On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:37:08PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:09:33PM -0800, Tom wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 05:44:02PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/ > > > > My everloving christ. You must be the only Linux user in Brunswick > > County. I expect there's a few up in Wilmington or down in Myrtle > > Beach. My how the world has changed.
Almost forgot to ask-- how do you know what Brunswick County is like? Do you live in NC? What area? > > Almost the only one. I know of at least 2 others, although they only mess > with it occasionally-- my Python teacher at the community college, Dr. > Browning, and my ex-boyfriend. There are about 3 others who I think *may* > use Linux, but I haven't talked to them in years so I don't know. > > As for Wilmington and Myrtle Beach, I know there used to be a LUG in MB, but > apparently it died out, cause the website in defunct. In Wilmington, > there's prolly a bunch of users, but there's no LUG up there. I'm going to > get in touch with Dr. Browning to see if he'll help me start a LUG around > here. > > > Is there really much of a geek community down east? > > Unfortunately not. That's part of why I have trouble finding a boyfriend. > I hate to gripe about that, but it's bugging me today. I had a very > annoying date with my current non-geek boyfriend-- all he cares about is > watching pro-wrestling every Monday night (well, that and sex-- but > wrestling is the annoying hobby (see my .sig-- I think sigrot is psychic) > ;). :b And he just has a very annoying personality. Oh well, anyway... > Nope, not enough geeks around here. That's why I'm online here as much as > possible-- it gets lonely around here. :( > > > Are y'all anywhere > > close to getting broadband? > > In the parts of the county that have Time Warner Cable (Southport/Oak Island > and Holden Beach), they can get Road Runner. For the rest of us, there's > Atlantic Telco's DSL. Until recently, it was too expensive for mere mortals > to afford, but now my mom says we're going to get DSL sometime within the > first half of next year (I told her I need it for my business, so she said > ok). > > -- > Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/ > Registered Linux user #280021 http://counter.li.org/ > > Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer. > > PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 > Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GAT d-(?) s: a18 C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o? > K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() > R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r x+ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > -- Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/ Registered Linux user #280021 http://counter.li.org/ Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a18 C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r x+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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