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....is a binaries barbecue newsgroup.
Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, tools, mistakes, and ideas. Comments? -- " Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end" |
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VegA > wrote:
> ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > Comments? alt.binaries.food works fine for me. You could always put BBQ at the beginning of your Subject line, eh? -- Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran! Support Our Troops: http://anymarine.com/ You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061 |
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Nick Cramer wrote:
> VegA > wrote: >> ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. >> >> Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. >> Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? >> >> I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. >> >> But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a >> great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, >> tools, mistakes, and ideas. >> >> Comments? > > alt.binaries.food works fine for me. You could always put BBQ at the > beginning of your Subject line, eh? Works great for me, too. A subgroup would probably not have a lot of traffic. -- Dave What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan |
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VegA wrote:
> ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > Comments? > I have no problem using tiny pics for photos. I would much prefer *not* to have a binary group. http://tinypic.com/ If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. I've learned so much from all of you and I'd really love to continue as is. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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Janet Wilder wrote:
> I have no problem using tiny pics for photos. I would much prefer > *not* to have a binary group. > > http://tinypic.com/ > > If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. I've > learned so much from all of you and I'd really love to continue as is. I think he was talking about creating a new group, not changing this group, Janet. You can rest easy :-) -- Dave What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan |
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Dave Bugg wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote: > >> I have no problem using tiny pics for photos. I would much prefer >> *not* to have a binary group. >> >> http://tinypic.com/ >> >> If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. I've >> learned so much from all of you and I'd really love to continue as is. > > I think he was talking about creating a new group, not changing this group, > Janet. You can rest easy :-) > Oh, good! -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:48:44 -0500, VegA >
wrote: >...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > >Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. >Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > >I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > >But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a >great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, >tools, mistakes, and ideas. > >Comments? OK, just a thought! LOL I'm cool with the way things are -- " Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end" |
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On Jun 22, 7:30*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. Get on 'em Janet!!! (*chuckle*) Robert |
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"VegA" > wrote in message ... > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > Comments? Isn't that why we resurected ABF? |
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VegA wrote:
> ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > tools, mistakes, and ideas. alt.binaries.food was started (or rather, revived) by the folks here at AFB back in late 2002/early 2003 or so, for just that purpose. Eventually people started posting all sorts of food-related pics. And then people started posting pictures of construction sites, houses, homeless people, guns, tanks, and anything else they could think of to defeat the purpose of the group. So good luck with that. -sw |
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On Jun 23, 6:09*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> VegA wrote: > > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > alt.binaries.food was started (or rather, revived) by the folks here at > AFB back in late 2002/early 2003 or so, for just that purpose. *Eventually > people started posting all sorts of food-related pics. *And then people > started posting pictures of construction sites, houses, homeless people, > guns, tanks, and anything else they could think of to defeat the purpose > of the group. > > So good luck with that. > > -sw Huhn, last time I was there it seemed to be dominated by two people, one was some Euro dude who posted tons of printer quality pix of everything and anything in his kitchen. He made nice stuff, but jeeze, enough already. And I forget the other person, in any case it was way too much bandwidth for too little I was interested in seeing. Guess I should use killfiles? *shrug* Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary groups, who care about the name, it coule be alt.binaries.belly-button for all we should care, we could agree to use it, and if and when the same thing happen that it becomes too spammy, move on to a different inactive one. Just an idea. |
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Duwop wrote:
> Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary > groups, who care about the name, it could be alt.binaries.belly-button > for all we should care, Hey, now. Those of us with highly active belly button fetishes don't want to be flipping through no stinkin' pictures of butts, wieners, and breasts. Find your own group. -sw |
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"Shawn Martin" > wrote in message . com... > > "VegA" > wrote in message > ... >> ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. >> >> Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. >> Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? >> >> I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. >> >> But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a >> great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, >> tools, mistakes, and ideas. >> >> Comments? > > Isn't that why we resurected ABF? > Glad you said that Shawn. Big Jim |
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Janet Wilder wrote:
> If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. I've > learned so much from all of you and I'd really love to continue as is. You can't change a text group to binaries. Pretty much all news servers out there now restrict binary postings to groups that begin with alt.binaries. And many news providers nowadays don't even give you access to to alt.binaries. And of course the new trend is ISP's not even offering Usenet, period. You can however post links to pictures in your text posts, which is really how it should be done. A description of what your link depicts should be mandatory. Which is why I don't really hang out in ABF any more. Too many people post pictures with no explanation of what it is or how they cooked it. They're more focused on getting a good picture or just making a post than describing the food. It takes 1 to post a picture, three to ask what it is, and then maybe they'll tell you. Maybe not. I always make a point to describe, often in-depth, how I cooked the dish, which ingredients I prefer, what I'd do differently next time, etc... While the pictures may not be that great, it's the substance that counts more. Would you buy a cookbook that only contains pictures? No Do you own a cookbook that doesn't have any pictures? Yes. /rant off -sw |
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Sqwertz > wrote:
> VegA wrote: > > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > alt.binaries.food was started (or rather, revived) by the folks here at > AFB back in late 2002/early 2003 or so, for just that purpose. > Eventually people started posting all sorts of food-related pics. And > then people started posting pictures of construction sites, houses, > homeless people, guns, tanks, and anything else they could think of to > defeat the purpose of the group. That kind of creeping erosion of the terms of a Charter or Constitution seems pretty universal, eh? -- Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran! Support Our Troops: http://anymarine.com/ You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061 |
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On 22-Jun-2009, VegA > wrote: > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > Comments? There are a good many groups to discuss food. Barbecue and grilling are featured as you probably know at alt.food.barbecue. alt.binaries.food was specifically chartered to display pictures for all of the food related groups. It was not AFAIK intended to ever be a discussion group. Perhaps EskWired will comment on that. I personally have no desire for an additional group related to barbecue and grilling. The current setup is quite satisfactory as far as I'm concerned. But then I have no desire to cruise more then a couple of newsgroups. All of my interests are pretty well addressed in just two newsgroups, afb and abf. -- Brick (Youth is wasted on young people) |
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On 22-Jun-2009, "Dave Bugg" > wrote: > Janet Wilder wrote: > > > I have no problem using tiny pics for photos. I would much prefer > > *not* to have a binary group. > > > > http://tinypic.com/ > > > > If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. I've > > learned so much from all of you and I'd really love to continue as is. > > I think he was talking about creating a new group, not changing this > group, > Janet. You can rest easy :-) > > -- > Dave This group is quite safe. It is very difficult if not impossible to remove an active group. The only way the group could be changed is to remove it completely with a remgroup message which would require significant justification and then post a newgroup message again with adequate justification to inaugorate the newgroup. -- Brick (Youth is wasted on young people) |
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On 23-Jun-2009, Sqwertz > wrote: > Janet Wilder wrote: > > > If this group changes to binaries, I'm not going to continue. I've > > learned so much from all of you and I'd really love to continue as is. > > You can't change a text group to binaries. Pretty much all news servers > out there now restrict binary postings to groups that begin with > alt.binaries. And many news providers nowadays don't even give you > access > to to alt.binaries. And of course the new trend is ISP's not even > offering Usenet, period. > > You can however post links to pictures in your text posts, which is > really > how it should be done. > > A description of what your link depicts should be mandatory. Which is > why > I don't really hang out in ABF any more. Too many people post pictures > with no explanation of what it is or how they cooked it. They're more > focused on getting a good picture or just making a post than describing > the food. It takes 1 to post a picture, three to ask what it is, and > then > maybe they'll tell you. Maybe not. > > I always make a point to describe, often in-depth, how I cooked the dish, > > which ingredients I prefer, what I'd do differently next time, etc... > While the pictures may not be that great, it's the substance that counts > more. > > Would you buy a cookbook that only contains pictures? No > > Do you own a cookbook that doesn't have any pictures? Yes. > > /rant off > > -sw What Steve said. I also hate picture posts in a group that fail to explain what it is. And in a food group, failure to describe how it's made should be a hanging offense. Get real. If you don't want to share, don't post at all. If you want to brag about a secret recipe or ingredient do it some- where else. On the other hand, describe it in the first post and we can eliminate a lot of static. In many cases, a word picture is more then sufficient and that can be done just as well in the text group. -- Brick (Youth is wasted on young people) |
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On 23-Jun-2009, "Shawn Martin" > wrote: > "VegA" > wrote in message > ... > > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > > > Comments? > > Isn't that why we resurected ABF? VegA wasn't around six years ago that I remember. And what's this "we" stuff? I seem to remember there was only one person taking the heat for endangering the tenuous hold that abf had with a few ISP's at the time. In fact I seem to remember a serious attempt to organize a lynching party. -- Brick (Youth is wasted on young people) |
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On 23-Jun-2009, Sqwertz > wrote: > Duwop wrote: > > > Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary > > groups, who care about the name, it could be alt.binaries.belly-button > > for all we should care, > > Hey, now. Those of us with highly active belly button fetishes don't > want > to be flipping through no stinkin' pictures of butts, wieners, and > breasts. Find your own group. > > -sw LOL. Good shot Sqwertz. Your post triggered a mind fart of all those images flitting by. I don't think this old heart could stand it. The current setup works just fine for me, but some good points have been made. To an extent, any group becomes a social group. It's the nature of the beast. That's not to say that bare tits should be allowed in church. In the same vein, cathedrals, fast cars and bums sleeping it off in the cab of a junk truck have no place in a food group. Most folks want to belong somewhere. Hints that certain behavior should be curtailed should suffice. We know how to handle the hardcore offenders. I must admit that I have been turned off a time or two by multiple mindless posts of nothingness having nothing to do with food. I guess I wish that I was guiltless, but alas I have also erred a time or two. I'll try to do better. -- Brick (Youth is wasted on young people) |
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On 23-Jun-2009, Nick Cramer > wrote: > Sqwertz > wrote: > > VegA wrote: > > > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. > > > > > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. > > > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? > > > > > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. > > > > > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a > > > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, > > > tools, mistakes, and ideas. > > > > alt.binaries.food was started (or rather, revived) by the folks here at > > AFB back in late 2002/early 2003 or so, for just that purpose. > > Eventually people started posting all sorts of food-related pics. And > > then people started posting pictures of construction sites, houses, > > homeless people, guns, tanks, and anything else they could think of to > > defeat the purpose of the group. > > That kind of creeping erosion of the terms of a Charter or Constitution > seems pretty universal, eh? > > -- > Nick, KI6VAV. It seems to be a fact Nick, but just as the internet is managed if not policed by an unlisted, unidentified "good old boys" group, individual newsgroups could/can be moderated the same way. Unless the "noise" is generated by the many rather then by the few, then those few should be susceptible to the views of the many, else 'plonk'. Perhaps the "many" have become too complacent. If we can't even manage a newsgroup, what chance do we have as a nation? -- Brick (We're so worried about what the rest of the world thinks of us that we go to the polls and remove all doubt.) |
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On Jun 23, 8:04*pm, "Brick" > wrote:
> On 23-Jun-2009, Sqwertz > wrote: > > > Duwop wrote: > > > > Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary > > > groups, who care about the name, it could be alt.binaries.belly-button > > > for all we should care, > > > Hey, now. *Those of us with highly active belly button fetishes don't > > want > > to be flipping through no stinkin' pictures of butts, wieners, and > > breasts. *Find your own group. > > > -sw > > LOL. Good shot Sqwertz. Double entendre there Brick???? Well done!! You dirty ole man you. :-) My friends all laughed at this ribald description of a BBQ/grilling group as one that discusses butts, wieners and breasts. I lol'd. |
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:04:41 GMT, Brick wrote:
> On 23-Jun-2009, Sqwertz > wrote: > >> Duwop wrote: >> >>> Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary >>> groups, who care about the name, it could be alt.binaries.belly-button >>> for all we should care, >> >> Hey, now. Those of us with highly active belly button fetishes don't >> want to be flipping through no stinkin' pictures of butts, wieners, and >> breasts. Find your own group. > > LOL. Good shot Sqwertz. Your post triggered a mind fart of all > those images flitting by. I don't think this old heart could stand it. JFTR, I was referring to pork butts, hot dogs, and chicken breasts. Ta dA... Dump! -sw |
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Brick wrote:
> VegA wasn't around six years ago that I remember. And what's this > "we" stuff? I seem to remember there was only one person taking the > heat for endangering the tenuous hold that abf had with a few ISP's at > the time. In fact I seem to remember a serious attempt to organize a > lynching party. Huh? -sw |
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"Brick" > wrote in message ter.com... > > On 23-Jun-2009, "Shawn Martin" > wrote: > >> "VegA" > wrote in message >> ... >> > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. >> > >> > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. >> > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? >> > >> > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. >> > >> > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a >> > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, >> > tools, mistakes, and ideas. >> > >> > Comments? >> >> Isn't that why we resurected ABF? > > VegA wasn't around six years ago that I remember. And what's this > "we" stuff? I seem to remember there was only one person taking the > heat for endangering the tenuous hold that abf had with a few ISP's at > the time. In fact I seem to remember a serious attempt to organize a > lynching party. > "We"; collectively. I know that you did the yeoman's work on that, and I thank you. |
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> On Jun 23, 8:04 pm, "Brick" > wrote: >> On 23-Jun-2009, Sqwertz > wrote: >> >>> Duwop wrote: >>>> Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary >>>> groups, who care about the name, it could be alt.binaries.belly-button >>>> for all we should care, >>> Hey, now. Those of us with highly active belly button fetishes don't >>> want >>> to be flipping through no stinkin' pictures of butts, wieners, and >>> breasts. Find your own group. >>> -sw >> LOL. Good shot Sqwertz. > > Double entendre there Brick???? > > Well done!! You dirty ole man you. :-) > > > My friends all laughed at this ribald description of a BBQ/grilling > group as one that discusses butts, wieners and breasts. I lol'd. > > I was in the gym one day when my workout partner said (a little too loudly), "When am I gonna get some that butt I've been hearing so much about?" My wife had been raving about my latest cookin' at the time. I knew what he meant - the rest of the gym didn't. Put that on the list of things never to ask in public. db |
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Shawn Martin wrote:
> "Brick" > wrote in message > ter.com... >> On 23-Jun-2009, "Shawn Martin" > wrote: >> >>> "VegA" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. >>>> >>>> Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. >>>> Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? >>>> >>>> I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. >>>> >>>> But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a >>>> great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, >>>> tools, mistakes, and ideas. >>>> >>>> Comments? >>> Isn't that why we resurected ABF? >> VegA wasn't around six years ago that I remember. And what's this >> "we" stuff? I seem to remember there was only one person taking the >> heat for endangering the tenuous hold that abf had with a few ISP's at >> the time. In fact I seem to remember a serious attempt to organize a >> lynching party. >> > > "We"; collectively. I know that you did the yeoman's work on that, and I > thank you. Wasn't it just one ISP that didn't carry it? That one being Brick's. -sw |
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On 23 Jun 2009 23:06:23 GMT, Nick Cramer >
wrote: >That kind of creeping erosion of the terms of a Charter or Constitution >seems pretty universal, eh? I think sometimes that can be a good thing (only speaking about a Usenet group). There is a group that I have posted in for over 10 years. What has happened is that many folks there have now been acquaintances for that long. We have had many real-life get togethers and picnics and even a little romance. ;-) The result is that there is a lot of off-topic discussion because everyone has become friends and it has become a place to discuss all of life's issues. It is "bigger" than the original topic. However, I can see how that would be a bad thing in most groups (maybe here as well) because it dilutes the actual on topic info. Now, taking your sentence on a broader level.... Hmmmm... Where is that correct NG? :-) Jay www.fantasydragracing.homestead.com www.deltabluesfestival.net ***** If you should see me walking Through your dreams at night Would you please direct me Where I ought to be I've been looking for a crystal ball To shed the light To find a future in me... ***** |
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Duwop wrote:
> On Jun 23, 8:04 pm, "Brick" > wrote: >> On 23-Jun-2009, Sqwertz > wrote: >> >>> Duwop wrote: >>>> Sqwertz has a point, there's got to be a ton of inactive binary >>>> groups, who care about the name, it could be alt.binaries.belly-button >>>> for all we should care, >>> Hey, now. Those of us with highly active belly button fetishes don't >>> want >>> to be flipping through no stinkin' pictures of butts, wieners, and >>> breasts. Find your own group. >>> -sw >> LOL. Good shot Sqwertz. > > Double entendre there Brick???? > > Well done!! You dirty ole man you. :-) > > > My friends all laughed at this ribald description of a BBQ/grilling > group as one that discusses butts, wieners and breasts. I lol'd. > > Phew...I may need a good smoke after all that.... |
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Jay Smith > wrote:
> Nick Cramer > wrote: > > >That kind of creeping erosion of the terms of a Charter or Constitution > >seems pretty universal, eh? > > I think sometimes that can be a good thing (only speaking about a > Usenet group). There is a group that I have posted in for over 10 > years. What has happened is that many folks there have now been > acquaintances for that long. We have had many real-life get togethers > and picnics and even a little romance. ;-) > > The result is that there is a lot of off-topic discussion because > everyone has become friends and it has become a place to discuss all > of life's issues. It is "bigger" than the original topic. > > However, I can see how that would be a bad thing in most groups (maybe > here as well) because it dilutes the actual on topic info. > > Now, taking your sentence on a broader level.... Hmmmm... Where is > that correct NG? :-) I agree with you about OT posts (and thread drift), Jay. Sometimes it gets out of hand and some folks object to any of it. Hell, I'm having a brief exchange with a guy on soc.culture.iranian about this weekend's Ham Radio Field Day! A lot of the folks here and on a.b.f have become friends and had several get togethers over the years. When someone gets sick or has a calamity befall them, folks pitch in and do what they can to help, even if it's only moral support, which can also be a great comfort. I like that. ;-) As to the Constitution: I like it the way it is! -- Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran! Support Our Troops: http://anymarine.com/ You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061 |
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"Brick" > wrote in message ter.com... > > On 23-Jun-2009, Nick Cramer > wrote: > >> Sqwertz > wrote: >> > VegA wrote: >> > > ...is a binaries barbecue newsgroup. >> > > >> > > Now I know allot of people here have been around a very long time. >> > > Anyone ever create one? Is there even a desire for one? >> > > >> > > I know about the "food" group and it is a nice place. >> > > >> > > But one for just Q, grilling, and things that go with both would be a >> > > great place to share pics of us and the things we create, our pits, >> > > tools, mistakes, and ideas. >> > >> > alt.binaries.food was started (or rather, revived) by the folks here at >> > AFB back in late 2002/early 2003 or so, for just that purpose. >> > Eventually people started posting all sorts of food-related pics. And >> > then people started posting pictures of construction sites, houses, >> > homeless people, guns, tanks, and anything else they could think of to >> > defeat the purpose of the group. >> >> That kind of creeping erosion of the terms of a Charter or Constitution >> seems pretty universal, eh? >> >> -- >> Nick, KI6VAV. > > It seems to be a fact Nick, but just as the internet is managed if not > policed > by an unlisted, unidentified "good old boys" group, individual newsgroups > could/can be moderated the same way. Unless the "noise" is generated by > the many rather then by the few, then those few should be susceptible to > the views of the many, else 'plonk'. Perhaps the "many" have become too > complacent. If we can't even manage a newsgroup, what chance do we > have as a nation? > > -- > Brick (We're so worried about what the rest of the world thinks of us that > we go to the polls and remove all doubt.) I don't know about that. I think it was more of a remove all traces of Bush vote. I just wish that Dems weren't such Pansy Asses |
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Mike wrote:
> I don't know about that. I think it was more of a remove all traces > of Bush vote. > I just wish that Dems weren't such Pansy Asses Take it to alt.whatever.politics if you want to engage in polarized political debate, which we keep out of AFB. Suffice it to say that I didn't vote for Obama (whom I despise) or McLame, and I don't want to drag this NG into the same type of crap political discussions that rage on, mindlessly, in the other NGs. -- Dave What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan |
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