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   xyzzy to unhyphenated American   
   Re: Saban retiring? Might as well shut d   
   12 Jan 24 00:38:37   
   
   From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   Con Reeder, unhyphenated American  wrote:   
   > On 2024-01-11, JGibson  wrote:   
   >> On Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 1:02:25 PM UTC-5, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   >>>> I wonder if some enterprising company is going to put up a Google Groups   
   >>>> clone like Feedly and TheOldReader did with Google Reader.   
   >>> In my day, we didn't have this Google Groups or even GUI interface   
   >>> nonsense - we had to find a university that gave out free Unix accounts   
   >>> with nntp access, then telnet to them...and we liked it!   
   >>>   
   >>> There aren't that many of us - would it kill us to join an RSFC   
   >>> Facebook group? It can't be any worse that its "All We Talk About Is   
   >>> College Football" (aka "All half of us talk about is how much Michigan   
   >>> and Ohio State hate each other, and all the other half talk about is   
   >>> how much better the SEC is than everybody else") group.   
   >>   
   >> Are you not aware of:   
   >>   
   >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/rsfck   
   >>   
   >   
   > That's undoubtedly an imposter group. Caveat emptor.   
   >   
      
   Not an imposter. It’s chock full of Usenet refugees.   
      
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