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From: frith@trwrdc.UUCP (Lord Frith)
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Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:53:04 EST
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In article <773@inset.UUCP> dave@inset.UUCP (Dave Lukes) writes:
>
> <<ENTER SARCASTIC MODE>>
> Are you trying to tell me that every month (quarter, year, ...)
> the backbone admins all pull out their wallets/chequebooks
> and pay all the phone & net bills for their sites from their salaries??
> WOW!! What WONDERFUL people they must be, and with the amount of mail/news
> going through the backbones, they must all be totally destitute by now.
> <<EXIT SARCASTIC MODE>>
>
> 				Dave Lukes.

Ah ... but it IS the backbone administrator who must go before his
supervisor and justify the phone bills.  When you run a computer
facility and control the money ... you DO begin to think of it as
your own paycheck because how you administer your budget directly
affects the perception your supervisor has of your performance.