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From: James Jolley on 18 Apr 2010 12:20 On 2010-04-18 17:09:16 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>> Although, on the other hand, the good thing about an offline newsreader >>> is that it _is_ offline. A dicky ADSL connection can make you quite >>> happy about that. >> >> And, of course, there's still dialup. I'm back on the wet string for ten >> days, and although it's *decent* wet string, as out here I'm using a USR >> Courier than which there is no better dialup modem, it's still madness >> to try Usenet (or mail) on line. > > Why? 10 years ago that is what everyone was using, and it worked fine! Yes, in fact I was using dialup until 2004 so there we go. Most of what usenet is used for is text anyway, at least for this group.
From: D.M. Procida on 18 Apr 2010 13:32 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > Getting 'shitfaced' doesn't sound like a very enjoyable way to spend > > time on holiday though. > > The great swathes of sunburnt drunken British brawlers to be found > frequenting 'English' and 'Irish' pubs in Torremolinos and similar > package holiday destinations appear to disagree with you. As if Jim were to be amongst their number! Daniele
From: Jim on 18 Apr 2010 14:30 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > The great swathes of sunburnt drunken British brawlers to be found > > frequenting 'English' and 'Irish' pubs in Torremolinos and similar > > package holiday destinations appear to disagree with you. > > As if Jim were to be amongst their number! I consider London to be frighteningly South. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Woody on 18 Apr 2010 14:54 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > > The great swathes of sunburnt drunken British brawlers to be found > > > frequenting 'English' and 'Irish' pubs in Torremolinos and similar > > > package holiday destinations appear to disagree with you. > > > > As if Jim were to be amongst their number! > > I consider London to be frighteningly South. And I consider it frighteningly north, and terrifyingly east! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Peter Ceresole on 18 Apr 2010 15:08
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > And, of course, there's still dialup. I'm back on the wet string for ten > > days, and although it's *decent* wet string, as out here I'm using a USR > > Courier than which there is no better dialup modem, it's still madness > > to try Usenet (or mail) on line. > > Why? 10 years ago that is what everyone was using, and it worked fine! Only according to a very, very restrictive definition of 'fine'. -- Peter |