In a message on 11-01-18 mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Good evening Mark,   
      
   ml> as i'm reading this, yes it is... as i write this it is 20:34   
   ml> -0400... today has been a long day... we had to dig test pits in raw   
   ml> woods/forest today... lots of vines and undergrowth making it hard   
      
   Europe did go back to standard time oct. 28th so it's now -0300 hrs.   
      
   What are those test pits for?   
      
   ml> the pits dug, we ran some penetration tests to see how firm the soil   
   ml> material is at that point... one of our holes was 25 feet (7.62 meters)   
   ml> deep... some grueling work at times climbing up and working on the   
   ml> slopes in those conditions...   
      
   It's a fact of life that all upward slopes are taxing. ;o)   
      
    HG> I'm also glad to see one area after another come back to life again.   
    HG> Since Florence and other weather disasters only the SYSOP echo has   
    HG> been alive.   
      
   ml> SYSOP? hummm... i know there are several sysop echos but i remember   
      
   The echo is FN_SYSOP the 'INTERNATIONAL FIDONET SYSOP ECHO' as it states   
   in the description.   
      
   ml> PS: you really need to get your fidonet system somehow connected to   
   ml> the internet so you can get messages faster and be connected to more   
   ml> systems for messages... sadly i'm no longer doing POTS connections   
      
   I know but first of all I'm in no hurry to get messages faster because I   
   won't get more time to do them and I have no users that wont other areas   
   than I carry, but I actually have a more modern machine to set in after I   
   can find/get hold of PCI card containing a PS/2 mouse socket.   
      
   Whatever else there is on that card won't matter because the one I have   
   does have only one USB port and an IrConnector in addition to the PS/2.   
      
   As a last resort I could use an USB mouse but that leaves only 2 USB's   
   for other uses on the 3-port USB card.   
      
      
   Have a good night,   
      
   Holger   
      
      
   .. By the time you find greener pastures you can't climb the fence!   
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