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On 13/09/2023 21:45, Fishrrman wrote:
> On 9/12/23 6:12 PM, David Brooks wrote:
>> On 22/07/2022 07:34, Savageduck wrote:
>>> Since my break from r.p.d. and UseNet I thought I would check in to
>>> see the
>>> condition of the NGs I usually subscribe to. Everything I see
>>> validates my
>>> decision to no longer participate in the shit show that UseNet has
>>> become.
>
> The usenet news groups are slowly fading away.
>
> I sense that most of those who still read and post to them are getting
> old, and will soon be gone as well.
>
> Even the binary groups (such as
> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.yourfavoritegenre) aren`t seeing much in the way
> of traffic any more. Some go for weeks, months, without a post.
>
> A sign of the changing times.
> Usenet will live on, but in a declining and perhaps (finally) a "state
> of suspension".
> Until the servers are simply switched off...
Off Topic now ........
I`m sure it cannot be a coincidence that a "Fishrrman" also posts on
MacRumors, so I`m going a ask a favour!
I enjoyed posting on MacRumors as "Brawdy14", but you will note that I
am now "Suspended".
Are you sufficiently brave to post a question on MacRumors asking *WHY*
"Brawdy14" has been suspended - and, if you get an answer, ask for me to
be reinstated?
"Brawdy14" was my call-sign when I was learning to fly Hawker Hunters at
what was, then, RNAS Brawdy near Haverfordwest in South West Wales. I
later finished my naval career at RNAS Culdrose, Helston, not far from
your apparent home in Penryn!
Thanks for listening!
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David
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