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   Message 43,446 of 45,362   
   Dave Whittier to Peter   
   Re: Is there any intelligent life out th   
   29 Mar 08 05:11:43   
   
   From: scarybari@NOSPAM.shaw.ca   
      
   Not everyone has completely checked out, we just keep waiting for the trolls   
   to get tired.   
      
      
   "Peter"  wrote in message   
   news:47ed97ee$0$4055$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...   
   >    Check.  Check one, two.  Check one, two.   
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   >    Anybody other than the cross posting, numbnut net kooks still out   
   > there? Yah, I know.  A line like that will probably just attract them but   
   > what the heck.   
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   >    I've followed this group for many years.  Seen a lot of kooks (surely   
   > some folks remember "Amero" and company) but there used to be some   
   > intelligent threads. Some heated , some boring but most relatively   
   > interesting.  Majority actually related to the Canadian Military   
   > Community.   
   >   
   >   As an experiment, I cleared my blocked senders list (it was getting   
   > quite large), reset the newsgroup and then synchronized.  Of approx 800+   
   > messages, there appeared to be only 30 ( + or - ) that were:   
   > a) relevant to can.community.military;   
   > b) were only sent to this newsgroup, not cross posted to multiple groups;   
   > and   
   > c) were sent by intelligent, rationale people (Andrew, Paul, Nomad, Dave,   
   > Maria - apologies if I've missed some).   
   >   
   >    Given the likes of Top Poster, the Doctor, Smartypants and company it   
   > looks like this particular forum is no longer worth following, thus time   
   > to sign off.   
   >   
   >    Been a slice folks.  Safe surfing, safe travels.  For those that are   
   > actually associated with the CF (or at least support us) I wish you all   
   > the best.   
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   > Peter W Dingle, CD   
   > VVV   
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   >    Noticed that Andrew, Paul, Nomad, Dave are still around   
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