Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 08:14:58 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Women in FreeBSD ( was Re: Is there a reseller program?) Message-ID: <36BE9D02.A82D75DD@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902051300570.10237-100000@o-o.org> <36BB988A.48159D7B@uk.radan.com> <19990205222817.I6050@softweyr.com> <36BC82BF.9DAE2E55@uk.radan.com> <36BD4216.DB24B7E3@softweyr.com> <19990208131118.B86778@freebie.lemis.com> <36BE5308.21DD581B@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > On Sunday, 7 February 1999 at 0:34:46 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > > > One of the most interesting conversations I've had came about as a > > > result of helping a young man in England with a PPP problem. His > > > name is Robin and he works for the Sheriff of Nottingham. I asked > > > him if he gets a lot of people curious about this situation, and > > > he said mostly from yanks; apparently the story isn't that well- > > > known in England. ;^) > > > > Of course it is. > > Can't possible be generally as well known as it is at my house, where > we watch the video 3 or 4 times a day. > > Perhaps the yanks are just more amused by "Robin working for Sherriff > of Nottingham" than brits? We asked Diane's friend Belinda, of London > SW1, about this and she told us she was suprised at how popular the > story is in America; in England it's just a snippet of history. More a snippet of legend, supposedly based on fact, but with little historical evidence to support it. > Of course we have a nationwide predisposition to anyone who sticks it > to the brits. Thanks Wes, and I thought you were such a nice chap ;-) > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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