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On Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 5:38:13 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
> 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!
>
> --
> David
Things you find on the InterTubes - I never knew the FAA flew
Hunters. Is there one in the museum at Yeovilton?
Cheers,
Magani (obviously failed aviation nerd)
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