From: "tim....." 
Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe uk.finance uk.rec.driving
Subject: Re: Motorists hit by card clone scam
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:24:19 +0100


"Magda"  wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:12:47 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "tim....."
>  arranged some electrons, so they looked like 
> this:
>
> ... > ... > Graham Murray wrote
> ... > ... > ... The IBM PC was launched in 1981,
> ... > ... > 26 years ago. Windows was later than that,
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... "Magda" wrote
> ... > ... > 1992, I think.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Don't be silly! - Win3.1 was already out by then.
> ... > ... Windows v1 was out in the '80s...
> ... >
> ... > No way.
> ...
> ... November 1983 to be precise
> ...
> ... http://www.oldfiles.org.uk/powerload/timeline.htm
> ...
> ... Almost nobody used it
>
> For ten years the thing was in a corner, gathering dust?

If you want to think of it that way

tim