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> That's human nature, and old-time Usenetters not only replace their
> keyboard regularly (it's usually their ENTER key which breaks
> first...),

Let's see, I'm on my fifth or sixth keyboard, and my failing memory of
the old ones (the IBM clickety keyboard has lasted a *long* time) says
it was the control, slash, and semicolon keys that did them in ;-)

My wife broke one or two just from sheer speed.

But, I digress...