From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-18, xyzzy  wrote:   
   > 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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