[Coco] apparently our computers are "not" classic enough to be classics

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

From: Rtdos at aol.com
> more on the "comp.sys.classic" / "comp.sys.vintage" newsgroup RFD:
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> _http://tinyurl.com/27d72h_ (http://tinyurl.com/27d72h) 
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> anyone care to give this guy a lesson on classic computers?

Funny, back when I was in high school in New Hampshire (early 70s), a car from 20 years previous was considered a classic (unless it was a crapped-out beater like most cars that go through two decades of hard winters and salty roads turn into -- actually, that can happen in less than 10 years, and that's what I and most of my "peers" drove -- my first car in '72 was a '64 Impala you had to be careful with because of the big hole in the floor between the gas and brake pedals).

I dunno about other states, but in New Jersey (an absolute hellhole, don't move here, encourage all of your friends [and your enemies, if you wish to keep them] to leave [I'm leaving as soon as I can, 15 years here is too damned many]), a car over 20 years old can get "classic" plates if you promise not to drive it too much.

I didn't know anybody was still trying to create new (functional) groups on Usenet.  Has somebody invented a spamblocker for that environment that kills the crap before it chokes the fat pipes?
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Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

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