In article ,
Philip Eden writes:
Not quite a birthday, but today marks the 10th anniversary of
this newsgroup's conception when I submitted a "request for
discussion" and the
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Happy Not-Birthday to the group, and my thanks to Philip for creating
it. I remember how frustrated I was in December, 1995 by the lack of
such a group, when Scotland and the north of England had exceptionally
severe conditions but there was nowhere to discuss them.
--
John Hall
"Think wrongly if you please,
but in all cases think for yourself."
Doris Lessing