Re: Did you miss me?

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 2:36:36 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 9/30/2021 11:29 AM, Jim Davis wrote:=20
> > On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 2:01:53 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrot=
e:=20
> >> On 9/28/2021 8:10 PM, Jim Davis wrote:=20
> >>> On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:44:28 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrot=
e:=20
> >>>> I was gone for almost a whole day. Did you guys miss me?=20
> >>>>=20
> >>>> Looks like aioe crashed. Form posts I saw earlier today seems to=20
> >>>> indicate even their website is down. I just now figured out how to g=
et=20
> >>>> my old Eternal September account to work with Thunderbird. Ok, to be=
=20
> >>>> fair I never really tried before.=20
> >>>>=20
> >>>> --=20
> >>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.=20
> >>>> https://www.avg.com=20
> >>>=20
> >>> Hmmm, I know what Eternal September refers to re: AOL back in the ear=
ly 90's ( You may have noticed that I "still" use AOL from those days)=20
> >>> But what is an Eternal September "account"?=20
> >>>=20
> >> AIOE and Eternal September are free (**read & post) Usenet servers sti=
ll=20
> >> in operation. It looks like AIOE is back up and operating as of now. I=
=20
> >> am using their server to read your post. I seemed to recall Eternal=20
> >> September charges a one time setup fee like ten dollars, and never=20
> >> another fee after that. I know I have not paid again in more than a=20
> >> decade of use.=20
> >>=20
> >> There are a lot of read only Usenet servers.=20
> >>=20
> >> I noticed you have an AOL email account, but I've never felt the need =
to=20
> >> look at your headers and information to see where your posts appear to=
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> >> originate from.=20
> >=20
> > Way WAAAAYYYY way back i used to pay a fee to Aol but then they started=
 offering it free so I stopped paying and just continued to use it. As of n=
ow, I use it but just as an autonomous mail service. That is - - - I don't =
have the app on my computer and don't even use Outlook or any kind of messa=
ge organizer. I don't do any alarm business on line so it's no inconvenienc=
e.=20
> > When I want to Emai, I just go to the AOL website and sign in using the=
 names and passwords I've use for centuries. I've actually got 4 separate a=
ccount that I use in the event that I want to remain super anonymous for an=
y reason.=20
> > I'm in NY But hardly anyone knows exactly where. Bass came kinda close =
when he was looking to "get" me. But he had me located in a town about 40 m=
iles away where my ISP is located.=20
> > For some reason back when I first started using Usenet, I went on it an=
onymously right off the bat. Today, not even Google knows who I am and I'm =
not on any of the social media groups or even Linkdin. My bank offers a ser=
vice that makes it so I don't have to give anyone my real credit card numbe=
r. So that end is pretty well covered too.=20
> > I guess that It all stems from the fact that I consider people guilty u=
ntil proven innocent. That's my interpretation of Billy Joel's "I'm in a Ne=
w York state of mind"=20
> > What's that old saying? " Paranoia is just a heightened sense of awaren=
ess"=20
> >
> I've never looked for you. Is that a challenge? I hunted a guy once,=20
> and the only reason I didn't get him is the FBI (one I) got him first.=20
> They had more money and better resources.=20
>=20
> I'm kidding. I have no need to know where you are or even if Jim is=20
> your real name. Not about the other part. The FBI really did get him=20
> first.
No challenge. I'm not that important.
BUT
I don't have much respect for the FBI.=20
I have seen first hand how they can railroad someone right into federal pri=
son. The guy was my customer and as side work he repaired motor cycles in h=
is little one car garage on weekends and evenings. A couple of the members =
of a local Hell's Angels group brought their bikes there for repair. My cus=
tomer never rode with them but after some members were arrested on some fed=
eral crimes, they got my customers name and manufactured some story that al=
lowed them to arrest my customer as an accessory and sent him to federal pr=
ison for five years.=20
I continued to monitor his home at no charge for his family until he was re=
leased and they moved away. There's more to the story but that's the gist o=
f it. I still monitor the alarm system for his sister-in-law. It's been abo=
ut 10 or more years ago now They're doing OK but it's always going to be a =
blemish on him.