Railroad art exhibits

Dayton Holmes

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Jun 30, 2003, 9:08:23 PM6/30/03

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Per NY Times 6/30/03; the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany will have two exhibits that run through 9/28/03 and one that runs through 11/2/03. All of them feature railroading throughout the US and around the Albany area. No info on times or costs. Probably the institute would have further info but no phone or address given.

Wolf Kirchmeir

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Jul 1, 2003, 10:25:27 AM7/1/03

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:08:23 -0400, Dayton Holmes wrote:

Post in text, please.

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Wolf Kirchmeir
Blind River, Ontario, Canada

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It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Dominic Pinto

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Jul 1, 2003, 5:53:32 PM7/1/03

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Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:08:23 -0400, Dayton Holmes wrote:
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> Post in text, please.
>

text is:

Dominic Pinto

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Jul 1, 2003, 5:54:04 PM7/1/03

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Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:08:23 -0400, Dayton Holmes wrote:
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> Post in text, please.
>

text is:

TCS

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Jul 1, 2003, 11:55:09 PM7/1/03

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>text is:
>
>Per NY Times 6/30/03; the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany
>will have two exhibits that run through 9/28/03 and one that runs
>through 11/2/03. All of them feature railroading throughout the US and
>around the Albany area. No info on times or costs. Probably the
>institute would have further info but no phone or address given.

I'm confused. Apparently someone objected to the poster using HTML (??) and
asked for the post to be repeated in text. But the before and after posts
looked identical to me. No HTML characters.

So what was the problem?

TCS (The Colorado Skier)
A-Basin is still open for skiing!

Wolf Kirchmeir

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Jul 2, 2003, 11:04:53 AM7/2/03

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On 02 Jul 2003 03:55:09 GMT, TCS wrote:

=>I'm confused. Apparently someone objected to the poster using HTML (??) and
=>asked for the post to be repeated in text. But the before and after posts
=>looked identical to me. No HTML characters.
=>
=>So what was the problem?

I don't know whether the original post was in HTML or not. The post showed up
as ATT00001.ATT. My news reader (I do _not_ use a browser for reading NGs)
treats an HTML post, and some multi-part posts, and some parts of multi-part
posts, as attachments. "In-line" attachments are usually, but not always
excised and shown as attachments -- sometimes I see text followed by the
attachment code in ASCII. Some XTML and pretty well all Javascript posts are
treated as pure text - I see a mishmash of code and message. Basically, this
newsreader opens only text, or opens posts only _in_ text. Never executes
anything. Doesn't open a binary unless told to explicitly, via a menu. So I
really don't know what the post was - I didn't look at it. :-)

Why do I use this newsreader? So I can decide what to open, and what not to
open, and how. Safer that way.

You will note that this is _not_ a Windows machine. Why? Safer that way.

Wolf Kirchmeir

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Jul 2, 2003, 11:05:45 AM7/2/03

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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:54:04 +0100, Dominic Pinto wrote:

=>Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
=>>
=>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:08:23 -0400, Dayton Holmes wrote:
=>>
=>> Post in text, please.
=>>
=>text is:
=>
=>Per NY Times 6/30/03; the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany
=>will have two exhibits that run through 9/28/03 and one that runs
=>through 11/2/03. All of them feature railroading throughout the US and
=>around the Albany area. No info on times or costs. Probably the
=>institute would have further info but no phone or address given.

Thanks, Dominic Pinto.

Dayton Holmes

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Jul 2, 2003, 9:49:08 PM7/2/03

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When I posted the item, it asked if it should be sent as plain text and
html (recommended) and I said yes. Sorry for the confusion. Next time
I'll try plain text only (this machine does not do Windows, either). :-[

Dominic Pinto

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Jul 4, 2003, 7:24:05 PM7/4/03

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Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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> On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:54:04 +0100, Dominic Pinto wrote:
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> =>Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> =>>
> =>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:08:23 -0400, Dayton Holmes wrote:
> =>>
> =>> Post in text, please.
> =>>
> =>text is:
> =>
> =>Per NY Times 6/30/03; the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany
> =>will have two exhibits that run through 9/28/03 and one that runs
> =>through 11/2/03. All of them feature railroading throughout the US and
> =>around the Albany area. No info on times or costs. Probably the
> =>institute would have further info but no phone or address given.
>
> Thanks, Dominic Pinto.
>

No sweat. I'm afraid I won't be able to get to either - 'cept I might
possibly be Stateside late september / early October. If any further
details come to hand, please post them. Might be worth a side trip.
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Dominic Pinto
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Independent Adviser
Public & International Policy - Strategy - Regulation - PR - Commercial
Covent Garden London United Kingdom
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