From: nobody@nowhere.nix   
      
   On 25/09/2021 06:39, Snidely wrote:   
   > Remember when Michael Trew bragged outrageously?  That was Friday:   
   >> On 9/23/2021 12:14 AM, Snidely wrote:   
   >>> Michael Trew scribbled something on Wednesday the 9/22/2021:   
   >>>> What does "UMSCRIBE" mean? I've seen this enough times, but have yet   
   >>>> to figure it out.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's an AFCA meme, going back into the dark ages. Google Groups seems to   
   >>> limit "the past" to about the year 2000, so good luck finding the first   
   >>> use.   
   >>>   
   >>> In this case, Sir Clive Sinclair has unsubscribed to The Earthly   
   >>> Present. He has fallen off the roof, in reference to an old joke not   
   >>> unique to AFCA.   
   >>>   
   >>> /dps   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Ah, thanks.   
   >>   
   >> I've never used Google Groups before; I have no clue how it works.    
   >> I've seen people dredge up threads from the late 80's via GG before,   
   >> so I suppose it depends on the group?  Perhaps ALT has different   
   >> retention from the big 8?   
   >   
   > GG used to go Way Back; that's what they bought Deja News for.  But   
   > keeping '80s and '90s posts in live storage to be looked at maybe a   
   > couple of times a year doesn't seem to be a primary goal anymore.  The   
   > last time I successfully went back that far, AFCA was getting around 100   
   > posts a day, and in-group searches were much more frequent.   
   >   
   > We used to have a contributor who had a complete archive, but that ended   
   > with his demise and the idea of finding another poster who would be   
   > interested in the particular disk probably didn't occur to the family   
   > members.   
   >   
   > That contributor was one of our sailboat story-tellers, and that too is   
   > missed.   
   >   
      
   Q1- "sailboat story-tellers"? Is this an alternate euphemism for   
   fisherman's tales?   
      
   Q2- 'family members'. Is this referring to his immediate family the AFCA   
   'family' (a bit like the 'Committee' in AUE)?   
      
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