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Date:      Mon, 08 Feb 1999 08:14:58 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Women in FreeBSD ( was Re: Is there a reseller program?)
Message-ID:  <36BE9D02.A82D75DD@uk.radan.com>
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Wes Peters wrote:
> 
> Greg Lehey wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday,  7 February 1999 at  0:34:46 -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> > > 
> > > One of the most interesting conversations I've had came about as a
> > > result of helping a young man in England with a PPP problem.  His
> > > name is Robin and he works for the Sheriff of Nottingham.  I asked
> > > him if he gets a lot of people curious about this situation, and
> > > he said mostly from yanks; apparently the story isn't that well-
> > > known in England.  ;^)
> >
> > Of course it is.
> 
> Can't possible be generally as well known as it is at my house, where
> we watch the video 3 or 4 times a day.
> 
> Perhaps the yanks are just more amused by "Robin working for Sherriff
> of Nottingham" than brits?  We asked Diane's friend Belinda, of London
> SW1, about this and she told us she was suprised at how popular the
> story is in America; in England it's just a snippet of history.

More a snippet of legend, supposedly based on fact, but with little
historical evidence to support it.

> Of course we have a nationwide predisposition to anyone who sticks it
> to the brits.

Thanks Wes, and I thought you were such a nice chap ;-)

> --
>        "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
> http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com
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