From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:00:53 +0800
To: skc@huge.net.hk (Shri)
Subject: Re: [NOISE] [Fwd: Re: ABOI: Desperate User Support]
In-Reply-To: <30F17C73.4765@huge.net.hk>
Message-ID: <199601082050.PAA01206@thor.cs.umass.edu>
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Shri writes:
> Seen on Alt.best.of.internet. Would love to find out if this is 
> true! 
[...]
> > >     Origination: alt.sysadmin.recovery
[...]
> > >            Date: 27 Jul 1995 16:44:18 -0700
			  ~~~~~~~~
> > >... (many forwards deleted)...

Please don't post 6-month-old urban net.urban.legends to cypherpunks.
(Do we really need to put that in the Junior Grade Cypherpunks Training
Manual?) 

[...]
> > >Some poor SuperMac TechSport got a call from some middle level official...
> > >from the legitimate government of Trinidad.  The fellow spoke very good
> > >English, and fairly calmly described the problem.
> > 
> > >It seemed there was a coup attempt in progress at that moment.  
[...]

Someone posted this to c'punks a while ago (about 6 months ago, perchance?).

Beyond the fact that it sounds like an UL right off the bat, it's been
pointed out that there haven't been any military coups in Trinidad & Tobago
any time recently (or some similar historical fact). 

Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>

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