Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix5.panix.com!not-for-mail From: steveo@panix.com (Steven M. O'Neill) Newsgroups: alt.dev.null Subject: Re: Poasters? Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 21:44:27 -0000 (UTC) Organization: The process of turning a pinto bean into a kidney Approved: Why I Oughta... Message-ID: <10octfr$54p$1@reader2.panix.com> References: <1rrijys.h3nqdj1xvi6xzN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <87cy1i9gtp.fsf@dear-messner.dont-email.me> <1rrinb1.1jlvj151n0hlovN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Injection-Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 21:44:27 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix5.panix.com:166.84.1.5"; logging-data="5273"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Xref: csiph.com alt.dev.null:463 Sn!pe wrote: >yeti wrote: >> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote: >> > yeti wrote: >> >> William Stickers wrote: >> >> >> >> > Nice dream. I dream about winning the state lottery and being >> >> > 21 again. >> >> >> >> I'd prefer 44. >> >> >> >> Ok, maybe 42 for some obvious reasons. >> > >> > You could be the answer to all our trouble and strife. >> >> Probably I do not have more answers than others. >> >> After not having looked into a.d.n for quite a while, I was a bit and a >> half shocked about the minuscule amount of new posts. > >Most people think of it as just the bit-bucket, if they even think of it >at all; it isn't meant to be a discussion group. That and the need for >a chicken adds to its exclusivity, which is a good part of its charm. Also, being a "test group" (or something) your news provider may have it on a short leash, with regards to expiry times. -- Steven O'Neill steveo@panix.com Brooklyn, NY http://www.panix.com/~steveo