"Mr. Bill" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:23:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>Nancy made an "in joke" for rfc old timers... but thanks for the
>>recipe!
>
> Didn't mean to invade the private circle of old timers. Excuse my
> intrusion.
>
>

Not an intrusion, simply an old reference. rfc used to be flooded with
requests for "recipes from Europe" by students whose misguided instructor
was (for whatever reason) trying to teach them about Usenet and newsgroups.
The reply TINC (there is no Cabal) is a reference that allegedly many of the
"regulars" controlled the ng. This is not, nor has it ever been, a
moderated newsgroup. There are a few of us who have been on rfc for a
decade or more, but TINC

Jill