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[ This contains both VanC0 Grommet files. It is rumoured that Ron S VanZuylen has the largest collection of grommets outside the Soviet Union. The second file was written by DBCooper, whose main claim to fame is some silly hijacking or other. HBB ] A:\TEXT\GROMMET.TXT (54 lines) edited by R.VAN with ST MicroEMACS "HELP! THE GROMMET(*)'S MISSING!" from a book which does not exist because it is a figment of my imagination. I think this text is considered public domain, so you can distribute it at your own discretion (if it hasn't been altered in any horrible/frightening way). (*)GROMMET (grom'it), n. a metal eyelet, as in leather. My father was sipping a tasty Rheinhessen on the back porch when a clattering disturbed his oenophilic reveries. He looked up and, eyes agog, stared blankly as the rest of the family lugged a huge box marked 'Gas Grill' into view and dumped it huffing at his feet. (They were huffing, not the gas grill; the gas g...

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Subject: ****Conflicting Stories in 2600 Raid 11/11/92 From: newsbytes@clarinet.com Date: 11 Nov 92 20:52:29 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 1992 NOV 11 (NB) -- In the on-going investigation of possible Secret Service involvement in the Friday, November 6th ejection of attendees at a "2600 meeting" from the premises of the Pentagon City Mall, opposing statements have come from the same source. Al Johnson, chief of security for the Pentagon City Mall, told Newsbytes on Monday, November 9th: "No one said that we were acting on behalf of the Secret Service. We were merely enforcing our regulations. While the group was not disruptive, it had pulled tables together and was having a meeting in our food court area. The food court is for people eating and is not for meetings. We therefore asked the people to leave." On the same day, Johnson was quoted was quoted in a Communications Daily article by Brock Meeks as saying, "As far as I'm concerned, ...