<barry@whoodat(invalid).net> wrote:
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><me@myhumbleabode.net> wrote in message
>news:jak6l45suutfar2oqqgc1paana5789htg8@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:11:00 GMT, TH1 <th1@x.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:31:42 -0500, me@myhouse.org wrote:
>> >
>> >><barry@whoodat(invalid).net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>"Alexei" <alexei@mygrad.org> wrote in message
>> >>>news:stt1l455f0m7ruenbr6cqu8g0p5aa1qji3@4ax.com...
>> >>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:03:01 GMT, squiggle@squiggle.squiggle
>> >>>> (squiggle) wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Great pix, squig. And you too, Glen. My stocking is happily stuffed.
>> >>>> thnxAlx
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>excellent selections as always.
>> >>>
>> >>>you guys have my appreciation
>> >>>for plugging along.
>> >>>
>> >>>; )
>> >>>best wishes always,
>> >>>b~
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>can't you guys (especially Glen) crosspost your (much missed) pics to
>> >>a group that at least Giganews carries (with binaries)?
>> >>When EN yanked this group....some of us were left out in the cold.
>> >>BRRRR
>> >
>> >EN carries it, but only on its old servers, not the .us or .eu ones.
>>
>> Doesn't anyone agree that the amount of time this newgroup will be
>> available here on EN is really limited? Eventually, they will shut
>> this server down.
>> Anyone given a thought to a game plan?
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>
>I've been wondering about that since June, when
>the original server was "supposed" to be gone.
>
>The only solution I can think of is to decide on another
>unused group, or create one, and only publish the
>name *here* before it's really gone. It should be
>a group available (with binaries) on the major
>servers. Some of them carry a group, but the
>binaries never show up, especially in the
>"fan" situation.
>
>b~
>
Just for grins, I thought I'd see how easy it would be to find an
empty group. I picked an easy-looking one, tried it, and it's empty.
How 'bout a.b.pega ??
It's short, got a nice 'ring' to it, and completely empty.
(and carried by both Giga and EN)
Just trying to contribute....
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