[at-l] Winter Aolstice

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

I always thought it had more to do with the stock price of AOL! :)

Rami wrote:

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> Funny.......
>
> I always thought an AOLstice was the one day a year when, if you use AOL =
as your ISP, you got the quickest service.
> Now that's not just some W.A.G. mind you, there's science behind my guess=
.  You see, the winter AOLstice is when the AOL servers are closest to you =
(the computer user who has woefully chosen to use AOL as your ISP of choice=
), and everyone knows that the closer the server is to you, the quicker you=
 get your drink.....
>
> Right?
>
> Of course the drawback is that if you youse AOL, you must also accept the=
 Summer AOLstice when, all summer, the servers are farthest away from yew a=
nd thus provide the SLOWEST service...
>
>
> -r
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Felix
>   To: AT-list
>   Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [at-l] Winter Aolstice
>
>
>   greyowl@rcn.com wrote:
>
>   > Winter solstice for 2002 will occur at 2:14 pm EST on December 21.
>   > Only 16 shopping days left...
>
>   I've been wanting to go oackpacking on an aolstice for a long time...
>   :-)
>
>
>   --
>   Felix J. McGillicuddy
>   ME-->GA '98
>   "Your Move"
>   http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
>
>
>
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