Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!stc!miclon!ibmpcug!haeb From: haeb@ibmpcug.co.uk (Harry Broomhall) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,connect.audit Subject: Re: (none) Message-ID: <1990Dec4.013511.10233@ibmpcug.co.uk> Date: 4 Dec 90 01:35:11 GMT Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK. Lines: 53 In article <9012021338.AA04769@uunet.UU.NET> root%shiva@SHAKTI.ERNET.IN writes: > > > We would appreciate your responding to the request of Craig Shergold who > is a seven year old boy with an inoperable tumor on his brain. > > > Please send your card to: > > Craig Shergold > % Children's Make-A-Wish Foundation > 32 Parimeter Center East > Atlanta, Georgia 30346 > > > Letters similar to this have been sent out by traditional mail to large > organizations all across the U.S. on Craigs behalf. Instead of passing > it on by land-mail, I thought the net would be a great way of getting > the word out to as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. > > Please pitch-in & send Craig a get well card, and by all means feel free > to circulate this letter to local businesses/organizations, or other > BBS's you may belong to. All your help and effort will certainly be > appreciated! Thank you. > ARGH! Not again! This is VERY old! It first apeared about a year and a half ago. Craig was in a UK hospital, and indeed was very ill. Following a vast number of cards received a plea went out to STOP! :-) Please don't start up again! This keeps on reappearing on the nets. Regards, Harry. -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. -- Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com