On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 5:41:33 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:   
   > Con Reeder, unhyphenated American  wrote:    
   > > On 2023-12-14, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American    
   wrote:    
   > >> On 2023-12-14, JGibson  wrote:    
   > >>> Just saw this note that the top of rsfc:    
   > >>>    
   > >>> *BEGIN QUOTE*    
   > >>> Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new    
   > >>> Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new    
   > >>> content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of    
   > >>> historical data will still be supported as it is done today    
   > >>    
   > >> I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority    
   > >> of users are from Google Groups.    
   > >>    
   > >> What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as    
   > >> Thunderbird.    
   > >>    
   > >> I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear,   
   requiring    
   > >> one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost   
   that    
   > >> I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.    
   > >>    
   > >> I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and    
   > >> a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for    
   > >> more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....    
   > >    
   > > If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and    
   > > pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)    
   > >   
   > If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up    
   > flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all   
   I    
   > wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the    
   > cost and effort.    
   >    
   > Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.    
      
      
   I knew a guy who owned and flew his own plane.  He seemed to really   
   enjoy it until he crashed and killed himself and two other people.     
   So I stick to commercial flights, on big planes, with professional pilots.   
      
      
   Irish Mike   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)