Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:42:45 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <8feafbf9-be6b-5ed7-39d8-d0b1021902c0@example.net> References: <54acad70-d817-060f-5378-304258c3a1f0@example.net> <0cabca8e-52bc-bd20-04b3-b77282e575bc@example.net> <8e38b627-a937-cfde-ddad-070f49d4fc94@example.net> <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <9f43ab34-3ec7-e654-c9a4-864acfc74923@example.net> <207cb2d4-a439-a0be-974b-d5804cb0f781@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3598546"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62680 On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:51:53 +0100, D wrote: > >> This is the truth! I have nothing against the mormons I meet. I think >> perhaps they are more afraid to discuss philosophy with me, than I am of >> them! > > Once they get past the missionary phase. It's been years since they > ventured into my part of the woods but I opened the door to find three > Mormonettes. The guys go in pairs but apparently they think they need > three for the girls. This is the truth! When I was young, someone disturbed me early on a sunday morning. It turned out to be three photo models from the Mormons. They never came back. I felt disappointed. ;) > Evanston Wyoming has a rather nice historical museum. Like most of the > railroad towns the Chinese played a large part. I called an exhibit to the > attention of a Chinese woman that I thought might interest her. We got to > talking and eventually went out to a picnic table. She asked if I knew > anything about my ancestry, which I took to be a Chinese thing. Nope, she > was a Mormon and they're big on genealogy so they can retroactively > baptize their ancestors. She was headed to Salt Lake as was I and she > invited me to attend a service with her. She was cute, but I passed. What a missed opportunity! Imagine you now, 4 wifes, 40 children! ;)