In reply to "Hans Jewish Anderson" who wrote the following:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:29:12 GMT, RIB <rib@rack.com> wrote:
>
> > In reply to "Hans Jewish Anderson" who wrote the following:
> >
> > > On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:36:45 +0000, "|--Spike=-"
> > > <|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:36:46 -0800, PeggLeg <reply@here.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I know what you mean ' people disappear, without trace, overnight,
> > > > > never to be heard of again.'. A couple of years ago, a very nice
> > > > > poster
> > > > > named Faye just 'disappeared' and no one ever heard from her again. At
> > > > > least, as far as I know. I guess when 'it' strikes, the last thing on
> > > > > your mind is your online 'friends', eh? I figure that is what happened
> > > > > to Faye. I think that Spike knows who I'm talking about. She posted in
> > > > > another group.
> > > > > Then, all of a sudden, JC goes AWOL. I guess at my age you start
> > > > > thinking the worst.
> > > > > ---The video: There were a few of those larger boats later on in the
> > > > > vid, I just decided I should chop off my rambling...before some irate
> > > > > so-and-so demanded that no more of those vids be posted!! BTW...if
> > > > > there ARE any more, I'd love them. As Katherine said it is very
> > > > > relaxing, peaceful.
> > > > > Anywho, I hope I'm here for a while longer. I'm starting to really
> > > > > enjoy this. (nothing paranoid about it, RIB! Me too!)
> > > > > Later...
> > > > >
> > > > > PeggLeg
> > > > >
> > > > ===============================================
> > > > Yep, I remember Faye, a big poster in the movie groups, she was
> > > > rumored to have died after a long illness but I have no idea.
> > > > If I was on my way out 'slowly' then I'm sure at some point I would
> > > > maybe have time to announce my 'retirement'.
> > > >
> > > > JC is another puzzle, he used to interact with the group before he
> > > > decided to add 'binUp' to his name and adopt his 'new' style NFO with
> > > > the Wales flag logo... then he instantly stopped talking to people.
> > >
> > > One of the things we should remember is that uploading to Usenet is a
> > > hobby, not a career. Many uploaders may just stop because they're
> > > tired of it and have found other pursuits. ISIS was a familiar poster
> > > on Usenet some time ago, as was JimBoss (may have been later handled
> > > as JB), but haven't seen him in a few years, either. The uploads to
> > > the Criterion group have stopped completely with none of the newer
> > > titles being posted at all.
> > >
> > > I guess we should just thank our lucky stars that these posters were
> > > with us for a while and that we benefitted so much from their kind
> > > generosity.
> > >
> > > Hans Jewish Anderson
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > The vitriolic bitch called "Isis" and the killer of DVD groups called
> > "Vampire"
> > are no loss to usenet - good riddance to them. I do agree with the rest of
> > the
> > posters you mention. I'm still in touch with a few bygone posters who I
> > sorely
> > miss. I have to respect their wishes and be thankful for their input.
> >
> > RIB.
>
> I don't recall ISIS' flamewars (or whatever), but I do recall seeing
> tons of (her | his?) posts. I picked up a lot of good stuff under her
> banner, and I especially liked her NZB group, which kept a huge number
> of her NZB links handy. I think she may have uploaded her stuff to
> personal space on the server(s), so it wouldn't fall off as normal
> stuff during general attrition of posts. Not sure of that. Perhaps the
> absence of those flamewars may be nice, but she did have some good
> material, and it probably won't be too much longer before her uploads
> are rolling off servers.
>
> Don't recall 'Vampire' at all. Don't always keep handles in mind.
>
> HJ Anderson
> >
>
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Isis is still about. She posted stuff less than 100 days ago. She's just moved
on to other groups. Vampire used to savage every post as they were posted - and
then posted unnecessary fixes. Posters stopped posting in the end. He single
handedly killed a.b.dvd and a.b.dvdr.
RIB.
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