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   HarryLime to W.Dockery   
   Re: Usenet newsgroups 2025 (2/2)   
   29 Jan 25 19:47:34   
   
   [continued from previous message]   
      
   >>>>>> Why do you keep repeating the same old whines, Donkey?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Unfortunately, the toxicity here only worsened, to the point at which   
   it   
   >>>>>>>> sank into an all-out state of no-hold-barred warfare.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> That was by your choice, Pendragon.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It was a last ditch attempt to bring you to the table, Donkey.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> When it was just you annoying everyone, we had nothing to bargain with.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Once you were starting to get attacked in return, we had something to   
   >>>>>> bargain with.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> When Google Groups pulled the plug, it seemed like the perfect   
   >>>>>>>> opportunity to create a group   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Sure, if you can't take Usenet then it's probably a good idea to go   
   >>>>>>> elsewhere, yes.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> We could take Usenet, Donkey.  It's you that none of us could stand.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You drove Robert away   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Absolutely untrue.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> The archives show this, and Robert Burrows himself can verify this   
   essay   
   >>>>>>> true.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Is Robert here?  No.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Is Jim here?  No.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Is NancyGene here?  No.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Is anyone here?  No.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Only a Donkey and his socks.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> And AAPC is once again a wasteland.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Rather than the battleground you turned it into, Pendragon.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It takes two to have a battle, Mr. Dum.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It's just you here   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> There's also George Dance, Zod, Jordy and Rachel, to name a few.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Zod and Jordy are your socks.  Rachel drops by occasionally.  It's   
   >>>>>> basically you and George Dance -- just like it was the last time you   
   >>>>>> drove everyone away in 2010.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 2025 will be a year of rebuilding Usenet after you and your gang of   
   >>>>>>> troll thug wannabe tried to destroy it, Pendragon.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> And so it goes.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Riiiiiight.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> More on this later, time to walk my dog.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I hadn't seen any posts from Stinky George lately.  Glad to hear he's   
   >>>>>> doing okay.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> --   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I was also glad to see J. Corey Connor is alive and apparently well.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We were concerned that his years spent at that toxic Marine camp in   
   >>>>> North Carolina had caused him to become ill.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Thank God that be seems fine.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 🙏   
   >>>>   
   >>>> WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As per usual.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> --   
   >>>   
   >>> No, not really.   
   >>>   
   >>> 😏   
   >>   
   >> Whatever.  Just be sure you bring along your poop scooper and doggie doo   
   >> bag.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >   
   > Have you showed your gang the JLA Forums?   
   >   
   > They're so much like Google Groups and Facebook even they should be able   
   > to figure out how to use it:   
   >   
   > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=633422563   
      
   No one wants to come back here, Donkey.   
      
   We all prefer to post in a non-toxic, Donkey fre environment.   
      
   --   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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