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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks (from talk.bizarre)
Message-ID: <1988Feb25.180435.6363@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 88 18:04:35 GMT

> ... many find the group entertaining...

How many of them are willing to help pay for it?  On past evidence, damn few.

> I would even ask if Mr. Rubin has the tiniest shred of a sense of humor.

It's amazing how little amusement one gets out of paying large phone bills,
scrambling to find more disk space, placating users who demand to know why
the modems are always busy when they want to do real work, etc.  You should
try it some time.
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