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Re: [motm] I think I'm gonna throw up

2001-01-04 by J. Larry Hendry

Well, I couldn't resist the opportunity to have a little stooge like humor
at your expense.  However, I did get a good chuckle thinking about mailing
500 MB from my house.  I think I could drive to Texas faster.  :)
Larry H

----- Original Message -----
From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) <noise@...>
To: <motm@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: [motm] I think I'm gonna throw up


Oh lord.  I'm an idiot.  Missed the "xpress" in "express mail".  Parsed down
to eMail.

--PBr, wandering around, looking for the dunce cap.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Larry Hendry [SMTP:jlarryh@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:29 PM
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] I think I'm gonna throw up
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) <noise@...>
> > Holy sh!t!  That's a LOT of megabytes!
>
> At 9.1 MB per photo it adds up.
>
> > I really hope Paul's not using a
> > standard modem.
>
> Never mind Paul.  The fastest connection my "crap-for-main-office-switch"
> phone company can muster is 26K on a good day.
>
> > Seriously, you might want to consider some kind
> > of FTP server (hmm, but who would let you plunk
> >down 500MB...?), or burning to CD and overnight
> > shipping;
>
> I decided to overnight ship instead via US Postal "Express Mail"  TM
> see below <snicker>
>
> LH
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J. Larry Hendry [SMTP:jlarryh@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:42 PM
> > To: motm@egroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [motm] I think I'm gonna throw up
> >
> > Just today, 500 MB of high resolution TIFFs went express mail to Paul's
> > house.  :)
> > Of course, it is all my stuff.  :)
> > LH
>

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