Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>
>> [SNIP]
>>>
>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>
>> ...by Google.
>>
>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>> posts.
>>
>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>
>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>
>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>
>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>
> Usenet Archives is another one,
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>
> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>
Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages, each
containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) .... although I
think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at about page 4,750 ....
so a bit over 1% done!!
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Daniel65 wrote:

> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
> > On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
> >
> > Usenet Archives is another one,
> > <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
> >
> > going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
> >
<https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
> >
> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages,
> each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) ....
> although I think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at
> about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1% done!!

1%? <gulp>

I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
complete your task of going through the RADW archives...

Or read quicker!

In article <ut42mv$2ssdo$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>>
>>> ...by Google.
>>>
>>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>>> posts.
>>>
>>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>>
>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>
>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>>
>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>
>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>
>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>
>Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages, each
>containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) .... although I
>think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at about page 4,750 ....
>so a bit over 1% done!!

At least they do not need to archive the GG junk from now on!

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>Daniel

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In article <xn0oje7yu3ryjr2009@news.eternal-september.org>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>Daniel65 wrote:
>
>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>> > On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>> >
>> > Usenet Archives is another one,
>> > <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>> >
>> > going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>> >
><https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>> >
>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages,
>> each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) ....
>> although I think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at
>> about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1% done!!
>
>1%? <gulp>
>
>I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
>complete your task of going through the RADW archives...
>
>Or read quicker!

Good one!
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On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
> Daniel65 wrote:
>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>
>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>
>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>>
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>>
>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages,
>> each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) ....
>> although I think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at
>> about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1% done!!
>
> 1%? <gulp>
>
> I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
> complete your task of going through the RADW archives...

By then there will be a load more messages added from today onwards.

> Or read quicker!

Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be pointless
garbage and spam.

In article <ut54k0$33q38$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>> Daniel65 wrote:
>>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>>
>>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>>
>>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>>>
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>>>
>>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages,
>>> each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) ....
>>> although I think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at
>>> about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1% done!!
>>
>> 1%? <gulp>
>>
>> I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
>> complete your task of going through the RADW archives...
>
>By then there will be a load more messages added from today onwards.
>
>
>> Or read quicker!
>
>Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be pointless
>garbage and spam.
>

As in Tim Wit?
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Your Name wrote on 17/3/24 8:57 am:
> On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>> Daniel65 wrote:
>>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>>
>>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>>
>>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>>>
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>
>>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages,
>>> each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) ....
>>> although I think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at about
>>> page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1% done!!
>>
>> 1%? <gulp>
>>
>> I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can complete your
>> task of going through the RADW archives...
>
> By then there will be a load more messages added from today onwards.

You would think ..... but I don't think the 10,170 page count or the
203,381 threads numbers have increased even a little bit since you, Your
Name made your post back last December.

50 pages in three months!! So 4,750 pages in 24 years!! That's do-able,
isn't it?? (Daniel91, maybe!!)
>> Or read quicker! >
> Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be pointless
> garbage and spam.
>
But I gotta read something .... whilst "watching" T.V.!!
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In article <ut6dk9$3f000$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>Your Name wrote on 17/3/24 8:57 am:
>> On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> Daniel65 wrote:
>>>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>>>
>>>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>>>>
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>>
>>>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170 pages,
>>>> each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381 threads) ....
>>>> although I think my first posts to this Newsgroup appear at about
>>>> page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1% done!!
>>>
>>> 1%? <gulp>
>>>
>>> I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can complete your
>>> task of going through the RADW archives...
>>
>> By then there will be a load more messages added from today onwards.
>
>You would think ..... but I don't think the 10,170 page count or the
>203,381 threads numbers have increased even a little bit since you, Your
>Name made your post back last December.
>
>50 pages in three months!! So 4,750 pages in 24 years!! That's do-able,
>isn't it?? (Daniel91, maybe!!)
>>> Or read quicker! >
>> Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be pointless
>> garbage and spam.
>>
>But I gotta read something .... whilst "watching" T.V.!!

That boring!

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Your Name wrote:

> On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
> > Daniel65 wrote:
> > > >
> > > Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170
> > > pages, each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381
> > > threads) .... although I think my first posts to this
> > > Newsgroup appear at about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1%
> > > done!!
> >
> > 1%? <gulp>
> >
> > I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
> > complete your task of going through the RADW archives...
>
> By then there will be a load more messages added from today
> onwards.
>
> > Or read quicker!
>
> Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be
> pointless garbage and spam.

Back in the day the meat content of RADW was a lot higher than
it is today. In fact the daily traffic here ran in to the
multiples of hundreds, and even included Doctor Who chat. Now,
we're lean and trim with 85% less meat, and following Google's
departure from the scene, fast becoming the vegans of Usenet.

Reading RADW messages from 20 years ago probably is a pointless
pastime though, as most of the people posting back then have
either passed away or gone in to old people's homes... so
there's no point in replying to their wit and wisdom now. But,
everyone's gotta have a hobby I suppose.

In article <xn0ojfy2k11siup008@reader.xsnews.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>Your Name wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>> > Daniel65 wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170
>> > > pages, each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381
>> > > threads) .... although I think my first posts to this
>> > > Newsgroup appear at about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1%
>> > > done!!
>> >
>> > 1%? <gulp>
>> >
>> > I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
>> > complete your task of going through the RADW archives...
>>
>> By then there will be a load more messages added from today
>> onwards.
>>
>> > Or read quicker!
>>
>> Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be
>> pointless garbage and spam.
>
>Back in the day the meat content of RADW was a lot higher than
>it is today. In fact the daily traffic here ran in to the
>multiples of hundreds, and even included Doctor Who chat. Now,
>we're lean and trim with 85% less meat, and following Google's
>departure from the scene, fast becoming the vegans of Usenet.
>

Us? Vegans?

>Reading RADW messages from 20 years ago probably is a pointless
>pastime though, as most of the people posting back then have
>either passed away or gone in to old people's homes... so
>there's no point in replying to their wit and wisdom now. But,
>everyone's gotta have a hobby I suppose.

As you like it!
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Blueshirt wrote on 18/3/24 8:41 am:
> Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> Daniel65 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170
>>>> pages, each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381
>>>> threads) .... although I think my first posts to this
>>>> Newsgroup appear at about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1%
>>>> done!!
>>>
>>> 1%? <gulp>
>>>
>>> I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
>>> complete your task of going through the RADW archives...
>>
>> By then there will be a load more messages added from today
>> onwards.
>>
>>> Or read quicker!
>>
>> Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be
>> pointless garbage and spam.
>
> Back in the day the meat content of RADW was a lot higher than
> it is today. In fact the daily traffic here ran in to the
> multiples of hundreds, and even included Doctor Who chat. Now,
> we're lean and trim with 85% less meat, and following Google's
> departure from the scene, fast becoming the vegans of Usenet.
>
> Reading RADW messages from 20 years ago probably is a pointless
> pastime though, as most of the people posting back then have
> either passed away or gone in to old people's homes... so
> there's no point in replying to their wit and wisdom now. But,
> everyone's gotta have a hobby I suppose.
>
Yes, you'd be surprised how often I go to respond to one of those posts
then .... "OH!! Right! It's Read-Only .... and it's OLLLLLD!!"

But it's keeping me off the streets!!
--
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In article <ut92h0$3t6k$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>Blueshirt wrote on 18/3/24 8:41 am:
>> Your Name wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-16 14:23:21 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>> Daniel65 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> Read up through at least Page 50 of (supposedly) 10,170
>>>>> pages, each containing 20 threads (so totaling 203,381
>>>>> threads) .... although I think my first posts to this
>>>>> Newsgroup appear at about page 4,750 .... so a bit over 1%
>>>>> done!!
>>>>
>>>> 1%? <gulp>
>>>>
>>>> I hope you live to be 107 years of age so you can
>>>> complete your task of going through the RADW archives...
>>>
>>> By then there will be a load more messages added from today
>>> onwards.
>>>
>>>> Or read quicker!
>>>
>>> Or simply not bother reading them ... 99% of them will be
>>> pointless garbage and spam.
>>
>> Back in the day the meat content of RADW was a lot higher than
>> it is today. In fact the daily traffic here ran in to the
>> multiples of hundreds, and even included Doctor Who chat. Now,
>> we're lean and trim with 85% less meat, and following Google's
>> departure from the scene, fast becoming the vegans of Usenet.
>>
>> Reading RADW messages from 20 years ago probably is a pointless
>> pastime though, as most of the people posting back then have
>> either passed away or gone in to old people's homes... so
>> there's no point in replying to their wit and wisdom now. But,
>> everyone's gotta have a hobby I suppose.
>>
>Yes, you'd be surprised how often I go to respond to one of those posts
>then .... "OH!! Right! It's Read-Only .... and it's OLLLLLD!!"
>
>But it's keeping me off the streets!!

Useful!

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Daniel65 wrote:

> Blueshirt wrote on 18/3/24 8:41 am:
> >
> > Reading RADW messages from 20 years ago probably is a
> > pointless pastime though, as most of the people posting back
> > then have either passed away or gone in to old people's
> > homes... so there's no point in replying to their wit and
> > wisdom now. But, everyone's gotta have a hobby I suppose.
>
> Yes, you'd be surprised how often I go to respond to one of
> those posts then .... "OH!! Right! It's Read-Only .... and
> it's OLLLLLD!!"

Read only? If you'd gone through the RADW archive on GG (before
February 22nd obviously) you could have regurgitated old articles
like Tim used to do. We could have all joined in then. I'm sure
there were some real pearls of wisdom posted here back then
> But it's keeping me off the streets!!

As I said, everyone has to have a hobby.

In article <xn0ojh6pj29823f009@reader.xsnews.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>Daniel65 wrote:
>
>> Blueshirt wrote on 18/3/24 8:41 am:
>> >
>> > Reading RADW messages from 20 years ago probably is a
>> > pointless pastime though, as most of the people posting back
>> > then have either passed away or gone in to old people's
>> > homes... so there's no point in replying to their wit and
>> > wisdom now. But, everyone's gotta have a hobby I suppose.
>>
>> Yes, you'd be surprised how often I go to respond to one of
>> those posts then .... "OH!! Right! It's Read-Only .... and
>> it's OLLLLLD!!"
>
>Read only? If you'd gone through the RADW archive on GG (before
>February 22nd obviously) you could have regurgitated old articles
>like Tim used to do. We could have all joined in then. I'm sure
>there were some real pearls of wisdom posted here back then
>

Well I can entangle!

>> But it's keeping me off the streets!!
>
>As I said, everyone has to have a hobby.

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