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   Gerry Myerson to Abby Sale   
   Re: Enough of this s**t   
   09 Oct 09 10:27:29   
   
   From: gerry@maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email   
      
   In article <3amrc55c36bg1r2vpjomklbqublajvaufd@4ax.com>,   
    Abby Sale  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:53:02 -0400, Joe Fineman  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Surely it was destroyed long ago, when it was eaten & digested by the   
   > >Mudcat.   
   >   
   > Yep, and other forums here and there.   
   >   
   > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 05:10:31 -0700 (PDT), "porchgreg@aol.com"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Well, only if you beleived they have already succeeded in destroying   
   > >it.   
   >   
   > Maybe, but I think it died long before they came along.   
   >   
   > I'm not clear why I still take the group.  Sentiment, maybe.   
      
   How many folkies does it take to kill a newsgroup?   
      
   Five - one to start a competing forum, and four to mourn   
   the death of the old one.   
      
   --   
   Gerry Myerson (gerry@maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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