Re: [Fwd: Yikes! Help!]

From: Bob Hamilton (hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net)
Date: Wed Jan 27 1999 - 19:39:51 CST


Irv,

        This is the guy that makes these listservs work. He is the owner of the
computers and he does request donations once in a while to upgrade. I have
contributed in the past and likely will again. We wouldn't be here if it
wasn't for Mark.

Regards,
Bob

P.S. Thanks for doing this service Mark.

At 10:48 AM 1/27/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I was about to send a little something when it occurred to me that
>anybody could send me an email, looking ever so legitimate. Listers, is
>this a real situation? If it is, I'll be happy to contribute, and as a
>matter of fact, wonder why he would settle for 2 gig when 6, 8 or 10 is
>so relatively inexpensive.
>
>Irv Kostal
>
>Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>>
>> Drat. A disk on autox.team.net kissed the turf. Luckily, it was not yet
>> a critical disk. Basically, I was moving a bunch of stuff from some really
>> ancient 600 meg disks to a marginally newer and, I thought, more robust
2 gig
>> disk. Well, the "new" disk was obviously NOT in better shape.
>>
>> For the moment, there should be no noticable effect on the various Team.Net
>> lists run from here. You are subscribed to one or more of those lists,
which
>> is why you are seeing this message. Had it happened in a few days, after I
>> made the intended switch, things could have been much worse. For now,
>though,
>> things are just plugging along as usual.
>>
>> So yes, this is another "Disk Fund" solicitation. Some of you have seen
this
>> before. Some of you have recently sent in contributions to the "Fat Chance
>> Garage Tool and Beverage Fund" for which I sincerely offer my thanks. My
>> favorite was the check I pulled out of the PO box just the other day
that was
>> marked "For Suffering Endured"
>>
>> If you would like to help defray the cost of new hardware for the machine
>> which provides you this service, send a donation of whatever you deem a
>> comfortable amount to:
>>
>> Fat Chance Garage
>> PO Box 58333
>> Salt Lake City, UT 84158
>>
>> Thanks,
>> mjb.
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The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon 1953-1954
Home Page: http://www.navnet.net/~hamilton/index.html - REVISED!!!
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