XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/12/27 17:29:24, Paul wrote:   
   > On Sat, 12/27/2025 11:23 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> On 2025/12/27 16:2:28, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   []   
      
   >>>   N.B. I only see the part of the thread which is not crossposted to   
   >>> alt.computer.workshop, so now you've dropped that group, please keep it   
   >>> off.   
   >>   
   >> OK. (What's the problem with it - or is it the regulars there of whom   
   >> I've blocked about half a dozen?)   
   >>   
   >   
   > In a previous lifetime, before the current crowd inherited it,   
   > it was a hive of vicious unrelenting bigots.   
      
   I've killfiled about half a dozen of its regulars who seem only to post   
   nasty things (I neither know nor care whether true or not) about each   
   other and other posters, as well as posts crossposted to a particular   
   'group. Having done that, I'm finding the remaining regulars moderately   
   interesting ...   
   >   
   > The group has no purpose. A couple organizations were using it.   
      
   ... though not a lot to do with computers. There are one or two threads   
   that are, but well beyond my knowledge (at least one of them is detailed   
   Linux, about which I know very little), so I just ignore those threads.   
      
   > To advertise "scam conferences" in Mumbai. That's about it for   
   > on-topic material.   
   >   
   > How did I discover the group ? I'm not known for my interest in   
   > workshops, and... somebody crossed into it.   
   >   
   > It's like someone crossposting to alt.flame because they thought   
   > they could get help with their combustion device.   
      
   :-)   
      
   Once, many years ago, the Archers 'group had a post or two from someone   
   involved with archery (toxophily); we actually admired his enterprise!   
      
   >   
   > Or if a group was called alt.usenet.kooks , you could get help   
   > with your kookaburra. They hooked a real live kook there one day.   
   > A person with mental problems, decided any time someone in   
   > the group played a joke on him, "they were helping him". He was   
   > a university prof. And eventually someone at the uni recognized   
   > the guy needed some adjustments to his rocker, and he... disappeared.   
      
   :-)   
   >   
   > Each newsgroup has a story to tell. Know your flora and fauna.   
   >   
   >    Paul   
      
   Indeed. As I do these ones - you, me, Frank S, VLH, Char J, Steve H, ...   
      
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   I ordere a chicken and an egg from Amazon.   
   I will let you know.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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