Re: Curious/strange calendar entry

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

And, with help from agc@ and the archives at tuhs.org, we have:

https://minnie.tuhs.org//pipermail/tuhs/2002-January/001581.html

In article by Mark E. Mallett:
> Somebody pointed me at this URL:
> http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/pups/2000-January/000152.html
>
> and others where the question of the UNIX-based mallet was being
> discussed.  It's me.. some time in the mid-80s I had submitted a
> number of entries to the calendar file and I had jokingly suggested
> that my birthday could also be included.  And apparently it was.
>
> I enjoy seeing it pop up every August.  I notice that some calendar
> files now actually explain it, which I think is a pity :-)
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I think a few people are going to be relieved to know the answer.
Can you tell us which versions of the calendar file actually explain
it, as I've not seen them.

Thanks for this,
	Warren
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Got this entry today:
>
>        08/14   First Unix-based mallet created, 1954
>
>
> This is presumed to be some sort of unix "inside joke" but so far
> no-one hasyet been able to explain it.  And despite some diligent
> searching through archives, no-one has been able to determine its
> origin.
>
> Maybe some of you old-timer out there have a clue?
>
> :)
>
>
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