse - that my second attempt. I sent 3

 BL> Fuck it! I gave up after that and talked to him in person.

 Would have been cheaper too :-). For me it is a toll call to 
 Brenton, even with the same Sydney area code.
 
 PE> While I'm here, Dieter, on 2/12/94 you sent a message with the
 PE> "To:" not starting in column 1, so it defaulted to a garbage
 
 DM> Fucking bullshit system.

 BL> At least I can claim old age as an excuse for a brain that doesn't
 BL> work. What's *your* excuse?
 
 Like I said, it is a bullshit system. There is no requirement  
 for an excuse from me. The system should be smart enough to pick 
 it out from anywhere in the first line.
 
 Bullshit, bullshit and more bullshit.

 BL> I've nearly finished my pensioner edition of qwk2pkt (I wrote it in
 BL> VB). It is *guaranteed* to send netmail. You just type
"To:" anywhere,
 BL> and if there are a set of numbers after it in the right format, it
 BL> sends it netmail (even if you aren't in Netmail). If you *are* in
 BL> Netmail, but you forget the "To:" it looks up a names list and
 BL> addresses it correctly. The PVT tag is hardwired into the code, and if
 BL> everything else fails, it sends it to yourself so no one knows what a
 BL> fuckwit you are!

 That is truly brilliant. I am impressed, esp with one of your 
 advanced years, throwing yourself whole-heartly into a 
 completely new discipline, and making it *user* friendly. Making 
 the core of a program is the easy part. Making it idiot-proof is 
 90% sweat and 10% luck. You have to think like a fuckwit, but 
 concurrently be smart enough to write the trap code. No wonder 
 programmers go schizoid.
 
 BL> I expect to sell millions! The problem is that my customers will
 BL> probably send the cheque to the wrong address.

 
 
 Paul will probably have it all defaulted to his address. I 
 wonder if it will work the same way with bills....
 
 Dieter
 


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