Re: Beer fest beckons

2001-05-25 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:00:40PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
 On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:28:49PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
  So I get a call on my mobile in the middle of the beer fest from a
  potential collaborator telling me he can't send me the promised
  documentation due to the fact my inbox has exploded spectacularly
  and exceeded my meagre disk quota.  Given that I'm far too busy drinking
  ale to go and faff around wth the university computing service, I shall
  temporarily unsubscribe.
 THere is the option of cadging a shell account off of someone, with 
 no fascist disk quota ...

She has (at least) one of those, it just has a fascist MRA. :)

MBM




Beer fest beckons

2001-05-24 Thread Lucy McWilliam


The short story: free beer - bye for now

The long story:
So I get a call on my mobile in the middle of the beer fest from a
potential collaborator telling me he can't send me the promised
documentation due to the fact my inbox has exploded spectacularly
and exceeded my meagre disk quota.  Given that I'm far too busy drinking
ale to go and faff around wth the university computing service, I shall
temporarily unsubscribe.

TTFN
L.

P.S.
Cambridge Beer Festival, 21-26 May, Jesus Green




Re: Beer fest beckons

2001-05-24 Thread Dave Cross

At 23:00 24/05/2001, David Cantrell wrote:
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:28:49PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:

  So I get a call on my mobile in the middle of the beer fest from a
  potential collaborator telling me he can't send me the promised
  documentation due to the fact my inbox has exploded spectacularly
  and exceeded my meagre disk quota.  Given that I'm far too busy drinking
  ale to go and faff around wth the university computing service, I shall
  temporarily unsubscribe.

THere is the option of cadging a shell account off of someone, with
no fascist disk quota ...

/me points out the irony of telling Lucy this onlist when she has 
unsubscribed :)

Dave...


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Re: Beer fest beckons

2001-05-24 Thread Greg McCarroll

* David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:28:49PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
 
  So I get a call on my mobile in the middle of the beer fest from a
  potential collaborator telling me he can't send me the promised
  documentation due to the fact my inbox has exploded spectacularly
  and exceeded my meagre disk quota.  Given that I'm far too busy drinking
  ale to go and faff around wth the university computing service, I shall
  temporarily unsubscribe.
 
 THere is the option of cadging a shell account off of someone, with 
 no fascist disk quota ...
 

london.pm server seems like a good target

-- 
Greg McCarroll  http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net



Re: Beer fest beckons

2001-05-24 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 At 23:00 24/05/2001, David Cantrell wrote:
 On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:28:49PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
 
   So I get a call on my mobile in the middle of the beer fest from a
   potential collaborator telling me he can't send me the promised
   documentation due to the fact my inbox has exploded spectacularly
   and exceeded my meagre disk quota.  Given that I'm far too busy drinking
   ale to go and faff around wth the university computing service, I shall
   temporarily unsubscribe.
 
 THere is the option of cadging a shell account off of someone, with
 no fascist disk quota ...
 
 /me points out the irony of telling Lucy this onlist when she has 
 unsubscribed :)
 

i 'spose the same goes for my suggestion about getting a london.pm
account

but maybe, just maybe she will read this some day,

Greg

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