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Offline krissel

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Where the @ symbol originated
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2009, 05:15:10 AM »
I know from now on I'm going to always think of it as "the monkey" sign; it indicates where gunug monkey is lurking these days! eusa_dance.gif
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Where the @ symbol originated
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2009, 08:23:05 AM »
QUOTE("Ray Tomlinson")
The...messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them.
I've sent a few hundred thousand of those myself! Does that mean I'm in "good company?!" blush-anim-cl.gif laughhard.gif
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