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|    W.Dockery to HarryLime    |
|    Re: Usenet newsgroups 2025 (2/2)    |
|    29 Jan 25 19:50:35    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>>>>>>>> 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        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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