RE: Internet 1, Backhoe 0

[George Broadfoot <george () laserlink net>]

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George Broadfoot
Laser Link Communications
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"The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed
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Be sure to check out the fiber cutting Gopher backhoe shirt
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
Roeland M.J. Meyer
Sent: Friday, October 09, 1998 12:36 PM
To: Dan Foster
Cc: Jeff Weisberg; Dan Foster; nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: Internet 1, Backhoe 0


At 09:55 AM 10/9/98 -0400, Dan Foster wrote:
> Hot Diggety! On a bright and sunny day, Jeff Weisberg allegedly said...
> > [Atlantic County, NJ] While attempting to wreck 
> > havoc on the world's telecommunications infrastructure, 
> > a backhoe mistook a gas main as a fiber optic cable. 
> > The evil yellow beast was destroyed in the resulting 
> > fireball.
>
> Now *that*'s poetic justice! Too bad we don't have video of this
> happy event :-)
>
> Now just if we could get those t-shirts with
backhoes-targeted-in-gun-sights,
> then that'd be 20-30 orders right there, easily.

Add five more orders, for MHSC.
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