From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722E022F2D for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 21:12:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F73439E6; Sat, 9 Mar 2024 06:12:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.197]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AC5E43789 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2024 06:12:04 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=makerlisp.com; s=s1-ionos; t=1709928724; x=1710533524; i=luther.johnson@makerlisp.com; bh=xT4CsMh/5iUAfC5zfoIpMsUO3tijPOOAVB2VH/gA+UQ=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=FVPy3rOonjsnZ/+PxCkohbegsQSyFI/FuQMhR3nhq8vqEMARFM4Mnn6C2eeOp+ys dEOZyEQB3VM11RzdWnsyOoLSJ29GbpPC1TD8TkvlZiu8CV20LbXiCr1rAAtAJLs22 AQ6dxtMTFboR/X5niIfvbh7XAyH1A2vfUoycGTJDsUuPCv4+F3uq6rl4G8DT/iBg/ tHh0pVbN9VYsKKB2kMHAZfskhYPbvA+Jx4+PS4ZxW6GQkafeMlON8jyQViGGFuD22 S3XdWt75k29lv++0TsZaZOlxSBVui6S7UMHvQMU3cslOxXhxeZNq0LEAgRfLwWgoN M0a7TE0HfVOPai3k0A== X-UI-Sender-Class: 55c96926-9e95-11ee-ae09-1f7a4046a0f6 Received: from makerlispvps ([74.208.29.250]) by mrelay.perfora.net (mreueus003 [74.208.5.2]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lr0UP-1rDBVH0bKd-00ecmT for ; Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:12:04 +0100 Received: from [192.168.234.134] (mobile-166-171-121-196.mycingular.net [166.171.121.196]) by makerlispvps (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 664658B54F for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:12:03 +0000 (UTC) To: tuhs@tuhs.org References: <5CA7DF21-7A8A-40C5-B8F7-42F9DE45DD7F@msweng.com> <0bfa1109-c826-4bf2-ae9c-185546fecf9f@halwitz.org> From: Luther Johnson Message-ID: Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 13:12:01 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:stFEZ/poSgRjdECJi9TOUmWxWajlQkLVV8f0f5703L1hM4c5clU 89F1wyDrge83dZfh9YuNtDC4Gw20yTeLOY5xWPBgLyFElmLwystsBEo3VsG8w20Er4zAsGC CbznyFXWf3HLq0MxKwRrho2kHlTDwpHzF7Kh1Oc/WuVrCF6NUDOSoNt4/V6wM20tI5OWdl1 HNPZawZ+nDMgR74EwA7hg== UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:jWoY+BnvXuQ=;/2NVBZ1Ah8KsfhiOgJXpaMVt4T8 OKTcwiZzd4AQlVMpNWPu0AA43U+DxzDvckpvYMzrP5Zy9zBlynTLuGTk9Vyc+F3YIzIN25J5I Se9Kv6HHbUgHt/5OPdBa7+YiByLrO00tmSJFHkBFRn9ujSEkID5Ll39WUNl07Qd83Dj3QedR/ PW5Zcm2Qn/Hpc/4ZFPCXmugFROGi9dmlTTBkZ+G2VsaboJpIPxYJNugRRRK78YqEDD3I8sEJn 8aUKMPGslQcEDtyCLs5q+kGu1fS1smLDcjZMoUvQbPM5lCf/+Hv2jfdpSe09TpFkOLn92yOh1 EGQrx0WiqwSEo1NzFByNIZv0gPBjmr/xmo43cWUsYF5K0SYp7enLmITI1u6yuiO3VDgmCh1s7 fbq7h4nobeDRWpv+uWEGH/6X1Olvsi8qyCKENJ0DiHSG/By0Ro0MuknY0OXIzyqZE/QSAf+Yf LTR2jXzexBqvQg5KKyhMAOAntWLIL/c8sZXo0b2GtkEG9B5UC6ea2PPMoTdUf6Ve1eLnYMJ9n GNDLyENokXApEspN2njU+rQ16OMkwr1Q7dVJ0Gws28rlWyv8cTDANYENmNOOJ+rnOnEFsUGah Xj8aiSy9QT27ttqd12zqQRXKuFKA1CfHrr5Za/1yoRQNsDO99EAjUdTIIdaAfmaeVCViWyJDD pXT0cPFqPNR2Am19QG2zJYAc82K71jhK+r0WjSUQUvbTiz1DCxeMAVwVX6McV8SVt7Er/JsHA cbwXTeoBjD3HuwxZgnx1q5xayAlw6wOTejdHyvYHw0VTjiUV1B25gE= Message-ID-Hash: L5LZWROEXRU2Y2WAQLGWTBJN6YD7DSDV X-Message-ID-Hash: L5LZWROEXRU2Y2WAQLGWTBJN6YD7DSDV X-MailFrom: luther.johnson@makerlisp.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: who was that unmasked man List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: That reminds me of a restaurant, who posted, one day, that the soup of the day was "Beef Barely". On 03/08/2024 12:57 PM, Dan Halbert wrote: > Here is the whole post: > > z...@cca.uucp > Jun 3, 1983, 9:23:42=E2=80=AFAM > to > Nothing will ever top the entry I saw on the menu of the main restaurant > in Darjeeling. The restaurant was quite ordinary, and so was most of > the menu. But there was one entry in the middle of a bunch of others > which caught my eye: > > Rice with sliced children, tomato sauce. > > I called the waiter over and tried to order it, and he explained that it > was a misprint; it was supposed to read "chicken" instead of "children". > I acted terribly disappointed, and the waiter became very apologetic. > > This was the same restaurant in Darjeeling that was frequently out of > tea. > > On the road up to Darjeeling, there were all sorts of interesting > billboards. On the approach to a narrow bridge, there was one > proclaiming "Watch your Vechicles". A little farther on, there was one > that said "Drink more coffee, it's good for you!" > > On 3/8/24 14:55, Dan Halbert wrote: >> Here you go. I search in groups.google.com, which indexes old Usenet >> posts: >> >> https://groups.google.com/g/net.jokes/c/GdEQWm_Ztj0/m/SoRDzqrLg64J >> >> Dan H. >> >> On 3/8/24 14:23, William H. Mitchell wrote: >>> A story that Steve Zimmerman once told--and I can=E2=80=99t remember i= f >>> in-person at a Usenix, on a mailing list, or on Usenet--was that on >>> some Chinese restaurant menu he found this item: "Sliced Children >>> with Tomato Sauce". (Note: "children", not "chicken"!) For fun, >>> Zimmerman tried to order it, asking to be sure it was in fact sliced >>> children, not sliced chicken. The waiter carefully explained it was >>> a typo, became very apologetic for disappointing him, etc. :) >>> >>> Every once in a while I look for that post but I=E2=80=99ve never foun= d it. >>> I wonder if anybody else from the recalls it from the 80s. >>> >>> Google says, 'No results found for "sliced children with tomato >>> sauce".' >>> >>> FWIW, Here=E2=80=99s a search that turns up a few things related to CC= A >>> Emacs: >>> https://groups.google.com/g/net.emacs/search?q=3Dsteve%20zimmerman%20c= ca%20emacs >>> >>> My recollection is that Zimmerman passed away while relatively >>> young, but hopefully I=E2=80=99m wrong. I didn=E2=80=99t find him on = LinkedIn just >>> now. >>> >>>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 9:50 AM, Clem Cole wrote: >>>> >>>> CCA - a.k.a. zimmerman emacs. >>>> =E1=90=A7 >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 11:43=E2=80=AFAM ron minnich >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> CCA EMACS? That's a name I have not heard in a long time ... >>>> >>>> I forgot if I'm not allowed to load images, sorry if I just made a >>>> mistake. >>>> >>>> >> >