From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!billw
Newsgroups: net.flame
Title: Re: Knock off the CUTESY puns - (nf)
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5518
Posted: Wed Apr 20 03:07:59 1983
Received: Tue May 10 18:51:17 1983

#R:ucf-cs:-91300:sri-unix:4900003:000:203
sri-unix!billw    Apr 12 12:52:00 1983

As far as I know, the term US Snail originated on the ARPANet,
where a message can get accross the country and back in 15 minutes
(and it used to be quicker).  Maybe usenet should be turtle mail?

BillW