Re: Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca wrote:
: In <38038076.0@ecn.ab.ca>, tturner@ecn.ab.ca () writes:
: >mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca wrote:

: [snip]

: >: I wonder what holiday was celebrated in Japan this past weekend?
: >
: >--> Or in Australia, or England, or Holland . . . ?
: >    AFAIK, 'Thanksgiving' is specific to the 'New World'.
: >    (ie: North America). Not that I've checked. I have
: >    noticed, though - that England celebrates Mother's Day
: >    in a different month than we do in North America.

: I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. I know that this past weekend was a holiday of
: some sort in Japan, I just didn't know what it was.

: Is EAGLE still active?

--> Sorry, wasn't attempting to imply you were sarcastic. Didn't
    think of it from that angle (or any angle). 'Twas just wonderin'
    myself about Thanksgiving, from an international perspective.

    EAGLE? Other than a BBS with cabling problems keeping it down,
    there's nothing left. I tried upgrading the software to handle
    28K (from the older 1200bps it was running) but have been unable
    to resolve handshaking problems that seem to be cable (pinouts)
    related - it cheerfully ignores all incoming calls, which makes
    for a BBS that is MIA, unfortunately. One of these days . . .
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