I noticed that Message-ID: from John Briggs contained the following:
Sure. It's just that I doubt it would be easy to remove uk.d-i-y
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I noticed that Message-ID: from The Natural Philosopher contained the following:
nah, alt.sheds.qb.it.lbhefrys
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In message , Geoff Berrow writes
That's odd. I could have sworn that "rec" stood for recreation.
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There are many "DIY" recreations. Allegedly.
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One particular one being by people who want to meddle with the structure of news groups which are working perfectly well just for the sake of it.
.andy
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Sigh. Acute irony deficiency. Never mind.
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Depends on *who* did the bodge^Wdiy in the first place...
It may just fall over if you blow on it..
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I noticed that Message-ID: from John Bean contained the following:
Irony is for amateurs, for a proper job you need steely.
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Ralph Corderoy in :
I posted the message around 2 months ago, I was not the original poster, but mearly crossposted the message to the apropriate place. Personally I am not really bothered about what happens to the group, though I admit DIY looks better than D-I-Y to me anyway.
Andrew.
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Errr - you tell me!
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David
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Indeed, I'll object to the second part now to save time later.
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
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Go find an adequate news reader then.
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At which time this is not an issue, as it's not work.
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
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It's not going to happen. Thread ends, move along now, nothing to see here.
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
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You've got a /great/ name to be saying that, Paul!
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No, though this ng has helped me with a few problems in work in the past! I must admit I was thinking of news access in general though.
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's my point - it was theoretically got rid of years ago when sci.electronics.* were created, but poeple still post to it and google archives it.
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^^^^^^^^^^ It may well be doing that before falling over....
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Sorry, Chris... I thought you were disagreeing with my point that old newsgroups never die!! David
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That's quite all right - I should have made it clearer!