Re: [COMP] Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Love your interpretation :). Well, we get the day off school in Sydney
today. All teachers at the schools are striking - they want a 30% payrise
(My maths teacher gets paid $56,000 a year, is high pay by Australian
standards but not sure about other countries).

----- Original Message -----
From: John Madden <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [COMP] Happy Thanksgiving!!!!


> Well then, I guess I'll explain it all. :)
>
> Thanksgiving is the celebration of a day long, long ago, when the pilgrims
> (the.. ehm.. "first" european US inhabitants) were brought gifts of
computers
> and networks...  "Geek it up!" they yelled, as they emailed away.  As bits
and
> bytes flew, the difficulties of life in the wilderness waned.  The
monitors
> provided heat (much more efficient than fire) for the family, the hard
drives
> whined the babies to sleep, and the internet was a great place to find
> receipes for that big Thanksgiving day feast!  Thanksgiving is a time when
we
> all give thanks for the electronic things that we're thankful for.
Tomorrow,
> I plan to give thanks for my PC, Avenir web, my ADSL modem, and of course,
> Linux! :)
>
> </joke> :)
>
> John
>


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