In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:11:16 +1100, Polygon <DeadParrot@the.Aviary>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:10:32 +0000, "|--Spike=-"
> > <|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
> >
> > > Hiya Polygon.
> > > I don't use Twitter, I thought that was just for the 'Celebs' of the
> > > world and then there is Facebook for the rest of us :)
> >
> > Twitter is a good way of keeping up with the news and/or current
> > events without turning on the TV or radio. It works like this:
> > You create your own login, then you select who you want to follow.
> > When you follow someone [or a service], you get to see what they
> > write, called "tweets". When someone tweets, someone else can
> > re-tweet, so the followers of both the "someone" and the "someone
> > else" get to see the tweet. I follow BBC Breaking News and a number
> > of others. I don't tweet anything myself, so I have "protected my
> > tweets", which prevents anyone, including spammers, from following me.
> > It's much better than facebook.
> >
> > > I use 3 torrent sites (directly) 2 open and 1 private. I'm pretty sure
> > > that I'm protected on the private site (IPT) but I also know that I am
> > > completely out in the open on the other 2 public ones.
> > >
> > > I 'normally' always pay back torrents I download at 1-1... no more, no
> > > less. (unless they steal some more back from me - which often
> > > happens).
> > >
> > > I realize the risk but then... if people don't pay back... then the
> > > whole torrent idea will fail.
> > >
> > > 'Normally' - Some things I download are just 'Too Hot' to stay
> > > connected on and share back. IE... latest blockbuster movies, latest
> > > series which are instantly being taken down on Usenet.
> > >
> > > These I tend to dis-connect from. Not that I don't want to pay back...
> > > just that the risks are too great. Plus the chances are... that I will
> > > be paying it back by uploading to Usenet anyway !
> > >
> > > Retirement !
> > > Skipping country in your 60s sounds like a BIG Jump !
> > > Your reasons sound great :)
> > > I hope I won't be making Rars and Pars after I retire mate... by then
> > > it will be time for me to actually see for real some of the stuff that
> > > I have watched on documentaries over the years.
> >
> > In my 20s, I was fortunate enough to fall into a job that involved a
> > lot of travel, so I got to see most of the world [missed out on
> > Canada, plus a few South American, African, and Middle East
> > countries], so I know where I want to spend my retirement, no need to
> > go looking. In 1995 - 98 I actually got to live and work there, so I
> > picked up some of the language and still have contact with people that
> > I knew there then.
> >
> > Polygon
> =======================================================
> Hiya Polygon, Sorry for the delay in reply but I was sure I already
> replied... then didn't see my post anywhere... so if I'm repeating
> myself, you know why.
>
> I might give twitter a try out, it sounds a bit different to FB, I
> always keep up with the latest news so it might be a better way for me
> to keep up with it all.
>
> I have hardly been anywhere out of the UK... America twice
> (Kentucky/Memphis-Graceland)... which I'm thankful for, it was an
> experience :)
>
> Let me know when you get settled... I will be waiting for my holiday
> invite :)
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