XPost: news.groups, rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: kalelfan@yanospamhoo.com   
      
   "Frank Slootweg"  wrote in message news:8ouf84Fd20U1@mid.individual.net...   
      
   [snip two-paragraph response; something about problems, solutions,   
   the Dutch, ten years, a bastard, and no technical knowledge/experience/   
   skills whatsoever.]   
      
   Another country heard from then!  :-)   
      
   It looks like somebody's at the vicarious ego wound-licking stage so I   
   propose to waive the RFD and go straight to the group thread hug...   
      
   {{{A B, Alexander, Barb, catpandaddy, Frank, KalElFan, John, Mark,   
   redux, Steve, Whiskers, Your Name}}}   
      
   I'm sorry if that's off-topic.  Is there a group for hugs in the Big 8?   
   Where would it go?  soc.hugs?  misc.hugs?  rec.hugs?  talk.hugs?   
   humanities.hugs?  I guess comp.hugs and news.hugs and sci.hugs   
   would be inappropriate.  I just checked my news.individual.net   
   server and a search reveals not a single "hug" or "hugs" group.   
      
   Could this also have something to do with Usenet's Decline?   
   For groups where the consensus is Yes, would the Board be   
   willing to send a control message for, say, rec.arts.tv.hugs?   
      
   There've been times, after an episode of BSG, Smallville or even   
   that Warehouse 13 Christmas episode, when it might be nice to   
   have a place to go, a nice lounge or bar setup in the basement   
   there, just to unwind from a tough day in the thread jungle   
   above.  Any group could have one -- the Usenet version of   
   Cheers.  So there could also be:   
      
   alt.battlestar-galactica.hugs   
   rec.arts.comics.dc.universe.hugs   
   rec.arts.sf.tv.hugs   
   news.groups.hugs.   
      
   If all groups had automatically had a *.hugs, would Usenet have   
   turned out differently?   
      
   So many questions, rhetorical only in part!  Think about it, eh?   
      
   And have a good evening.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)