Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:23:07 -0600 From: "GABRIEL O HOYUELA" <gaborhoy@lycos.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3560$foo@default> Subject: Intro
-Hello everyone
My name is Gabriel, I love CP since I was 10 years old and I get my first Venus fly trap, I keep on looking for them and now I have a pair of Nephentes, some Venus, and 2 species of Drosera.
I also have a large colection of Cacti.
It's great that this list exists.
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 04:00:19
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