alayne@cs.utexas.edu (Alayne McGregor) (12/13/89)
In <telecom-v09i0543m07@chinacat.lonestar.org>,news@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG writes: > This story was related by Pat Routledge of Winnepeg, ONT about an unusual ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry, but there's no such place. Assuming ONT is short for Ontario (and I haven't heard of anywhere else with that abbreviation), there's no such town/village/city in it. The closest is Winnebago. There is, however, a Winnipeg, the capital of the province of Manitoba (where I happened to grow up). Makes me wonder if the whole story isn't an (ex)urban legend. Alayne McGregor dciem!nrcaer!gandalf!alayne [Moderator's Note: Alayne, that story is *so old* I first heard it about twenty years ago, and in those days, it was an installer over in Scotland someplace.... :) And regards Winnepeg, Manitoba, *thank you* for catching this. I generally edit obvious (to me) errors in place names in the Digest, and I know it is in Manitoba, but that got right past me....until I saw your message. PT]