Subj : Re: same as it ever was
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Mon Feb 26 2018 19:38:00

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 21-Feb-2018 19:06 <=-

 NB>> And was the price right....?  Or wasn't it even available...?

 MK> I haven't checked yet.  From the web site they claim that it should be
 MK> available at the store next door to where I normally buy groceries but
 MK> I have yet to come up with an excuse to potentially liberate a bottle
 MK> if indeed it is available and the price is right. 

I thought the chance to try it out was being put forth as the excuse...
and its proximity of availability as a plus...

 MK> It may have to wait until Sept. 24th when the "99 Bottles of Beer"
 MK> routine kicks in as that is the nearest date of interest to me ...
 MK> unless you can come up with one in the meantime. 

Celebrating Canada's 150th year with a Canadian single malt...?

 NB>> That sounds far enough away that we shouldn't have to worry about it

 MK> Given how long it has been since the official declaration of
 MK> obsolescence of the FTN datetime format I question whether it even
 MK> matters whatsoever.  Also I have doubts that MS based nodes will ever
 MK> have a suitable uuid generator/parser without Fidonet providing one. 
 MK> However, given that Windows can generate a proper email datetime stamp
 MK> (four digit year) I believe the current accepted datetime stamp could
 MK> be updated without causing any grief ... errrrr ... probably.  ;-) 

Just have to get some people to join your bandwagon to get it off the
ground in the first place... ;)

ttyl      neb

.... Bureaucrats cut red tape...... Lengthwise!

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