Hey, look what I found:
http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9306&L=ferret-search&P=R2877
 
It's the issue 500 announcement from June 1993, only 11 years ago!  Now
here we are at issue 4,600 today!
 
(Early on the list didn't come out every day because there weren't many
of us so there were quiet days; in fact, most days didn't have an FML for
a long time largely because so few people were on-line.  The current list
of over 2,500 has over 210 TIMES as many members as we had back when.)
 
And THIS 1992 post is hilarious to everyone who knows Bill's FML work
ethic so guess who said what before you read it in full at the URL:
http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9206&L=ferret-search&P=R74
 
>Wow, I'm falling a little behind in getting to my mail, including ferret
>stuff.
>
>[You think you're behind?  Sheesh!]
>
>I sure don't want the list to think I dropped off the earth - here are a
>few comments:
>
>Re Katie and Bandit and lack of a cool car: I'm in the same
>boat...err...car.
[Posted in FML issue 4600]