Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!UDEL.EDU!Mills From: Mills@UDEL.EDU Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: [Lawrence J. Kaufman: Re: Wollongong telnet and new line processing] Message-ID: <8707272125.aa04106@Huey.UDEL.EDU> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 21:25:00 EDT Article-I.D.: Huey.8707272125.aa04106 Posted: Mon Jul 27 21:25:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 01:16:05 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 36 Larry, See the delightful little book "Cotswold Privies" by Mollie Harris and Sue Chapman (Hogarth Press, London 1984) for a full, complete and satisfying definition of the word. In sweet, a gongfermer is the poor (but well-paid) lad who cleaned out the privies in yesteryesteryear. Any similarity, functional or otherwise, to departmental of industrial institutions is stoutly denied. Why did I use this wonderful 15th-century word? Because I hoped to get a message like yours. Dave ----- Forwarded message # 1: Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Huey.UDEL.EDU id aa05649; 27 Jul 87 14:25 EDT Received: from bbncc-eur.arpa by Louie.UDEL.EDU id a010057; 27 Jul 87 11:23 EDT Date: Mon, 27 Jul 87 17:02:50 GMT+0100 From: "Lawrence J. Kaufman"Subject: Re: Wollongong telnet and new line processing In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 21 Jul 87 22:03:44 EDT To: Mills@louie.udel.edu Cc: lkaufman@bbncc-eur.arpa Message-ID: <8707271123.a010057@Louie.UDEL.EDU> Dave, Would you please explain gongfermer to a poor city boy? What does a privy farmer do and why are you using a 15th century word? --- Larry Kaufman lkaufman@bbn.com now in Germany, moving to Maryland in the next week or so. ----- End of forwarded messages