Dear Friends, Here is a tale which filled me with fury, but was not told by an idiot. As a number of y'all have asked about not being able to reach the Cambist.net site, and other sites on that service, I thought I'd share.
In the words of Tom Lehrer, "Christmas time is here, by golly Disapproval would be folly! Deck the halls with hunks of holly, Fill the cup, and don't say 'when'! Kill the turkeys, geese, and chickens, Mix up the punch, drag out the Dickens, Even though the prospect sickens, Brother, here we go...again!" Apparently, though, not all the turkeys are killed. One such two-legged turkey climbed up a coast- overlooking radio tower in Anguilla not many weeks before Christmas 2001, to string pretty pretty Christmas lights on said radio tower. These pretty lights would be seen by all kinds of passing ships, and the occasional beach comber. Unfortunately, said turkey, perhaps disoriented by smoking a few too many reefers, stomped on a dish antenna, knocking Internet connectivity out for a good many users. That dish communicated with another on a similar tower on a nearby island (St. Maarten) and its loss was felt immediately. A further turkey was involved, who runs the ISP that provides this microwave connection to the Internet (so-called Wavenet). It seems that he misdiagnosed the problem, sent off for the parts (he keeps no spares on island), arrived at a correct diagnosis, sent off for a replacement dish, and finally fixed the problem some hours ago (New Year's Eve). To the dismay of all his customers, he was out of touch until one intrepid customer sent a messenger out by car to his home to find out what was going on. He still keeps no spares on island. The immoral of this story is also to be found in Tom Lehrer's song: "On Christmas Day you can't get sore, Your fellow man you must adore. There's time to rob him all the more... The other three hundred and sixty-four!" The sequel to this story should occur sometime after Epiphany (6th of January for youse non-Epiphany celebrants) when the lights are taken down, we may presume by the same ganja-smoking goofball. The upshot of this story is that the Cambist site and other Gold Barter Holdings sites are moving to another location very soon. Anyone who has contacts for good Internet providers in Costa Rica, Panama, and the Channels is welcome to drop me an e-mail. And the rest of that fine Christmas Carol: "Relations sparing no expense 'll Send some useless old utensil, Or a matching pen and pencil - 'Just the thing I need. How. Nice.' "It doesn't matter how sincere it Is or how heartfelt the spirit Sentiment will not endear it What's important is: the price! "Hark the Herald Tribune sings Advertising wondrous things. God rest ye merry merchants may Ye make the Yuletide...pay! Angels we have heard on high Urge us to go out, and buy! "So, let the raucous sleigh bells jingle. Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle, Driving his reindeer across the sky! Don't stand underneath when they...fly...by!" Regards, Jim http://www.ezez.com/free/freejim.html http://www.two-cents-worth.com/?101468&EG --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.e-gold.com/stats.html lets you observe the e-gold system's activity now!
