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Letter: Letters : First and last

Published 13 September 1997

From Kevinda Spencer

SPENCER_K@bgpii.com

In my day the nearest we got to technology was the oil lamp and I was very
apprehensive about all this telephone malarkey, so when we were told that e-mail
was to be installed at work you can imagine my apprehension.

Anyway, I decided to be a bit more 90s and give it a go. However, my fears
were even further heightened when, upon sending my first virtual letter, my PC
retorted: “All e-mail addressses are bad.”

I immediately heeded this warning, put down my mouse and vowed never to use
e-mail again, apart from this time to you, obviously.

Issue no. 2099 published 13 September 1997

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