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   James Nicoll to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: Um....where is everybody?   
   23 Aug 18 14:02:44   
   
   From: jdnicoll@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Dorothy J Heydt  wrote:   
   >In article ,   
   >Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >>On 8/22/18 1:50 AM, Johnny Tindalos wrote:   
   >>> Hullo rasfc'ers, where did everyone go? Have we changed venue?   
   >>>   
   >>> Had a look at the group and it seems shutters are banging in the wind   
   >>that blows   
   >>> tumbleweeds down empty streets...Tina's autoposting the FAQ (if you're   
   >>reading this   
   >>> I liked the bit you wrote about the cave people, did you ever finish   
   >>it?) and Sea   
   >>> Wasp won an award for something that I will investigate next...   
   >>>   
   >>> ...my fault for being away for so long, come home and the planet's   
   >>been evacuated!   
   >>>   
   >>> If anyone sees this please could they let me know where everybody   
   >>hangs out now in   
   >>> the electronic ether than permeates our planet? Thanks muchly!   
   >>>   
   >>> Cheers, Johnny T. *pulls his coat tighter against the chill and   
   >>tiptoes down the   
   >>> rubble-pocked streets, peering into empty windows, ears alert for any   
   >>sound, but   
   >>> only the wind keens and the weeds rustle; nothing wings the sky,   
   >>nothing treads the   
   >>> ground*   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>	Maybe it's time to come back and make this place inhabited again. The   
   >>people who made it hard to be here are gone.   
   >>   
   >Yes.  I check the group every day, but it's empty for months on   
   >end.  We don't even get the misguided posters who think we're   
   >talking about making music in San Francisco.  :)   
   >   
   >I'll come back if you will.  I miss what this group used to be.   
   >   
   I'll at least start reading it again.   
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