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   Re: Saving Usenet communities (was: No n   
   29 Jun 09 12:55:14   
   
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   XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Noel Q. von Schneiffel"  skrev i   
   meddelandet   
   news:c126f53f-0a8e-4a55-ab5e-cc3770035654@y17g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...   
      
   [snip]   
      
   > And I don't want to hear any more complaints about those webfora being   
   > "uncomfortable". When I won the Ironman in 1997, I was accused of   
   > doping by the nefarious agents of my arch-enemy Philip Pullman. I   
   > could only escape by stealing a paraglider and flying into the crater   
   > of Pu'u 'O'o, where the lava ruined my best wooden running sandals.   
   > *That* was uncomfortable.   
      
   I believe thee, oh mighty Schneiffel, but the web fora *are* unwieldy and   
   uncomfortable. I just can't help hoping that the newer Internet geeks will   
   one day discover how much niftier Usenet is.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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