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   W.Dockery to HarryLime   
   Re: Usenet newsgroups 2025 (2/2)   
   29 Jan 25 19:50:35   
   
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   >>>>>>>>> did my best to create a much more attractive atmosphere that would   
   >>>>>>>>> attract, rather than repel, poets.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You did your best to drive some poets away, Pendragon.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Why do you lie and misrepresent so much, Michael Pendragon?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   > --   
      
   So you've left Usenet.   
      
   http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=633422563   
      
   Good riddance.   
      
   😏   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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