Subj : Great October Day
To   : Denis Mosko
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Nov 22 2019 23:30:17

Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in netmail to Ardith Hinton:

DM>    HI, Wit's End!

DM>    Ah... that may explain why messages from You which don't strike
DM> me as particularly confidential end up in my netmail area.

DM>    The example I've just replied to seemed to indicate that the
DM> message You was replying to had been forwarded from E_T, presumably
DM> by You himself. My software allows me to specify move, copy or
DM> forward & indicates upon arrival who told it to do that.  On the
DM> downside my software can't decipher the France alphabet. We all do
DM> the best we can with what we have, and although I am not a techie I
DM> count myself fortunate that my computer guru is in the same room.

DM>    I've tried many times to explain to You & others that I can sent
DM> netmail only to points in Z1, but folks from Z1 don't appear to
DM> understand why :Q


DM> Denis


            This reply doesn't indicate it was forwarded... but it looks as if 
you cut & pasted a message to Alexander, then did a bit of rewording.  You may 
have guessed, quite correctly, that a pair of old schoolteachers wouldn't take 
long to figure out what you'd done!  I gather messages from E_T are showing up 
in your netmail.  Years ago, when you were communicating via 2:5030/2404 *and* 
using a different message editor, you replied to me & to various others in the 
echo with our own words identified quite clearly & appropriately.  I'd like to 
be able to help you do it again.  Since there's more than one variable in this 
case, however, I can't be sure from the other side of the Arctic Ocean what is 
going on.  Maybe your "boss node", Vitaliy Geydeko at 2:5064/54, could help.


            When the name of Vitaliy's system appeared in the nodelist, BTW, I 
understood why you were curious about Wits' End.  The word "wit" is defined as 
intelligence & quick understanding, especially when used in the plural, but is 
probably most often associated with remarks which other people find amusing or 
entertaining.  A person at his/her "wits' end", AKA "wit's end", is in a state 
of confusion because they've reached the limits of their brain power....  :-))




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

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