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   Debra to All   
   Re: a quick denial   
   28 Feb 15 13:01:08   
   
   From: dfreemans@live.com   
      
   On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 1:24:36 AM UTC-5, Earle Jones27 wrote:   
      
   > On 2015-02-25 16:40:20 +0000, Jon Gearhart said:   
   >   
   > > Horrid Stretchy Pus wrote:   
   > >> Less is more.   
   > >> Not everything you do is bad but some of it is and flooding a public   
   > >> forum (a.a) or a moderated forum (Anagrammy) with stuff, which like   
   > >> Japanese Knotweed chokes the place up and hides the work of others is   
   > >> just selfish.   
   > >> Being rude to you or you to others isn't the way forward but neither is   
   > >> posting loads of self-referential irrelevant crap.   
   > >>   
   > >> Horrid   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > I'm beginning to think a move is in order.  Though many here loathe   
   > > google and yahoo groups, if we created an email list, we could select   
   > > members from those who request to join.  Messages come directly to your   
   > > email inbox on any ISP.  Any thoughts about this?  Alt.Anagrams is   
   > > mostly dead these days.   
   > >   
   > > EJ   
   >   
   > *   
   > I would go along with a move.  Possibly to YahooGroups, who run a   
   > decent mailing list.  The list "mother" could maintain the posting   
   > ability of anyone who joined.   
   >   
   > I run a YahooGroups list for my retirement community.  It is not a big   
   > deal to set it up and maintain it.   
   >   
   > But I have a warm spot in my heart for UseNet Newsgroups, which have   
   > been around longer than the WWWeb.   
   >   
   > You decide.   
   >   
   > earle   
   > *   
   > Earle Douglas Jones = Jealous Songleader = Long-nosed, jealous = Jesus,   
   > lad! Long one!   
   > *   
      
   TWO of your three short "anagrams" are not anagrams.   
      
   Debra Dee Freeman   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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