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    I found the list via Alta Vista or Yahoo (IIRC Alta Vista was either
    part of Yahoo or they had an agreement).&nbsp; It was in mid-late 96 I
    think (less than a year after moving to Houston).<br>
    <br>
    I'm pretty sure Merlin was gone by the time I joined the list
    because I remember reading ABOUT him.<br>
    <br>
    I remember when Mike joined the list.&nbsp; He stirred things up at first
    because he blew up some of the "common knowledge."<br>
    <br>
    Geo<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/25/2014 3:30 PM, James McColl
      wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAKtzbUEN9rinTBcTfR1yfRbDFKNtL43jtUU+ie=G8wtd9bLDcg@mail.gmail.com"
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      LOL, I sent that to Lawrence. &nbsp;Just Lawrence. &nbsp;I think I've
      forgotten how to use a mailing list.
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        ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
        From: <b>James McColl</b> &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:james.mccoll@gmail.com">james.mccoll@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
        Date: Friday, 25 July 2014<br>
        Subject: longevity of the mailing list<br>
        To: Lawrence Weeks &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:lweeks@anabasis.net">lweeks@anabasis.net</a>&gt;<br>
        <br>
        <br>
        I bought my NX2000 on October 9, 1996. &nbsp;Still under warranty! &nbsp;I
        had one of the a-pillars replaced free.
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        <div>I think I found the SE-R List in 1997. &nbsp;Might have been
          1998. &nbsp;I remember the first person I asked for help was
          Merlin.</div>
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        <div>Amazingly, I didn't go to my first SE-R Convention until
          this year.</div>
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        <div>It was a blast. &nbsp;Especially going to Denny's after 3 AM,
          with Mark S., Hank and Ostlund. &nbsp;You meet the nicest people
          that time of night...</div>
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        <div>James<br>
          <br>
          On Friday, 25 July 2014, Lawrence Weeks &lt;<a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lweeks@anabasis.net');"
            target="_blank">lweeks@anabasis.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr"><span
                style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Yeah,
                I'm sure that's where I did too, probably under
                rec.auto.</span><br>
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              <div><span
                  style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Larry</span></div>
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              <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:00 PM,
                Wade Jackson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true">srwadet@cox.net</a>&gt;</span>
                wrote:<br>
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                  .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I
                  think I found out about the mailing list on the usenet
                  news groups.<br>
                  <br>
                  Wade<br>
                  member since 1992!<br>
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                    <br>
                    ---- Khiem Dinh &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true">spdracerut@gmail.com</a>&gt;
                    wrote:<br>
                    &gt; bah.... webcrawler!<br>
                    &gt;<br>
                    &gt; -Khiem<br>
                    &gt;<br>
                    &gt; On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Matt Hunt
                    &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true">mhunt@ecin.net</a>&gt;
                    wrote:<br>
                    &gt;<br>
                    &gt; &gt; On 7/25/14, 3:34 PM, Lawrence Weeks wrote:<br>
                    &gt; &gt; &gt; Jim, I bet you used AltaVista!<br>
                    &gt; &gt;<br>
                    &gt; &gt; Hotbot!<br>
                    &gt; &gt;<br>
                    &gt; &gt; matt<br>
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                    <div>&gt; &gt;
&nbsp;+----------------------------------------------------------------------+<br>
                      &gt; &gt; The mailing list home page is <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.se-r-list.org/" target="_blank">http://www.se-r-list.org/</a><br>
                      &gt; &gt; To modify your subscription, go to<br>
                      &gt; &gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.se-r-list.org/mailman/listinfo/se-r"
                        target="_blank">http://www.se-r-list.org/mailman/listinfo/se-r</a><br>
                      &gt; &gt;<br>
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                      The mailing list home page is <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.se-r-list.org/" target="_blank">http://www.se-r-list.org/</a><br>
                      To modify your subscription, go to <a
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              -- <br>
              Lawrence Weeks&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a
                moz-do-not-send="true">lweeks@anabasis.net</a><br>
              Anabasis Consulting Ltd<br>
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