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    From thewalruswasdanny@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 25 19:45:16 2022
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to thewalruswasdanny on Wed Oct 26 03:46:46 2022
    On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7:45:18 PM UTC-7, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny

    Hey, good to see you, Danny. I wasn't here during the group's heyday, but I encounter your posts in the archives.

    Did you in fact cover every Beatles song on Youtube?

    I have no idea how Francie ended up, but I sense that, even with her supposed "friendship" with Yoko, it wasn't well.

    Some of the other old-timers check in occasionally.

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  • From cuppajoe2go@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Wed Oct 26 13:38:32 2022
    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 3:46:48 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7:45:18 PM UTC-7, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny
    Hey, good to see you, Danny. I wasn't here during the group's heyday, but I encounter your posts in the archives.

    Did you in fact cover every Beatles song on Youtube?

    I have no idea how Francie ended up, but I sense that, even with her supposed "friendship" with Yoko, it wasn't well.

    Some of the other old-timers check in occasionally.
    Ah yes...the (mostly) good ol' days!

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 26 13:57:57 2022
    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 1:38:34 PM UTC-7, cuppajoe2go wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 3:46:48 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7:45:18 PM UTC-7, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny
    Hey, good to see you, Danny. I wasn't here during the group's heyday, but I encounter your posts in the archives.

    Did you in fact cover every Beatles song on Youtube?

    I have no idea how Francie ended up, but I sense that, even with her supposed "friendship" with Yoko, it wasn't well.

    Some of the other old-timers check in occasionally.
    Ah yes...the (mostly) good ol' days!

    I'm a later arrival, but having browsed the archives, I know what you mean by "mostly." There were some interesting posters and discussions, but some crazy sh*t as well.

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  • From whosbest54@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 27 11:03:55 2022
    In article <3ef9a836-7ae2-47d9-b6ef-8a54fb89199an@googlegroups.com>, thewalruswasdanny@gmail.com says...
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny

    Yeah, I've wondered whatever became of Francie.

    whosbest54
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  • From RJKellog@yahoo.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 27 10:51:10 2022
    On Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 12:04:05 PM UTC-4, whosbest54 wrote:
    In article <3ef9a836-7ae2-47d9...@googlegroups.com>, thewalru...@gmail.com says...
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny

    Yeah, I've wondered whatever became of Francie.

    whosbest54
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    She's in the Beatles Wives E True Hollywood Story thing. Looking rough. I don't know why. She never married any of them.

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  • From UsurperTom@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Fri Oct 28 23:52:51 2022
    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 6:46:48 AM UTC-4, Norbert K wrote:

    I have no idea how Francie ended up, but I sense that, even with her supposed "friendship" with Yoko, it wasn't well.

    I heard rumors about eight or nine years ago that Francie is in assisted living based on an Amazon review of her book by someone who said he knew her. She was open about her bipolar disorder and showed signs of mental illness in her later RMB posts.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to thewalruswasdanny on Sat Oct 29 07:03:42 2022
    In article <3ef9a836-7ae2-47d9-b6ef-8a54fb89199an@googlegroups.com>,
    thewalruswasdanny <thewalruswasdanny@gmail.com> wrote:

    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny

    Seems to be as cliquish as a nerdy Star Wars or Trekkies group compared
    to the old days.

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to UsurperTom on Sat Oct 29 06:02:12 2022
    On Friday, October 28, 2022 at 11:52:53 PM UTC-7, UsurperTom wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 6:46:48 AM UTC-4, Norbert K wrote:

    I have no idea how Francie ended up, but I sense that, even with her supposed "friendship" with Yoko, it wasn't well.
    I heard rumors about eight or nine years ago that Francie is in assisted living based on an Amazon review of her book by someone who said he knew her. She was open about her bipolar disorder and showed signs of mental illness in her later RMB posts.

    Thanks for the info. I found the comment. (One would think the person was violating doctor-patient confidentiality, but maybe Francie gave the person permission. Or perhaps she is too far gone to have an opinion.)

    Yeah, Francie's posts show signs of a mental disturbance.

    She certainly exploited her fling with McCartney for more than it was worth. There was her (barely readable) book, and she also had an article in Rolling Stone about those few weeks.

    I wonder how friendly Francie really was with Yoko. Yoko doesn't strike me as the type who is good at maintaining friendships. I'm thinking, for example, of Marnie Hair and Sam Green.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 30 14:13:08 2022
    On 29/10/2022 13:03, super70s wrote:
    In article <3ef9a836-7ae2-47d9-b6ef-8a54fb89199an@googlegroups.com>,
    thewalruswasdanny <thewalruswasdanny@gmail.com> wrote:

    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? >> Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans >> once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Seems to be as cliquish as a nerdy Star Wars or Trekkies group compared
    to the old days.

    Newsgroups have become like that though haven't they? Just a bunch of
    old fogeys who remember the good ol' days... :-)

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Oct 31 04:04:19 2022
    On Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 7:13:09 AM UTC-7, Blueshirt wrote:
    On 29/10/2022 13:03, super70s wrote:
    In article <3ef9a836-7ae2-47d9...@googlegroups.com>,
    thewalruswasdanny <thewalru...@gmail.com> wrote:

    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts?
    Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans
    once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Seems to be as cliquish as a nerdy Star Wars or Trekkies group compared
    to the old days.

    Newsgroups have become like that though haven't they? Just a bunch of
    old fogeys who remember the good ol' days... :-)

    Right, but is there a better venue? I was on Facebook for a time, and while it seems likely there are some decent private Beatles-related groups, the public ones I visited were horrifying. They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was dead
    and/or the Beatles were CIA agents.

    Something has resulted in a generation of people whose entire worldviews are made up of paranoid delusions.

    At least the small of number of people who still use newsgroups are mostly mentally viable.

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  • From thewalruswasdanny@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 31 13:55:38 2022
    "They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was dead"

    You mean he's still alive? :-)

    Danny

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  • From RJKellog@yahoo.com@21:1/5 to thewalruswasdanny on Mon Oct 31 14:24:01 2022
    On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 4:55:41 PM UTC-4, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    "They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was dead"
    You mean he's still alive? :-)

    Danny

    Here's the thing. Were any of the 'clues' real? I mean, deliberately planted.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to thewalruswasdanny on Tue Nov 1 10:27:11 2022
    On 1/11/2022 9:55 am, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    "They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was dead"

    You mean he's still alive? :-)

    Danny

    Next they'll being saying the George and John are dead too !

    geoff

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to geoff on Mon Oct 31 15:45:53 2022
    On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 2:27:16 PM UTC-7, geoff wrote:
    On 1/11/2022 9:55 am, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    "They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was dead"

    You mean he's still alive? :-)

    Danny
    Next they'll being saying the George and John are dead too !

    geoff

    One of those morons was insisting that John Lennon faked his own death and is actually alive and -- due to his supposed "love" of live performance -- busking in New York City's subways.

    It's the kind of stuff I go online to *get away* from. A bunch of marijuana dispensaries have opened up around here, and there are glazed-eyed screwups shuffling about, mumbling about cabals and storms and so on.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Fri Nov 4 10:06:54 2022
    On 31/10/2022 11:04, Norbert K wrote:
    On Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 7:13:09 AM UTC-7, Blueshirt wrote:
    On 29/10/2022 13:03, super70s wrote:

    Seems to be as cliquish as a nerdy Star Wars or Trekkies group compared
    to the old days.

    Newsgroups have become like that though haven't they? Just a bunch of
    old fogeys who remember the good ol' days... :-)

    Right, but is there a better venue? I was on Facebook for a time, and while it seems likely there are some decent private Beatles-related groups, the public ones I visited were horrifying. They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was
    dead and/or the Beatles were CIA agents.


    I tried Facebook a few years ago... didn't like it. I haven't been on
    social media since.

    Something has resulted in a generation of people whose entire worldviews are made up of paranoid delusions.

    Alien fog... that's definitely the cause. It seeps in to our brains on a
    foggy day. I saw a video about it on YouTube! ;-)

    At least the small of number of people who still use newsgroups are mostly mentally viable.

    Well, I do visit some newsgroups where that is NOT the case!

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  • From Famous Amos@21:1/5 to thewalruswasdanny on Wed Nov 9 09:12:14 2022
    On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:45:18 PM UTC-4, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    For this is I....who else is still here? What has become of Frankly Warts? Guru? Maybe this small place can be an arena for proper hardened Fabs Fans once again...but shhh....don't tell anybody!

    Danny
    FAMOUS amos still hear. Cos when I LEAVE, everyun leave's.

    WWG1WGA

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Nov 18 05:13:02 2022
    On Friday, November 4, 2022 at 3:06:57 AM UTC-7, Blueshirt wrote:
    On 31/10/2022 11:04, Norbert K wrote:
    On Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 7:13:09 AM UTC-7, Blueshirt wrote:
    On 29/10/2022 13:03, super70s wrote:

    Seems to be as cliquish as a nerdy Star Wars or Trekkies group compared >>> to the old days.

    Newsgroups have become like that though haven't they? Just a bunch of
    old fogeys who remember the good ol' days... :-)

    Right, but is there a better venue? I was on Facebook for a time, and while it seems likely there are some decent private Beatles-related groups, the public ones I visited were horrifying. They were full of idiots who really believed that Paul was
    dead and/or the Beatles were CIA agents.

    I tried Facebook a few years ago... didn't like it. I haven't been on
    social media since.
    Something has resulted in a generation of people whose entire worldviews are made up of paranoid delusions.
    Alien fog... that's definitely the cause. It seeps in to our brains on a foggy day. I saw a video about it on YouTube! ;-)
    At least the small of number of people who still use newsgroups are mostly mentally viable.
    Well, I do visit some newsgroups where that is NOT the case!

    Someone told me about a FB group that I'd have been into, but it was too late; I no longer use that platform.

    Alien fog, you say? I think it's a combination of failed schools, excessive dope ingestion, mental illness, websites that will promote any stupidity ("The earth is flat"'; "Hollywood is run by satanists"; "Trump's going to be reinstated") -- and Trump.
    Trump didn't merely lower the bar as far as to how an American politician can behave; he was completely oblivious to the existence of any standards. And in parts of the country where the publics schools don't do what they're supposed to, people *mimic*
    Trump as far as the false bragging, the conspiracism, and the habit of repeating bizarre phrases over and over instead of speaking in sentences.

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