Joseph LIttleshoes wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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>>In article >,
>> Joseph LIttleshoes > wrote:
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>>>Find a knitch
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>>Never mind the knitch; get a bagel instead.
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>>>and settle in, pull up a foot stool and tell us what you
>>>like to eat, do you have a guilty secret like me, sometimes i like
>>>making the food more than i like eating it. I routinely make way
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>>more
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>>>food than i need to. Just for the fun of cooking.
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>>So much for secret.
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> And then! "Glory of Glories" i find a medium where i can talk/write
> about it without people's eyes glazing over and trying to change the
> subject.

Yep. I thought this ng was really cool when I stumbled upon it.

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> But, caveat emptor, just as i seem to be finding my 'voice' in the net,
> i am losing interest in it.

And yep. I find I'm losing interest in not only this ng but ngs in
general. There is just too much junk and nastiness to wade through
anymore. I can remember when I first started using usenet. It was a
considerably nicer environment then. Now it seems to be who can sit on
the computer the most and make the rudest or crudest comments.

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> I am seriously considering upgrading to a whole new system or abandoning
> the net altogether as, fundamentally, a waste of time. Not that i have
> a lot better going on in my life but i could have more of it if i
> stopped doing this.

Like you, I am considering abandoning the net or at least a portion of
it - usenet. The net itself has been quite useful for us in the past
little while allowing us to track down hard to find appliance parts, get
mapping directions, and I do like my ebooks in PDA format. We found
this really neat website where I ordered a few appliance parts while
still in my pjs. The parcel was in my postal box within 2 days! I was
very impressed so I would still use it for that and I do like ebay. I
think for finding info the net is great but maybe the chat/usenet thing
is just wearing out for me. People will say things online they would
never have the nerve to say directly to someone's face. For that reason
alone, usenet is seriously becoming a waste of time if you post. If you
just lurk or google, it isn't too bad.

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