vacation dear subscribers holiday season usa want extend good wishes festive season also let know linguist vacation december 20 midnight january 5 1995 taking break year plagued technical problems semester first mailer started wildly duplicating triplicating messages began problems still unsolved telnetting emu texas moved new machine texas come think say going holiday spending break ensure 1995 less technically interesting want thank patient late postings duplicate postings lost messages september december wish extend hearty thanks assistant editors ron reck ljuba veselinova liz bodenmiller ann dizdar manned front lines battle technology excellent work linguist able continue semester despite revolt machines may interested know linguist 5700 subscribers posted year 1500 messages approximately 60 different countries may 5700 prosperous happy new year helen anthony