Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!osu-cis!apr!las
From: las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: What is this?
Message-ID: <423@apr.UUCP>
Date: 15 Apr 88 18:29:12 GMT
References: <186@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> <3062@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Reply-To: las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr)
Distribution: comp.sys.ti
Organization: APR, Columbus, OH
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In article <3062@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> was@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik) writes:
}In article grimesg@makalu.UUCP (George Grimes) wrote:
}>What is the subject of this group? Is it the TI 99/4 home computer or the
}>TI Pro?     

}Neither, look carefully at the newsgroup line. It's "ti" (pronounced 
}"tea"), the name of a Hawaiian houseplant and not "TI," the infamous 
}semi-conductor manufacturer in Texas. 

}The ti plant is really quite beautiful and easy to maintain. It's leaves
}are palm-like and usually red and green in color. Introduced from Hawaii...

Strange, the TI plant where I used to work was baby blue in color,
apparently made of brick and found in Cypress, Texas.

regards, Larry (a creator of our favorite orphaned Professional Computer)
-- 
Who: Larry A. Shurr (cbosgd!osu-cis!apr!las or try {cbosgd,ihnp4}!cbcp1!las)
What: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
Where: _The Portrait of Dorian Gray_ - Oscar Wilde (thanks Glenn)
Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily the opinion of APR or any APR client.