Re: yea...finally found a free way back here

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 20, 10:32=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 7:22=A0pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Jul 19, 3:58=A0pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Jul 19, 3:21=A0pm, "Rob @ Sirius" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=
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> > > wrote:
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> > > > ah it's been a rough year...had a heart attack in June '10...biz ha=
s been
> > > > slow and Qwest killed nntp so it was a pain to get here and I hate =
Google's
> > > > access. Today I found this free access so I can use my reader again=
.
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> > > > yes!...send me biz!
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> > > > you can always email me the address is munged but you can figure it=
 out :-)
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> > > > --
> > > > **Previously KA: Crash Gordon**
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> > > > "Bob La Londe" <onebike...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:j04fp2$q=
8k$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > > > > "Rob @ Sirius" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > >news:j048tu$12k$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >> Howdy all !
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> > > > >> --
> > > > >> **Previously KA: Crash Gordon**
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> > > > > Were the hell have you been. =A0I've tried to send a couple custo=
mers your
> > > > > way (been a while now).
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> > > > > Bob
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> > > > --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to n...@n=
etfront.net ---
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> > > good to have you back its been quiet since Bass passed away
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> > RHC: Ironical isn't it that while RLB was here, the newsgroup was
> > vibrant, sometimes quite thoughtful, but always controversial. Since
> > his death, the newsgroup is a mere shadow of what it was before.
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> You conveniently forget all the political bile he posted especially n
> his final days, most of the time baiting other users to try making him
> look good
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> All the other regulars he drove off over the years, some because he
> went real world on them
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> How he spent over a decade slamming the same industry he was once part
> of
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> Either those burgers you had on your visit to Florida had some special
> ingredients or you seriously need an MRI. I do not miss him one bit
> and I imagine a lot of others here feel the same way.
>
> The newsgroup is a shell only because most ISP's no longer subscribe
> to them, If you notice there's a lot more security-related postings
> these days instead of garbage.

RHC: Mark, you're reading more into my statement than was meant. I
don't deny he rattled a lot of people, and may well have done many
mean things on the newsgroup - he just never did with me !. Lots of
people seem to hate him for sure. Lets leave it at that !

I was simply stating that the newsgroup is so much quieter and less
controversial since he left. Maybe it's because of what you say
happening simultaneously with his passing - I really don't know why it
is so much quieter.

He's gone and whether you loved him or hated him, that chapter is
finished. I was indirectly asking (gotta learn to be direct with this
group....) why people thought the newsgroup has changed so
dramatically. Your answer (minus the remarks about RLB) is one reason !