From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-16, 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.   
   >   
      
   Darn! Missed my window. :)   
      
   I'll keep looking for opportunities. I was thinking I might try learning   
   now that I am only a few miles from the EAA location, but considering my   
   medical situation I decided discretion was the better part of valor.   
      
   --   
   That a few of us need to be more in touch with our feelings has obscured   
   a deep truth: many more folks need to be much less in touch with theirs.   
   -- Eric Weinstein   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)