From: euclid@NOSPAMTHANKSshaw.ca   
      
   On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:45:05 -0000, "Col"    
   wrote:   
      
   >"Steve B"  wrote in message   
   >news:rb4rq5dgtvf8hhj1com7m7dh7bei7556ia@4ax.com...   
      
      
      
   >But there are a few, like me, who over the past few years have   
   >periodically checked to see if there is anything going on down   
   >in Groovetown.   
      
   I have checked back every so often as well, hoping against hope that   
   some fantastic development has happened, but I think this latest   
   period has been the longest I have gone without posting anything.   
      
   >Waiting, like Legion, for the chance for the group to live again.....   
   >   
   >But seriously, it's not going to happen is it?   
   >What finally convinced me of that was the reception the 'Dave'   
   >Back to earth episodes got a year ago.Effectively a series 9 but   
   >furry of activity on the group.   
      
   I still haven't seen them, to be honest.  The Seattle PBS station has   
   not played any RD in years, and I just never got around to   
   renting/downloading the latest batch.  After seeing the   
   less-than-enthusiastic response here, it got pushed to the back burner   
   and has stayed there.  It's next on my list, though.  Right after   
   "learn Portuguese".   
      
   And the activity here just turned out to be a blip.  I'm not sure how   
   much of that has to do with ATVRD being dead and how much of that has   
   to do with Usenet being dead.   
      
   The "Eternal September" is over and many ISPs are removing Usenet from   
   their offerings.  I know that Google Groups is there and there are web   
   front-ends for Usenet, but I think people are moving away from the   
   medium in general.  As such, I guess ATVRD is a victim of that larger   
   shift in internet access.   
      
   >At least you got a wife out of alt.tv.red-dwarf (perhaps you were   
   >only expecting a tie?) all I've got are the memories :(   
      
   That was a one-in-a-billion stroke of luck that Heather and I met and   
   ended up getting married.  This year will be our 10th wedding   
   anniversary, our daughter is 18 months old, and we have known each   
   other for 12 years - and we owe it all to Red Dwarf.   
      
   I have lots of fantastic memories of all of the people I met here over   
   the years - so don't dismiss the memories.   
      
      
      
   >Good to hear from you again Steve, anyway.   
      
   Likewise, Colin.  Maybe one of these days we'll all get the news we've   
   been waiting for.   
      
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