From: mshaw@bangnetcom.com   
      
   cbusylol  wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 2:10:26 PM UTC-7, Mark Shaw wrote:   
   > > Don Freeman  wrote:   
      
   > > > The replies to old threads seem to always be propagated by Gmail users,   
   > > > probably responding to old posts on Google Groups.  But most of the time   
   > > > I don't mind them though, kinda nostalgic actually.   
   > >   
   > > Me, I could do without the lack of line breaks. Ah well.   
      
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   > I post via Google Groups and have been openly attacked by the line   
   > break thing. Hard to believe people get their panties in such a   
   > twist over it.   
      
   Go away, Sonny, you bother me.   
      
   >  People clenching onto 'unwritten rules' of a   
   > communication platform that's been dead for some 15 years.   
      
   Ha ha ha ha ha   
      
   >  Since   
   > my ISP shut down its news server, and most public free servers   
   > don't retain a lot of history, GG is just a better fit for me.   
      
   Well, I'm glad you find it useful. But do please go somewhere else.   
      
   > USEnetters should be happy that Google Groups existence allows an   
   > audience to participate in otherwise a hallowed boneyard.   
      
   Oh, my.   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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