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Re: think you know Rootes?

To: Jerome Yuzyk <jerome@supernet.ab.ca>
Subject: Re: think you know Rootes?
From: Ron Tebo <mrtebo@telus.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 05:49:53 -0700
Jerome:

I can see that the nearly -40 Celsius temperatures in Edmonton have not
slowed your capacity for mischief-making! Great site, and I am going
back to study at the feet of the master (Russ) before I try again!

Ron Tebo
Tsk tsk indeed!

Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> 
> Well, up here it's so cold that you have to yell when you're outside or
> your voice freezes in the air before it gets to the other person. Really!
> 
> Fortunately, we have an excellent Internet infrastructure up here so those
> of us not watching curling, or curling up somehow, get to spend many
> mis-directed hours surfing the 'Net, and on my last outing I came across
> an old Rootes Group Trivia program written by Russell Maddock down where
> it's MUCH warmer. He had a note about someone resurrecting the program in
> something more than old Basic, so...
> 
>                       http://rgtrivia.bss.ab.ca
> 
> was born after a couple evenings' work, and some corrections by Russell.
> There is the original database of 100 questions, and could be extended
> pretty infinitely. You can do a test on 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 questions,
> have them marked (with correct answers shown after) and save your score
> for people to see.
> 
> Now that there's a database, we could extend the quiz beyond the original
> 100 questions. I can provide login access to add to the database to a
> couple or three people that wanted to take some time to make a decent
> project of it. I don't want to do more than maintain the operating parts,
> which is good, because I'm sure there are a few of you out there that know
> way more than I ever will.
> 
> This is the old place I'm going to advertise, so that I don't get whumped
> with traffic. Feel free to tell someone from another List if you want.
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
> --
> 
> =              J e r o m e   Y u z y k | jerome@supernet.ab.ca
> =    Sunbeam Alpine Series II #9118636 | www.bss.ab.ca/sunbeam

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