From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Andrew Chaplin  wrote:   
   >"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.   
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   >>   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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   >Velox-Versutus-Vigilans = "We send flowers by wire."   
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   >>    Noticed that Andrew, Paul, Nomad, Dave are still around   
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   >Yup. I, for one, am glad that Giganews doesn't charge for the downloading of   
   >headers, otherwise the cross-posting twits would make the monitoring of the NG   
   >not worth the while. It is pretty easy to distinguish between those posters   
   >whose messages are worth reading and those on whom one should take a pass.   
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