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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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