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   John Geoffrey to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: Um....where is everybody?   
   31 May 19 12:12:46   
   
   From: gmkeros@gmail.com   
      
   On 31/05/2019 00:09, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article <56t5sf-qkd.ln1@Shorkyne.lodz.pl>,   
   > John Geoffrey   wrote:   
   >> On 17/05/2019 00:42, Bill Swears wrote:   
   >>> On 2/26/2019 10:59 AM, Matthew Graybosch wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:26:07 -0600   
   >>>> Bill Swears  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I lost Eternal September for a time, and just got around to   
   >>>>> addressing that.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's funny. I had just created an Eternal September account yesterday   
   >>>> because I heard about the site from somebody on Mastodon.   
   >>>>   
   >>> I like eternal September.  it's served me well for several years.    
   I'm   
   >>> assuming that my move from Alaska to Kansas was the trigger to losing   
   >>> access, but can't really say.   
   >>>   
   >>> I notice that my signature here is pretty worn out.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I only get around actually checking usenet when I have time. Which turns   
   >> out to be every few months when I visit my parents and they take care of   
   >> the kid for a while.   
   >   
   > Well, I check USENET at least once a day.  But it's a rare day   
   > when I see anything posted to this group.  It was poisoned by   
   > irrelevant real-world politics.   
   >   
      
   I blocked out a lot of newsgroups so messages crossposted to them don't   
   show up anymore. Alas that leaves me with a rather empty USENET.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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