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Subject: Re: sorry spike, looks like i did it again
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In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:42:11 -0500, m2 <m2@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
> > Clearly, I "jumped the gun"... I took your lack of a quick response
> > to an imagined negative reaction to my comments about the liberality
> > of the 1960's.... it's a long story, and not your problem, but my
> > life has been crazy weird with both extreme good luck and bad luck.
> > The past 20 years have been more and more negative and isolating. I
> > am basically a hermit at this point with no family, friends, or
> > friendly neighbors, so hard to keep a level perspective at this point.
> > Yet I still have a heart full of hope that won't give up and know I
> > have great talents and understandings, if only I can keep my head
> > above the waters and rebuild my life, re-invent myself somehow. I am
> > a miniature sculptor and philosopher. I want to write books and make
> > art before I drop dead from stress... I have been keeping myself
> > happy by mindless hard labor, relandscaping my yard, etc..
> >
> > As for the usenet, I love it too much, but have been trying to divorce
> > myself from it for a long time... but it's like a kid trying not to
> > eat candy when I have a free, unlimited source. About 3 years ago,
> > when I was downloading tons of stuff from this group, I had a very
> > fast internet connection and downloads were quick, so I got two
> > unlimited usenet accounts and had 2 computers downloading
> > documentaries 24 hours a day 7 days a week, because my fast connection
> > was part of an introductory deal that was about to expire. I was
> > going to cancel my ISP when that happened, since the price would more
> > than double. When that time came, the ISP wanted to keep my business,
> > so they let me keep the same price, but greatly reduced the speed.
> > However, I still decided to cancel the 2 usenet services since I had
> > downloaded everything I could imagine wanting. Anyhow, they goofed,
> > they cancelled the billing on both accounts, but left one of the
> > accounts active. I emailed them and told them this, and they replied
> > that it had been cancelled, so I figured, okay, I told them and they
> > didn't believe me, so now I have an unlimited account with no bills. I
> > didnt do much with it since this group was not so active after JCmru
> > departed. Then I discovered the xvid group, and ... yada yada yada, 3
> > years have passed and now I have not only a gazillion documentaries
> > yet to watch, I also have bazilliions of new films, vintage films,
> > Beatles memorabilia, and more, but at my age, it is crazy to keep
> > building up more stuff than I'll ever watch... and frankly, the vast
> > majority of stuff I do watch is disappointing and feels like I am
> > wasting my time... I watched about half of "Roma" recently, and just
> > got bored... perhaps it gets better, but everything takes time and my
> > time is not unlimited, sadly. Time is of the essence, and I need to
> > get off the internet, except for email and business needs. So I'll
> > keep my ISP, but want to quit using the usenet.
> >
> > You and Rib once talked about communicating on a back channel somehow.
> > I am not seeking to find you out, and dont care to bother you, but if
> > you can tell me how to reach you, without exposing yourself, I would
> > be happy to give you the name and password to this usenet account.
> > Since I'm saying this in a public forum, I suppose someone else could
> > pretend to be you... so maybe this isn't practical.. but the offer is
> > open, if you want it.
> >
> > There's a lot I'd love to write about, about life and reality, if only
> > I can figure out how to make my viewpoint understandable. So far, my
> > view are so different, both right-leaning and left-leaning folks can't
> > stand to hear my ideas because both sides think I'm on the other side.
> > Thus, to date, nobody is on my side, which is almost a definition of
> > being crazy, except that I have always been a seeker after the truth,
> > and truth is always and only a matter of real evidence and the facts,
> > so I know I'm not crazy, because I can still prove it to myself, but I
> > find myself in a world of folks who believe "truth" is on their side,
> > and both sides think this, and refuse to hear anything they dont agree
> > with... so I have quite an uphill battle... in short, not that this
> > will make sense, but I am an atheist who follows the real way of
> > Jesus, which is to reverence truth and hate falsehood. Jesus was
> > right about reverence for truth being the "way"... Jesus's problem
> > was that he was a creationist, who believed Adam and Eve were real
> > people, the true ancestors of all humans. So he was dead wrong, and
> > all versions of christianity are not only shameful, they are all
> > bollocks. The left-leaning liberal renditions are the most evil,
> > because they mix science with falsehood, and close their eyes to the
> > incompatibilities, which infuriates the right-leaning fundamentalist
> > christians who think science is bollocks and creationism is the truth
> > from god... thus both sides are crazy delusional and bigoted for
> > their version of "truth" and the whole human race is self-destructing,
> > in my opinion. The muslims and jews are split in the same way, hating
> > each other behind their bigoted opinions of God...
> >
> > what more can i say... i have said too much, i suppose... ;-)
> >
> > peace, if you can find it, may it be in your heart. :)
> ==================================================
> No Mate ! I was born in the 1960's, so my Mum and Dad both lived
> through it.
> Wow ! No family ? I have family but I pretty much keep myself to
> myself and live in my bedroom, so the Friends part no longer exists.
>
> I wouldn't give up on Usenet, it's one of the very few things that I
> do every day, it connects me to people around the World and gives me
> the TV programmes that I need to keep my mind busy.
>
> Giving up on Usenet is I suppose... a personal choice !
> It depends what you actually need it for or if you even need it at
> all.
> If you are looking for conversation and not the downloads then
> Facebook would be a better option.
>
> I am a smoker WITH COPD, my lung age is 116yrs old, time isn't on my
> side either BUT I still choose to smoke, doing something that I want
> and enjoy is more important to me than living a few years longer (my
> Bad...maybe) :)
>
> I don't believe in Gods/Jesus and used to call myself an Atheist, but
> then I learned that Atheists don't recognize other peoples belief in
> their Gods, as far as I'm concerned... I choose NOT to be live in any
> Gods but will accept that other people do ! Therefore I now class
> myself as Non-Religious.
> Each to their own.
> ***********************************************
> ** In the Words of 'DIMENSION'... 'Evolve... OR Die.' **
> ***********************************************
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Wadaya mean you ain't got no friends? Yah all have me buddy :-)
RIB.
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