From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   Con Reeder, unhyphenated American  wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Flying gliders doesn’t require an FAA medical, if that interests you.   
      
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