Those raisins are hell on modems.
Larry Zink
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 8:17 PM
Subject: Cereal Killer
>
>Some will Laugh, Some will cry, but most will simply hit the delete key
>without even reading this message.
>
>But I just had to share this with all of you.
>
>After a memorable evening out getting aquatinted "face-to-face" with one
>of the guys on the list, Ed Hamilton, I got up early this morning and
>fixed myself a large bowl of Raisin Bran while I read my EMAIL. With my
>vision impaired by lack of sleep, I somehow managed to spill the whole
>bowl onto my computer. Oops!, I'm supposed to know better, being a
>computer consultant and all! (Do as I say, not as I do.)
>
>At any rate, I managed to wipe out my Modem in the process. I was
>looking for an excuse to upgrade the 28.8 modem, so I got a V.90 US
>Robotics. I was then informed by GTE Internet Services that they don't
>support that modem and all I can get out of it is 28.8 Kbps. Well,
>that's is real bummer.
>
>Now firmly back on line but in the corner,
>Joe Curry
>
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