Voile et Vapeur – USENET meme

From lauriemann via james_nicholl via pecunium: what is your earliest USENET post on Google Groups?

Mine is from July 21, 1983.

June 13, 1982, although I know there are earlier postings to be found…

That means I’ve been online AND POSTING stuff for over 25 years. If I keep at it, I might say something useful some day.

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