Today is a sad milestone in my virtual career.  Due to the troubles caused
by the recent spate of spams and spoofed subscriptions, I have set both
AEROSP-L and FOLIO-L to Subscription=Open,Confirm and Send=Private.
I probably should have done it long ago.  I feel like the cowboy watching
the range being fenced in.
 
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On another note entirely, most of you have probably seen the notes on
other listowning lists about a criminal named Eric Thomas who is on the
loose.  (Our Eric swears it isn't he :-)  My Eric Thomas story is less
exciting, but I still treasure it.  A few years ago at SHARE I was sitting,
awed and befuddled, in a VM lecture that was far beyond my comprehension.
During the Q&A, the person behind me offered an even more awesome and
befuddling question.
 
"Yes, Eric," the speaker said patiently.  "That may be a little specialized.
Perhaps you should see me during the break."
 
"Wow!" exclaimed the questioner's companion.  "He recognized you!"
 
"Of *course* he recognized me," explained the questioner.  "I'm Eric
Thomas!"
 
And of course he was.
 
I just wanted to thank Eric for giving us all such wonderful toy and
tool.  (My beloved, whom I met on the Net, says we should invite him to
our wedding.  But that's another story.)
 
--
Barbara Weitbrecht
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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