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To: 70times7
Gee, let's see... $400 and change for a basic level desktop from Dell, $15 to $35 per month for net access, somewhere from $30 to $75 in software for firewall and virus protection, and lastly there is the time spent screening and deleting spam, and/or setting up software and filters. And let us not forget the occasional crash.

Yeah, but you'll be able to do so much more then email Christmas greetings once you get up and running.

You are right. When one looks at the huge (or is it hugh?) 37 cent per use fee and the enormous effort involved in tossing away the adds as you walk in from the box there is just no comparison. Not even close.

I agree. Why wait 3 days for delivery too? The USPS is getting a little long in the tooth. Kind of like the fax machine did to bicycle messengers in the early 90's.

BTW, here is my Christmas card to you…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thank You!!!!!! I wish you the same.

Festive eh? I knew you would think so!

Well, it's okay. We usually email nice big .jpg's with pictures of the family, text overlays, etc.

I've nothing against plain text though.

150 posted on 12/09/2004 6:05:47 AM PST by Stu Cohen (Press '1' for English)
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To: Stu Cohen

It's funny - the argument supporting the USPS was rather like an argument supporting cows instead of buying gallon jugs of milk: "let's see....$700 for a refrigerator, $15 per month in gas to drive to the store, possible dropping and spillage of the jug, time spent throwing it away when done". It would be true, I suppose, if many of us didn't already have a refrigerator and weren't already going to the store all the time.


151 posted on 12/10/2004 3:03:58 AM PST by beezdotcom (I'm usually either right or wrong...)
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