• RSRU does facebook

    From Uncle Dave@21:1/5 to David W Noon on Tue Jan 24 12:35:53 2017
    On 23/01/2017 17:46, David W Noon wrote:
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    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:35:17 -0800 (PST), in message <a9990810-4180-468f-bb10-04215e1a50b6@googlegroups.com>, Ian Diddams (iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    Does that mean they check our clothes for wrinkles?

    Like.

    See you don't get the gratification of feedback on USENET do ya? I
    would probably give you a "Haha" for that on FB, but here you're left
    hanging wondering whether anybody loves you.

    Just to make the entry requirements clear, no problems with jeans but no trainers.

    UD

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  • From Uncle Dave@21:1/5 to alvey on Tue Jan 24 12:38:14 2017
    On 23/01/2017 20:07, alvey wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:55:54 +0000, John Williams wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:46:37 +0000, David W Noon
    <dwnoon@spamtrap.ntlworld.com> wrote:

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    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:35:17 -0800 (PST), in message
    <a9990810-4180-468f-bb10-04215e1a50b6@googlegroups.com>, Ian Diddams
    (iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    Does that mean they check our clothes for wrinkles?


    We're all wrinklies here. I wonder how old the youngest poster in the
    last year is.

    Not if you use mental age...

    <boom tish>

    Rick particularly asked after you and Bobs as potential group members,
    so get cracking. I sent an email invite to Morrissey but I suspect the
    email he uses here is fake. <gasps in horror>

    UD

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  • From admulhearn@gmail.com@21:1/5 to ian diddams on Tue Jan 24 08:05:50 2017
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 09:35:18 UTC, ian diddams wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    didds

    Can I use interpretive dance instead?
    --
    Andy

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  • From Dechucka@21:1/5 to Uncle Dave on Wed Jan 25 06:28:04 2017
    "Uncle Dave" <F*ck_Off@UncleDa.ve> wrote in message news:o67hii$km6$1@news.albasani.net...
    On 22/01/2017 22:34, Dechucka wrote:

    "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
    news:op.yuhk07sbmsr2db@dell3100.dlink.com...
    On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:05:50 -0000, Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com>
    wrote:


    "ian diddams" <iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com> wrote in message
    news:0d7cddee-1d06-45a1-96c8-634460e97543@googlegroups.com...
    RSRU has a Facebook group now. So just search for RSRU, and ask to
    join.

    If the admins think you're a good egg, they'll approve your
    membership.

    I they think you're a tosser, they won't.


    Dare you find out?

    Well that will be an exciting group, don't like your comments and
    you're pissed off even if you make it in

    Stuff that; Usenet is free! (as in Free Speech; FB is erm not.)

    Wonder who is running it so I can make my posts fit the profile they
    want?

    Didds was joking FFS. Have you blokes been on here without all us witty
    ones so long you've lost your sense of humour?!

    OH I get it now

    No I don't

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  • From Kerr Mudd-John@21:1/5 to admulhearn@gmail.com on Tue Jan 24 20:04:39 2017
    On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:05:50 -0000, <admulhearn@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Monday, 23 January 2017 09:35:18 UTC, ian diddams wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    didds

    Can I use interpretive dance instead?

    Only if done *before* crossing the line, please.

    --
    Bah, and indeed, Humbug

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  • From greybeard@21:1/5 to Uncle Dave on Wed Jan 25 10:31:58 2017
    On 25/01/17 01:35, Uncle Dave wrote:


    Just to make the entry requirements clear, no problems with jeans but no trainers.

    UD


    yeah, training really sux. Too serious by far.

    And FB is for narcissists.

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  • From Dechucka@21:1/5 to Uncle Dave on Wed Jan 25 09:14:59 2017
    "Uncle Dave" <F*ck_Off@UncleDa.ve> wrote in message news:o67hn9$km6$2@news.albasani.net...
    On 23/01/2017 17:46, David W Noon wrote:
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    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:35:17 -0800 (PST), in message
    <a9990810-4180-468f-bb10-04215e1a50b6@googlegroups.com>, Ian Diddams
    (iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    Does that mean they check our clothes for wrinkles?

    Like.

    See you don't get the gratification of feedback on USENET do ya? I would probably give you a "Haha" for that on FB, but here you're left hanging wondering whether anybody loves you.

    Just to make the entry requirements clear, no problems with jeans but no trainers.

    bare feet speedos and a tank top OK?

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  • From Dechucka@21:1/5 to Kerr Mudd-John on Wed Jan 25 09:15:44 2017
    "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:op.yuk511rsmsr2db@dell3100.dlink.com...
    On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:05:50 -0000, <admulhearn@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Monday, 23 January 2017 09:35:18 UTC, ian diddams wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    didds

    Can I use interpretive dance instead?

    Only if done *before* crossing the line, please.

    If he's wearing a nice dress that should be OK

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  • From alvey@21:1/5 to Uncle Dave on Wed Jan 25 11:05:07 2017
    On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:38:14 +0000, Uncle Dave wrote:

    On 23/01/2017 20:07, alvey wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:55:54 +0000, John Williams wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:46:37 +0000, David W Noon
    <dwnoon@spamtrap.ntlworld.com> wrote:

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    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:35:17 -0800 (PST), in message
    <a9990810-4180-468f-bb10-04215e1a50b6@googlegroups.com>, Ian Diddams
    (iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 January 2017 01:47:59 UTC, alvey wrote:

    Oh purrleeez Didds! Pleaseeee tell how they do this?


    through the use of irony

    Does that mean they check our clothes for wrinkles?


    We're all wrinklies here. I wonder how old the youngest poster in the
    last year is.

    Not if you use mental age...

    <boom tish>

    Rick

    Boyd? You let Dick Boyd in???? He's the Dress Standard equivalent of socks
    with sandals and a hat that's tied under the chin. So big, tough Boydie couldn't hack Usenet eh. lol.

    particularly asked after you and Bobs as potential group members,
    so get cracking.

    I'm truly honoured! And I'll get cracking on it just as soon as I finish
    this game of Monopoly I'm playing with Santa & the Easter Bunny!



    alvey

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  • From alvey@21:1/5 to Uncle Dave on Wed Jan 25 11:09:03 2017
    On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:33:21 +0000, Uncle Dave wrote:

    Unlike USENET we have the
    oportunity to self-moderate by kicking off anyone that we agree we don't want.

    So it's being populated by people who found newsreaders Too Hard. Cool. Bet you've all got Apple products.


    alvey

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  • From John Williams@21:1/5 to alvey on Wed Jan 25 05:59:25 2017
    On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:57:20 +1000, alvey <alvey@play.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:15:30 +0000, John Williams wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:59:15 -0000, "James Heaton"
    <heatonandmoore@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:


    "John Williams" <tigDELETEerphile@ntlTHISworld.com> wrote in message >>>news:7tgc8c9mcbha0n8r7s2b3etdr3v7jj4b33@4ax.com...



    We're all wrinklies here. I wonder how old the youngest poster in the
    last year is.

    I'm probably one of the very few under 40s who doesn't use Facebook...

    Well done! An under 40 wrinkly!

    John, It is possible to be under 40 and friendless you know...

    I guess so.

    I was born wrinkly (most are), and have remained wrinkly all my life
    thought. I think wrinkliness is a good thing some people don't attain
    until later in life. Sadly some never get there either in personality
    or appearance. In the case of appearance, face-work makes the person
    look like they are wearing a grinning mask through fear of age. In the
    case of personality the range is much wider though, from genuinely
    delightful but maybe naive people who think good of all and
    everything, to all sorts of dodgy people; sociopaths, fanatics,
    criminally insane, cat-kickers - you get the picture.

    You can trust wrinklies.

    --

    All the best
    John Williams

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  • From Uncle Dave@21:1/5 to alvey on Wed Jan 25 15:02:07 2017
    On 25/01/2017 01:09, alvey wrote:

    So it's being populated by people who found newsreaders Too Hard. Cool.

    No, just that rsru has been for years now a shadow of its former self.
    News readers aren't hard, but nobody knows about the news nowadays so
    it's likely to die a long, slow, lingering death. We're trying to at
    least keep the spirit of the thing alive, perhaps even invite suitably
    wrinkly younger people to join.

    I think you would have to agree (unless Rick's right and you're a
    complete idiot) that the writing is on the wall for USENET. OK, people
    have been saying that for a decade or more, but more and more ISPs are
    ditching it and today's users aren't computer savvy enough to work out
    how to access news servers.

    Other groups I've used, that were far more prolific than this one a few
    years ago have virtually ceased to exist. rec.bicycles. racing has had
    two active users for a year or more and I reckon that's probably the
    same bloke talking to himself. You embraced the (then) new technology
    of USENET years ago, so why not social media now?

    Anyway, don't say I didn't ask!

    UD as was

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  • From alvey@21:1/5 to John Williams on Thu Jan 26 05:43:22 2017
    On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:59:25 +0000, John Williams wrote:

    On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:57:20 +1000, alvey <alvey@play.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:15:30 +0000, John Williams wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:59:15 -0000, "James Heaton"
    <heatonandmoore@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:


    "John Williams" <tigDELETEerphile@ntlTHISworld.com> wrote in message >>>>news:7tgc8c9mcbha0n8r7s2b3etdr3v7jj4b33@4ax.com...



    We're all wrinklies here. I wonder how old the youngest poster in the >>>>> last year is.

    I'm probably one of the very few under 40s who doesn't use Facebook...

    Well done! An under 40 wrinkly!

    John, It is possible to be under 40 and friendless you know...

    I guess so.

    I was born wrinkly (most are), and have remained wrinkly all my life
    thought. I think wrinkliness is a good thing some people don't attain
    until later in life. Sadly some never get there either in personality
    or appearance. In the case of appearance, face-work makes the person
    look like they are wearing a grinning mask through fear of age. In the
    case of personality the range is much wider though, from genuinely
    delightful but maybe naive people who think good of all and
    everything, to all sorts of dodgy people; sociopaths, fanatics,
    criminally insane, cat-kickers - you get the picture.

    You can trust wrinklies.

    That's exactly what Harold Shipman's patients said...



    alvey

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  • From alvey@21:1/5 to Uncle Dave on Thu Jan 26 05:33:09 2017
    On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:02:07 +0000, Uncle Dave wrote:

    On 25/01/2017 01:09, alvey wrote:

    So it's being populated by people who found newsreaders Too Hard. Cool.

    No, just that rsru has been for years now a shadow of its former self.
    News readers aren't hard, but nobody knows about the news nowadays so
    it's likely to die a long, slow, lingering death. We're trying to at
    least keep the spirit of the thing alive, perhaps even invite suitably wrinkly younger people to join.

    I think you would have to agree (unless Rick's right and you're a
    complete idiot) that the writing is on the wall for USENET.
    OK, people
    have been saying that for a decade or more, but more and more ISPs are ditching it and today's users aren't computer savvy enough to work out
    how to access news servers.

    Other groups I've used, that were far more prolific than this one a few
    years ago have virtually ceased to exist. rec.bicycles. racing has had
    two active users for a year or more and I reckon that's probably the
    same bloke talking to himself. You embraced the (then) new technology
    of USENET years ago, so why not social media now?

    Well the writing was on the wall, unfortunately it was the Berlin Wall so
    it can't be read now.

    But you're depressingly correct re Usenet UD. Just t'other day the domain UK.SPORT.* was dropped by Eternal September. I've been terrorising, or was
    it 'boring', one of the two, a couple of web forums for quite a while now. They're not bad, but they're poorly formatted and are moderated by
    vindictive vicars spinster daughters (Good pub name that; The Vindictive Vicar). This obviously reduces my vocabulary by around 25 fucking percent,
    and up to 80% when attempting to deal with a Boydian blowhard.

    Anyway, being ruggeroids, I wish you and your shipmates ill on your voyage
    of discovery and communal masturbation. I may pop in one day when I have a spare Facie account, please hold your breath.


    alvey

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  • From John Williams@21:1/5 to alvey on Thu Jan 26 06:14:01 2017
    On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 05:43:22 +1000, alvey <alvey@play.com> wrote:

    On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:59:25 +0000, John Williams wrote:


    You can trust wrinklies.

    That's exactly what Harold Shipman's patients said...

    Catch a photo of the man. He is a beardy not a wrinkly. He killed
    wrinklies. Can't trust beardies.

    --

    All the best
    John Williams

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  • From ian diddams@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 27 02:44:19 2017
    Catch a photo of the man. He is a beardy not a wrinkly. He killed
    wrinklies. Can't trust beardies.


    what about bearded wrinklies?

    Or wrinkly beardies?

    didds

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  • From John Williams@21:1/5 to iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com on Sat Jan 28 01:34:00 2017
    On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 02:44:19 -0800 (PST), ian diddams <iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com> wrote:

    Catch a photo of the man. He is a beardy not a wrinkly. He killed
    wrinklies. Can't trust beardies.


    what about bearded wrinklies?

    Or wrinkly beardies?

    If they are beardy, you can't tell if they are wrinkly or not. Take no
    chances with them is my advice.


    --

    All the best
    John Williams

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  • From Kerr Mudd-John@21:1/5 to tigDELETEerphile@ntlthisworld.com on Sat Jan 28 21:53:03 2017
    On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 01:34:00 -0000, John Williams <tigDELETEerphile@ntlthisworld.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 02:44:19 -0800 (PST), ian diddams <iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com> wrote:

    Catch a photo of the man. He is a beardy not a wrinkly. He killed
    wrinklies. Can't trust beardies.


    what about bearded wrinklies?

    Or wrinkly beardies?

    If they are beardy, you can't tell if they are wrinkly or not. Take no chances with them is my advice.


    What about baldies?


    Good grief can't anyone muster up some enthusiasm for the 6nations compo?

    --
    Bah, and indeed, Humbug

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  • From alvey@21:1/5 to Kerr Mudd-John on Sun Jan 29 08:42:25 2017
    On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:53:03 -0000, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:

    On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 01:34:00 -0000, John Williams <tigDELETEerphile@ntlthisworld.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 02:44:19 -0800 (PST), ian diddams
    <iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com> wrote:

    Catch a photo of the man. He is a beardy not a wrinkly. He killed
    wrinklies. Can't trust beardies.


    what about bearded wrinklies?

    Or wrinkly beardies?

    If they are beardy, you can't tell if they are wrinkly or not. Take no
    chances with them is my advice.


    What about baldies?


    Good grief can't anyone muster up some enthusiasm for the 6nations compo?

    It needs compensation now? That's a significant fall from grace.



    alvey

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  • From Dechucka@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 30 10:13:25 2017
    "ian diddams" <iandiddamsorg@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:a4e35e55-1580-4db6-b32c-85a000f602fa@googlegroups.com...
    Catch a photo of the man. He is a beardy not a wrinkly. He killed
    wrinklies. Can't trust beardies.


    what about bearded wrinklies?

    The only thing I've got bearded and wrinkly I'm not showing on
    Instagramme(?)

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  • From oob@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 2 04:19:40 2017
    That is a solid argument for moving from Usenet to an alternative platform.

    It is not however, an argument for choosing Facebook as that platform.

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