Before there was Linux (I know, the dark ages), I remember consulting thick books, given away free, that were an alphabetical listing all of the people and businesses in a given area, along with their addresses and phone numbers. I probably used that technology to get to my first meeting of the Toronto PC User's Group, held at a school near Bayview and York Mills in the late 80's.
Good times! On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Stewart Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2015 7:53 AM, "Anthony de Boer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ... both ways uphill in the snow. But if > > you tell kids nowadays, they > > won't believe a word of it. > > When I were a lad, we didn't have Linux, but we started a Linux user group > anyway as an aspirational cargo cult ... > > (Back in GLUG [Glasgow Linux User Group, c.1995-6] days, we always held > meetings in pubs. We found our way there no bother, but strangely, it was > always far slower and longer to get home. I wonder why?) > > Cheers > Stewart > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > -- Alex Beamish Toronto, Ontario
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