Subj : Participation
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Feb 25 2026 04:03 pm

Hi Kurt,

 KW>   Re: Participation
 KW>   By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Mon Feb 23 2026 01:52 pm

 > Fido is acting quirky again; this is my first mail since last Thursday. Gues
 > I'll just learn to live with getting mail every few days instead of every
 > day, like USPS. (G)

 KW> Just like the old days - mail would transfer by phone overnight to
 KW> your local echo hub, who'd transfer it to one of the backbone hubs,
 KW> which would send it on to the destination echomail hub, and to the
 KW> recipient...

 KW> Conversations would take place over days.

Better days than months or sometimes years before you got mail. Trouble
is, in today's society, (almost) everybody expects instant results for
everything and it's just not always going to happen. A lot of the better
things in life take time, like sourdough bread without a yeast kick
start, many wines and other potent potables, couture clothing--lots of
hand stitching there and so much more. I was brought up in a time where
a slower pace was normal; our grandkids have learned that gratification
isn't always instant.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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