Yeah, I'm slow. I just realized that Spike's original posting nic is
ascii "art" that's supposed to look like a spike...as in railroad type
spike. I'm slowing down at an alarming rate...I even had trouble
finding the bar on the keyboard. Hmmmmmm.............
Spike, that original group you spoke of...was it about railroads?
Later...
PeggLeg
In article <Husry.641124$Wj7.606410@fx33.am4>, RIB <rib@rack.com> wrote:
> In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
>
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:58:43 GMT, RIB <rib@rack.com> wrote:
> >
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Call me paranoid but I get a bit concerned when people disappear off the
> > > radar -
> > > even for a short ammount of time. I've been on usenet long enough to know
> > > people
> > > disappear, without trace, overnight, never to be heard of again.
> > >
> > > Glad you are still around. I'll take a look at the boats you mention as
> > > soon
> > > as
> > > I've finished here.
> > >
> > > Later...
> > >
> > > RIB.
> > =====================================================
> > The first Usenet group I ever joined was
> > 'alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.old', thats where I started using the name
> > 'Spike' it was one of the regulars that suggested the '|--Spike=-'
> > 'design' to keep it personal. I was a member of that group for many
> > years, then I had a fallout with NTL and made the mistake of taking on
> > an 18 month contract with BT and soon found out that they didn't even
> > carry newsgroups. Not knowing about paid for news servers or how it
> > all works... I ended up taking a 'forced' 18 month break from Usenet
> > because I was stuck with BT.
> > When I eventually got back on Usenet and tried re-connecting with the
> > 'old' regulars, I was told that most of them had gone 'underground'
> > for one reason or another.
> > These were people that knew everything about anything to do with
> > computers/warez/loopholes in the law and how to stay protected against
> > 'the system' yet they had one by one disappeared in the space of 18
> > months and have not been heard from since.
> > I often wonder where they are now.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> I do remember you telling me a long time ago just to call you Spike. I was
> trying to reply to you using your posting name - what a pain :-) Happy days
> :-)
>
> I do know of one good poster who will stop posting soon. For them to say - not
> me.
>
> RIB.
>
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