Demo/Sociographics: Anybody home?

[George]

Well, one of the advantages of a subnotebook, aside from not risking 
brain tumors from a CRT, is the ability to carry it with you nearly 
everywhere, in this case being the inlaws, whose house was put on the 
internet for the very first time ever tonight.

george

>DATE:   Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:24:43 -0500
>FROM:   Jhildt at aol.com
>
>Just an observation from a newcomer: As Christmas weekend started (let's say
>Thurs. PM) traffic on this list dropped off about 90%.  Which means: What?
> That all academics, both under- and over-graduate have fled the U.'s?
>  Those typing their minds from office or workplace are home for the
>holidays.  Seems very few of us 1. are writing from home, 2. stayed put, and
>3. have managed to keep some time for ourselves.
>   
>Not that I'm surprised.
>   
>Let's hear from the hearty few who remain -- from your kitchens, your dens,
>your bedrooms, or, as in my case, from a corner of the living room, near a
>city window, from which I talk to the world.
>
>   [I leave this as an artifact to be found by those returning
>                         after obscenely long vacations.]
>
>                                                      Joy to the world.   
>
>                                                                           J.

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