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   • s******j@f****.**o.com
     13/04/2001 05:44:14 UTC

     A few minutes before logging on, I noticed a bit of crud on my framed

     Masters diploma. I tried to scratch it off. No dice; turned out to be

     something inside the frame, under the glass.

     So I took the frame down and started tapping and knocking it so the crud

     would get dislodged. Eventually it fell to the side of the frame. I
     tapped

     some more to re-center the actual diploma, then rehung the frame in its

     spot right behind and mover my monitor.

     A few minutes back, the the frame fell right off the wall. Slipped
     grace-

     fully behind my computer desk.

     There was no sound of broken glass, but there WAS an alarm. An
     unfamiliar

     and annoying beeping.

     Took me a moment to realize that the falling frame had knocked my
     computer's

     power cord out of the socket.

     Specifically, it knocked the UPS power cord out.

     It kept things running long enough for me to fish the diploma out from

     behind the desk and reinsert the plug.

     I feel prepared for the long, hot summer . . .

     Stefan Jones, PG&E Blackout Zone 50

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       • s******j@e***.**o.com
         19/04/2001 05:32:50 UTC

         On 16 Apr 2001 04:35:29 GMT, Joseph Hertzlinger wrote:

         >On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 05:44:14 GMT, Stefan E. Jones

         > wrote:

           >>Took me a moment to realize that the falling frame had knocked
         my

           >>computer's power cord out of the socket.

           >>

           >>Specifically, it knocked the UPS power cord out.

           >>

           >>It kept things running long enough for me to fish the diploma
         out

           >>from behind the desk and reinsert the plug.

           >>

           >>I feel prepared for the long, hot summer . . .

         >What does this have to do with the United Parcel Service?

         Duh-UH! UPS delivered the UPS to Office Depot.

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       • j*******i@i*.******m.com
         16/04/2001 04:35:29 UTC

         On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 05:44:14 GMT, Stefan E. Jones

         wrote:

         >Took me a moment to realize that the falling frame had knocked my

         >computer's power cord out of the socket.

         >Specifically, it knocked the UPS power cord out.

         >It kept things running long enough for me to fish the diploma out

         >from behind the desk and reinsert the plug.

         >I feel prepared for the long, hot summer . . .

         What does this have to do with the United Parcel Service?