[MR] Tarring all heralds with the same brush Was: Re: Proposal for reducing the backlog

[Shane B]

Wow!  I still have one of those old Freon Cans lying around here 
somewhere and it was given to me by Hrabia Jan Orzeldom of Ansteorra!

Alastair

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>Actually...
>
>Back around 1980 freon tank helms were banned.  At the
>time, I'd recently graduated from "broke collage student"
>to "underpaid entry-level working stiff" and even the cost
>of a low-end helm was pretty high for my budget.  Well, I
>bit the bullet and bought a helm, but before I could get
>it padded the rules were changed to narrow the allowable
>eye slot width, rendering my brand new helm unusable.

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