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Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And I
was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
forward. I've MISSED you!

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel

Geez Charlie.. Does this mean we can breathe again? it is bad enough that
this group has slowed down a LOT without losing a main contributor.

"Charlie Russel-MVP" <> wrote in message
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> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
> without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And I
> was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
> eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
> forward. I've MISSED you!
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel
>
>

"Charlie Russel-MVP" <> wrote:

> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.*
> newsgroups, without actually telling anyone. They're still there,
> but read only. And I was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it.
> So moved over to eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be
> more involved moving forward. I've MISSED you!

Obligatory, "Oh, were you gone?"

Welcome back.



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The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

If you hadn't said that, I'd have been so hurt.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel


"XS11E" <> wrote in message
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> "Charlie Russel-MVP" <> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.*
>> newsgroups, without actually telling anyone. They're still there,
>> but read only. And I was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it.
>> So moved over to eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be
>> more involved moving forward. I've MISSED you!
>
> Obligatory, "Oh, were you gone?"
>
> Welcome back.
>
>
>
> --
> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
> The Usenet Improvement Project:
> http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

I saw his post on inevitable consequences. I'm glad to hear that he found a
web interface he could use. Needless to say, I won't be doing web stuff.

Sorry to hear about your non-renewal. I suspect we'll see a fair amount of
shift over time. I'll not be doing much of anything with the forums, I
suspect, though the Community Bridge does make it possible at least. But I
do enough other stuff (non-forum, non-NG) that I'm probably good for a bit.
This October would have been the critical point. But this makes 11 years
now.

IAC, without the drivers pushing people to the NG, I suspect we will
continue to see fairly low traffic. Doesn't matter. I'll stick around as
long as I can find a way to get on.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel


"R. C. White" <> wrote in message
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> ?Welcome back, Charlie!
>
> Well, I kind of missed you, too. But, with all the turmoil in newsgroups
> generally, and this one in particular, during this chaotic Summer, I've
> lost touch with so many online friends that I've almost stopped wondering
> if one is really gone or just lost in the maze and that we'll meet up
> again soon.
>
> While you were away...Microsoft decided that I did not qualify for another
> MVP Award on my October 1 renewal date. This also was most likely because
> of the newsgroups-to-Forums transition. I'm still not comfy in Forums and
> don't contribute much there, so I wasn't too surprised. So my Sig has
> been amended to show an ending date for my MVP status. Maybe I'll qualify
> by January 1, but don't count on it.
>
> Carlos checked in not long ago, but the last post I see from him is dated
> 10/12/10. On 10/1, he posted in the "Inevitable Consequences" thread and
> addressed it to you. It starts off:
> <paste>
> Hi Charlie,
> I am using google groups
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...general/topics
> to access this newsgroup.
> </paste>
>
> Now, get back to work! ;^}
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-9/30/10)
> Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3502.0922) in Win7 Ultimate x64
> SP1 beta
>
>
> "Charlie Russel-MVP" wrote in message
> news:ia1t30$gkh$...
>
> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
> without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And I
> was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
> eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
> forward. I've MISSED you!
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel

The slow down is inevitable, since clueless users can't find newsgroups
without MS pointing them to them. But that's fine - they can all find their
way to the web forums I'm sure. We'll be here for the others.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel


"Drew" <> wrote in message
news:ia1vc5$k58$...
> Geez Charlie.. Does this mean we can breathe again? it is bad enough that
> this group has slowed down a LOT without losing a main contributor.
>
> "Charlie Russel-MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:ia1t30$gkh$...
>> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
>> without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And
>> I was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
>> eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
>> forward. I've MISSED you!
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel
>>
>>

"R. C. White" <> wrote:

> While you were away...Microsoft decided that I did not qualify for
> another MVP Award on my October 1 renewal date.

I've always suspected my non-renewal had something to do with my
telling them "HELL NO!"

I got fed up with the clueless asking the same question that had just
been answered and sick of being nice and polite to idiots, morons,
Linux trolls, etc.

I was delighted to be able to go back to my old, loveable nasty cranky
self telling them they were too stupid to deserve an answer.

Miss Perspicacia Tick has always been my heroine! <G>


--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

H Charlie,
I was missing you indeed.
Though almos silent, I am here too.
Traffic has gone down a lot but I hope we will get our "customers"
back so that we don't get rusty.
It is nice to see that Drew, RC, Bobby, Hugh ("Kue2"), and others are
still around.
I am posting in the Hardware and Drivers and Music and Sound forums.
There's a lot of activity there, but very little feedback for the
posters.
Carlos

On 24 oct, 15:13, "Charlie Russel-MVP"
<char...@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:
> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
> without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And I
> was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
> eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
> forward. I've MISSED you!
>
> --
> Charlie.http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel

Hey Carlos... Long time no hear either....

"Carlos" <> wrote in message
news:3a0693d2-9045-44e0-a0b2-...
> H Charlie,
> I was missing you indeed.
> Though almos silent, I am here too.
> Traffic has gone down a lot but I hope we will get our "customers"
> back so that we don't get rusty.
> It is nice to see that Drew, RC, Bobby, Hugh ("Kue2"), and others are
> still around.
> I am posting in the Hardware and Drivers and Music and Sound forums.
> There's a lot of activity there, but very little feedback for the
> posters.
> Carlos
>
> On 24 oct, 15:13, "Charlie Russel-MVP"
> <char...@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:
>> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
>> without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And
>> I
>> was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
>> eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
>> forward. I've MISSED you!
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.http://msmvps.com/blogs/Russel
>

Charlie Russel-MVP wrote:
>
> "Drew" <> wrote in message
> news:ia1vc5$k58$...
> > Geez Charlie.. Does this mean we can breathe again? it is bad enough that
> > this group has slowed down a LOT without losing a main contributor.
> >
> > "Charlie Russel-MVP" <> wrote in message
> > news:ia1t30$gkh$...
> >> Sorry, folks. My beloved ISP stopped carrying the microsoft.* newsgroups,
> >> without actually telling anyone. They're still there, but read only. And
> >> I was so busy, I didn't have time to sort it. So moved over to
> >> eternal-september, and I'm back. I'll try to be more involved moving
> >> forward. I've MISSED you!
>
>
> The slow down is inevitable, since clueless users can't find newsgroups
> without MS pointing them to them. But that's fine - they can all find their
> way to the web forums I'm sure. We'll be here for the others.


Yes, October has been a very sluggish month. I just hope that more of
those "clueless users" are able to access Eternal September, as both
of us have done.

--
Cordially,
John Turco <>

Marie's Musings <http://fairiesandtails.blogspot.com>