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Robinson CypherPunk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TruthMonger)
Sat Nov 29 11:52:44 1997
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 07:29:20 -0600
From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
> ======================================================
> Q. How long did the real Robinson Crusoe live on that
> desert island?
> A. Alexander Selkirk? Nine years. In 1703, the old pirate
> got mad at his ship's master, one Capt. William Dampier,
> and jumped overboard. Slept that night on the beach. Next
> morning he hailed the ship, but the captain just laughed
> at him and set sail. It was the same Capt. Dampier who
> saw Selkirk's campfire smoke nine years later and sent a
> boat ashore. Selkirk was still mad. Madder. Took two days
> to talk him into going aboard.
> ==============================================
> LMBoyd Web Site / U. S. Newspapers / Start Email / Stop Email
> http://www.LMBoyd.com/postscript.htm
