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kevin.newsgroups@nzsteele.com - 20 Feb 2009 11:01 GMT
Hello all.  I've been away from this group for some time, but have
just stumbled onto google groups offering free newsgroup access.
Having recently move I feel a bit of an interloper here, as I don't
live in the UK any more.  But I hope you won't hold that against me.

Regards
Kevin Steele
Stephen Howard - 20 Feb 2009 12:02 GMT
>Hello all.  I've been away from this group for some time, but have
>just stumbled onto google groups offering free newsgroup access.
>Having recently move I feel a bit of an interloper here, as I don't
>live in the UK any more.  But I hope you won't hold that against me.

Depends - you might be required to buy us all a round of drinks ( a
relatively new protocol that was added to the newsgroup charter in
your absence ).
On the other hand you're at least on planet Earth, which is more than
can be said of some of the punters we've seen on here.

Regards,

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Tony Jeffree - 20 Feb 2009 16:07 GMT
>Depends - you might be required to buy us all a round of drinks ( a
>relatively new protocol that was added to the newsgroup charter in
>your absence ).

...Actually, I believe the protocol calls for more than one round of
drinks in the case of peole that use Google groups rather than a
proper news reader...

Regards,
Tony
kevin.newsgroups@nzsteele.com - 21 Feb 2009 00:47 GMT
> ...Actually, I believe the protocol calls for more than one round of
> drinks in the case of peole that use Google groups rather than a
> proper news reader...
>
> Regards,
> Tony

Sorry Tony, but it wasn't worth paying for my news server as this was
the only newsgroup I was still using.  Everyone seems to be going onto
Yahoo groups now.

regards
Kevin
Steve - 21 Feb 2009 19:59 GMT
>> ...Actually, I believe the protocol calls for more than one round of
>> drinks in the case of peole that use Google groups rather than a
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> regards
> Kevin
Except real men with machines...:)

Most ISPs provide free UseNet access in their packages or at least they used
to.
Austin Shackles - 22 Feb 2009 08:48 GMT
>>> ...Actually, I believe the protocol calls for more than one round of
>>> drinks in the case of peole that use Google groups rather than a
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>Most ISPs provide free UseNet access in their packages or at least they used
>to.

increasingly few.  However, there are still free access servers about.  try
news.gazeta.pl (I think), but you need to be able to read polish to sign up
to it.
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Austin Shackles - 22 Feb 2009 08:47 GMT
>> ...Actually, I believe the protocol calls for more than one round of
>> drinks in the case of peole that use Google groups rather than a
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>the only newsgroup I was still using.  Everyone seems to be going onto
>Yahoo groups now.

Yahoogroups suck.  more to the point, they probably harvest yer information
and steal yer content.

I had this argument with the now-defunct smartgroups, they were offering for
sale beermats etc based on my (copyright) pictures.  Their TOS had them
claiming rights on anything put on their system, or somesuch.

and I see that facebook are up to something similar, or trying to be.

and then there's phorm, which BT seem to be into, and look who now owns
yahoo.
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Peter Neill - 20 Feb 2009 21:46 GMT
>Hello all.  I've been away from this group for some time, but have
>just stumbled onto google groups offering free newsgroup access.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>Regards
>Kevin Steele

Nice to hear from you Kevin, I heard that you had moved across to NZ.

I spent a couple of months working there about 4 years ago, with a
view to emigrating, but decided in the end that I still preferred the
UK.

Whereabouts are you over there?

Peter
kevin.newsgroups@nzsteele.com - 21 Feb 2009 00:44 GMT
> Whereabouts are you over there?
>
> Peter

I'm in Waiuku, about 45km South of Auckland.  Close enought to get
into the city easily, but out in the country.  My wife teaches in
South Auckland, and I still work for the same company in the UK doing
design work.  So although I'm in NZ I'm still affected by the state of
UK manufacturing.  I left the uk at the start of December, just before
the propper cold weather -so at least I timed something right.  Just
unpacking the workshop now, the container arrived last week.

Regards
Kevin
Peter Neill - 21 Feb 2009 09:19 GMT
>> Whereabouts are you over there?
>>
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>Regards
>Kevin

Blimey, she is a brave woman to face South Auckland on a daily basis,
I know I wouldn't fancy that!

I'm assuming that your e-mail is valid, and have sent a mail with some
potentially useful contact info for you over there.
Keep in touch and let us know how it's all going.

Peter
Chillybilly - 21 Feb 2009 20:41 GMT
On 21 Feb, 00:44, kevin.newsgro...@nzsteele.com wrote:
> > Whereabouts are you over there?
>
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> Regards
> Kevin

Cool place to live ,i have spent alot of time up at clarkes beach in
the past ,bet you dont miss the Uk much !!!!
Hoping to get back over in 2010
Dave S - 21 Feb 2009 18:46 GMT
> Hello all.  I've been away from this group for some time, but have
> just stumbled onto google groups offering free newsgroup access.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Regards
> Kevin Steele

Hi Kevin,
Good to here your machines all made it :)
THe 540 in installed, but not wired up yet... seems to be its fate to
wait a while.

Dave
 
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