• Bub bye

    From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to william ahearn on Tue Feb 20 19:15:41 2024
    william ahearn <wlahearn@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two
    people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Tue Feb 20 16:21:43 2024
    On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlahearn@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two
    people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic
    bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?

    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.)
    But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice
    for non-vigorous usage.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Irish Mike on Tue Feb 20 22:14:07 2024
    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two
    people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic
    bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.)
    But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice
    for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Eddie Grove@21:1/5 to moviePig on Wed Feb 21 21:20:58 2024
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.)
    But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice
    for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time
    ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to pwallace@moviepig.com on Thu Feb 22 17:06:11 2024
    In article <wvKBN.425521$7sbb.57898@fx16.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time
    ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time ago.
    I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up). Meanwhile, yeah,
    the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly filter it out.



    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about because the actual charge is in Euros).
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Eddie Grove on Thu Feb 22 11:20:44 2024
    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.)
    But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time
    ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time ago.
    I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up). Meanwhile, yeah,
    the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly filter it out.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 22 12:57:33 2024
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <wvKBN.425521$7sbb.57898@fx16.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote: >>>>>> On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time
    ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time ago.
    I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up). Meanwhile, yeah,
    the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly filter it out.



    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about because the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to pwallace@moviepig.com on Thu Feb 22 18:03:07 2024
    In article <hWLBN.541649$p%Mb.453033@fx15.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <wvKBN.425521$7sbb.57898@fx16.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote: >>>>>>> On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>>>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>>>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that. >>>>>>>>>

    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time >>>> ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time ago.
    I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up). Meanwhile, yeah, >>> the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly filter it out.



    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about because >> the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte.


    I don't use a smart phone either. Paypal works fine with a desktop browser.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 22 15:26:38 2024
    On 2/22/2024 1:03 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <hWLBN.541649$p%Mb.453033@fx15.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <wvKBN.425521$7sbb.57898@fx16.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two
    people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic
    bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that. >>>>>>>>>>

    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time >>>>> ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem >>>>> with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time ago.
    I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up). Meanwhile, yeah, >>>> the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly filter it out.



    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about because
    the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte.


    I don't use a smart phone either. Paypal works fine with a desktop browser.

    Ahah. Well, that does seem hard to beat...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ted Nolan on Fri Feb 23 10:02:48 2024
    On 2024-02-22 18:03:07 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:
    In article <hWLBN.541649$p%Mb.453033@fx15.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <wvKBN.425521$7sbb.57898@fx16.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:
    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two
    people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic
    bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that. >>>>>>>>>
    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time >>>>> ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem >>>>> with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time ago.
    I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up). Meanwhile, yeah, >>>> the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly filter it out.

    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about
    because the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte.

    I don't use a smart phone either. Paypal works fine with a desktop browser.

    Yep. I don't have ny mobile phone, and PayPal works fine thoruhg my
    computer's web browser on the rare occasions I use it.

    I used to use PayPal more often to buy books from BookDepository, but
    the fools at Amazon bought that webstore up and then closed it down -
    no doubt because it was chepaer than their own Amazon webstore! :-(

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Eddie Grove@21:1/5 to moviePig on Thu Feb 22 14:50:53 2024
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time
    ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time
    ago. I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up).
    Meanwhile, yeah, the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly
    filter it out.

    Do you download massive numbers of binaries?
    You should only use a monthly plan if you do so.

    Otherwise, cancel your monthly account, and get a block account.
    They are listed on the main page https://www.astraweb.com/

    $10 for 25G of downloads. That's pretty much text groups for life.
    $50 gets you 1000G. Do you download a terabyte every 5 months?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Eddie Grove on Thu Feb 22 22:41:52 2024
    On 2/22/2024 7:50 PM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/22/2024 2:20 AM, Eddie Grove wrote:
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:

    On 2/20/2024 7:10 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:21:48 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote: >>>>>> On 2/20/2024 2:15 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    william ahearn <wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hey,

    Toodles, dudes. No way I'm getting a newsreader since I only read two >>>>>>>> people here and they're on FB. I will miss all the racist, homophobic >>>>>>>> bullshit and all the wankers crying about "woke." Fuck that.


    Sniff…

    The pig is on FB?
    No, the pig doesn't even have a smartphone. (Last of the clamshells.) >>>>>> But, William, there are free newsreaders/servers, which should suffice >>>>>> for non-vigorous usage.

    Which news reader do you use Mr. Pig?

    Thunderbird (free) reading Astraweb (pay), currently.

    While technically Astraweb is a pay site, I paid them $10 a *long* time
    ago. Essentially unlimited text groups for life. However, the problem
    with a thousand spam messages a day to r.a.tv means I would not
    recommend them right now.

    You paid a one-time $10? Indeed that must've been a *long* time
    ago. I'm paying nearly $10/mo. now (and it keeps going up).
    Meanwhile, yeah, the spam is repulsive, but Thunderbird lets me mostly
    filter it out.

    Do you download massive numbers of binaries?
    You should only use a monthly plan if you do so.

    Otherwise, cancel your monthly account, and get a block account.
    They are listed on the main page https://www.astraweb.com/

    $10 for 25G of downloads. That's pretty much text groups for life.
    $50 gets you 1000G. Do you download a terabyte every 5 months?

    Thanks. Looks like I'll be doing that. (They don't mention block
    accounts to monthly-plan cash-cows like me. I had to sneak into their
    website via an explicit Google to see the offering.)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 23 11:58:46 2024
    On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:26:38 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/22/2024 1:03 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <hWLBN.541649$p%Mb.453033@fx15.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about because
    the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte.

    I don't use a smart phone either. Paypal works fine with a desktop browser.

    Ahah. Well, that does seem hard to beat...

    Can't beat free:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/

    You just sign up for a free account to use their newsserver. I've
    been using them for years (ever since Comcast shut down their
    newsserver), along with Forte Agent newsreader software. Works great.

    Only downside is that they don't do binaries, just plain text messages
    (reading and posting).

    -- Bob

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to Bice on Fri Feb 23 13:50:27 2024
    In article <65d885a1.671818984@127.0.0.1>, Bice <eichler2@comcast.net> wrote: >On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:26:38 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/22/2024 1:03 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <hWLBN.541649$p%Mb.453033@fx15.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say
    about because
    the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte. >>>
    I don't use a smart phone either. Paypal works fine with a desktop browser.

    Ahah. Well, that does seem hard to beat...

    Can't beat free:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/

    You just sign up for a free account to use their newsserver. I've
    been using them for years (ever since Comcast shut down their
    newsserver), along with Forte Agent newsreader software. Works great.

    Only downside is that they don't do binaries, just plain text messages >(reading and posting).

    -- Bob


    I remember that I tried them and had some issue I can't now recall
    and so moved to individual.net. That was years ago, so whatever I
    didn't like is probably fixed.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bice on Fri Feb 23 11:50:00 2024
    On 2/23/2024 6:58 AM, Bice wrote:
    On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:26:38 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/22/2024 1:03 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <hWLBN.541649$p%Mb.453033@fx15.iad>,
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 2/22/2024 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

    individual.net charges about $15/year for Usenet access (I say about because
    the actual charge is in Euros).

    Thanks. They seem to want Paypal, but I'm a smartphone-less troglodyte. >>>
    I don't use a smart phone either. Paypal works fine with a desktop browser.

    Ahah. Well, that does seem hard to beat...

    Can't beat free:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/

    You just sign up for a free account to use their newsserver. I've
    been using them for years (ever since Comcast shut down their
    newsserver), along with Forte Agent newsreader software. Works great.

    Only downside is that they don't do binaries, just plain text messages (reading and posting).

    I detect a trend. Maybe I should wait for a server that pays *me*...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)