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* [TUHS] Re: Origins of touch(1)
       [not found] ` <alpine.BSF.2.00.2506120655430.54895@aneurin.horsfall.org>
@ 2025-06-12  0:38   ` Mary Ann Horton
  2025-06-12  0:39   ` Mary Ann Horton
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Mary Ann Horton @ 2025-06-12  0:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Horsfall; +Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society

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On Wed, Jun 11, 2025, 1:59 PM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:

> Which just reminded me: who came up with the "Reach out and grep someone"
> bumper sticker?  Or was it just a sig?
>
> -- Dave
>

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* [TUHS] Re: Origins of touch(1)
       [not found] ` <alpine.BSF.2.00.2506120655430.54895@aneurin.horsfall.org>
  2025-06-12  0:38   ` [TUHS] Re: Origins of touch(1) Mary Ann Horton
@ 2025-06-12  0:39   ` Mary Ann Horton
       [not found]     ` <alpine.BSF.2.00.2506150912110.54895@aneurin.horsfall.org>
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Mary Ann Horton @ 2025-06-12  0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Horsfall; +Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society


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Greg Chesson.


On Wed, Jun 11, 2025, 1:59 PM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:

> Which just reminded me: who came up with the "Reach out and grep someone"
> bumper sticker?  Or was it just a sig?
>
> -- Dave
>

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* [TUHS] Re: Origins of touch(1)
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@ 2025-06-15 16:02         ` arnold
  2025-06-16  1:02           ` Stuff Received
  2025-06-16  5:49         ` Dave Horsfall
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: arnold @ 2025-06-15 16:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs, segaloco

segaloco via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:

> On Saturday, June 14th, 2025 at 4:14 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 11 Jun 2025, Mary Ann Horton wrote:
> > 
> > (Who came up with "Reach out and grep someone")
> > 
> > > [IMAGE]Greg Chesson.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -- Dave
>
> Was this a reference to AT&T's "Reach out and touch someone" campaign or just a happy coincidence?

Very much so.

Arnold

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* [TUHS] Re: Origins of touch(1)
  2025-06-15 16:02         ` arnold
@ 2025-06-16  1:02           ` Stuff Received
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stuff Received @ 2025-06-16  1:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs

On 2025-06-15 12:02, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> segaloco via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:
[...]
>> Was this a reference to AT&T's "Reach out and touch someone" campaign or just a happy coincidence?
> 
> Very much so.
> 
> Arnold

Not to be overly pedantic or anything but you answered "yes" to "a" or "b".

S.

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* [TUHS] Re: Origins of touch(1)
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  2025-06-15 16:02         ` arnold
@ 2025-06-16  5:49         ` Dave Horsfall
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From: Dave Horsfall @ 2025-06-16  5:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society

On Sun, 15 Jun 2025, segaloco via TUHS wrote:

> > (Who came up with "Reach out and grep someone")
> 
> Was this a reference to AT&T's "Reach out and touch someone" campaign or 
> just a happy coincidence?

It was around the time of that campaign (although being Australian I 
didn't pay much attention), so I guess that's what prompted it.

-- Dave

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