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From: Dennis Ritchie <dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] struct problems
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Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 23:48:00 -0400
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Boyd said,

 > not sure where [my t-shirt]  is.  i was wearing at CRL one day and the lab director
 > was very curious about how i'd got it ...

 > the story i heard is that he declined the expense claim for the paint.

Rob demurred,

 > Different 'he'.  The decliner was Vic Vyssotsky.

Assuming CRL was Digital's Cambridge (MA) research
lab, they were presumably the same person--Vic moved
there.  The story of the paint voucher can be expanded.
It was submitted to Vyssotsky, signed indeed by
G. R. Emlin (in a handwriting a graphologist would
have little trouble with).  It came back with a note
from Vic, saying approximately:

	Unfortunately I do not have authorization under
	the G.E.I. to approve real estate improvements.
	If Ms [then perhaps Mr] Emlin wishes to arrange
	a transfer to the Buildings and Grounds group, I
	will help to facilitate this.

Vic also let it be quietly known that the envelope had
been pushed to its very limit.

	Dennis