Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:02:33 -0800 From: Steve Clancy <sclancy@lib.uci.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3566$foo@default> Subject: Re: Intro
Welcome, Gabriel.
I'm glad to see another cp'er who likes cactus!
--steve
GABRIEL O HOYUELA wrote:
>
>
> -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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