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From: jlowry@bbnccv.UUCP (John Lowry)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.jokes
Subject: Re: Ah !  The Good Old Times
Message-ID: <84@bbnccv.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 12:38:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 12:38:19 1985
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Summary: 

In article <173@mot.UUCP> fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) writes:
>[]
>"dollar" is a transform of "tollar", the name for currency minted in a
>Czech(?) town that mined silver, minted coinage, and got involved with
>hydraulics, vacuum and atmospheric pressure.
>	it's been several years, but there was a series on PBS regarding
>how one thing leads to another to another, etc. and that's where i got
>the above.  the show was hosted by an Englishman.
>	does anyone remember the name of the series?
>-- 
><< Generic disclaimer >>
>Fred Christiansen ("Canajun, eh?") @ Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ
>{attunix, ucbvax!arizona!asuvax, seismo!ut-sally!oakhill, trwrb!wlbr}!mot!fred
>{btlunix, amdahl!drivax, utzoo!mnetor, hplabs!motsj1, allegra!sftig}!mot!fred

The name of the series was "Connections", hope they show it again soon ...


				John Lowry