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    From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Vk3jed on Thu May 20 06:45:00 2021
    Hello Vk3jed!

    ** On Thursday 20.05.21 - 15:36, Vk3jed wrote to Spectre:

    ..All those morons are the same ;) Like religion,
    politics doesn't seem to draw the best people. Mostly the
    self serving, you wouldn't "read about it" :)

    Sadly, true. Arthur C Clarke, in "The Songs of Distant
    Earth", came up with an interesting way to elect the
    President of a small colony on a distant planet:

    1. Anyone who actually wanted the job was automatically disqualified.

    2. Put the rest of the names into a hat and draw one at random.

    3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)


    Ok.. But did the job pay well?

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    There was even an enhance-cd edition that included artwork/
    scenes akin/inpired by Myst.


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    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Ogg on Fri May 21 07:45:00 2021
    On 05-20-21 07:45, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)


    Ok.. But did the job pay well?

    I can't remember, but apparently, it was a solid and stable system of government. :)

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    Hmm, lost me there.


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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Vk3jed on Fri May 21 06:11:00 2021
    Hello Vk3jed!

    ** On Friday 21.05.21 - 08:45, Vk3jed wrote to Ogg:

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    Hmm, lost me there.

    I meant to write "The 2nd tune [on the album] is "ok"."
    Spotify has it.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Ogg on Sat May 22 19:58:00 2021
    On 05-21-21 07:11, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Hello Vk3jed!

    ** On Friday 21.05.21 - 08:45, Vk3jed wrote to Ogg:

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    Hmm, lost me there.

    I meant to write "The 2nd tune [on the album] is "ok"."
    Spotify has it.

    Ok, OK, makes more sense now. :)


    ... Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Vk3jed on Thu May 20 07:45:00 2021
    Hello Vk3jed!

    ** On Thursday 20.05.21 - 15:36, Vk3jed wrote to Spectre:

    ..All those morons are the same ;) Like religion,
    politics doesn't seem to draw the best people. Mostly the
    self serving, you wouldn't "read about it" :)

    Sadly, true. Arthur C Clarke, in "The Songs of Distant
    Earth", came up with an interesting way to elect the
    President of a small colony on a distant planet:

    1. Anyone who actually wanted the job was automatically disqualified.

    2. Put the rest of the names into a hat and draw one at random.

    3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)


    Ok.. But did the job pay well?

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    There was even an enhance-cd edition that included artwork/
    scenes akin/inpired by Myst.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Ogg on Fri May 21 08:45:00 2021
    On 05-20-21 07:45, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)


    Ok.. But did the job pay well?

    I can't remember, but apparently, it was a solid and stable system of government. :)

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    Hmm, lost me there.


    ... Sometimes a man will tell his bartender things he'll never tell his doctor === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Vk3jed on Fri May 21 07:11:00 2021
    Hello Vk3jed!

    ** On Friday 21.05.21 - 08:45, Vk3jed wrote to Ogg:

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    Hmm, lost me there.

    I meant to write "The 2nd tune [on the album] is "ok"."
    Spotify has it.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Ogg on Sat May 22 20:58:00 2021
    On 05-21-21 07:11, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Hello Vk3jed!

    ** On Friday 21.05.21 - 08:45, Vk3jed wrote to Ogg:

    BTW.. I didn't realize that Mike Oldfield produced a concept
    album inspired by Clarke's novel. The 2nd tune "ok".

    Hmm, lost me there.

    I meant to write "The 2nd tune [on the album] is "ok"."
    Spotify has it.

    Ok, OK, makes more sense now. :)


    ... Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)