Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:00:50 +0100 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2l7m8mxvgt.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <10p8v64$1vi0v$12@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yYMfjJRZJxWKJrMTM+Z8mA+q3oc0XQu3jlvZXSX0mm6LVlMoMB X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:kXBlzCjKz8q76sk6HQj2uXyDrBg= sha256:yYX57xVsp2GhEYXBe30N+vdqhJa9FL9aZPQu73RU7X4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83141 On 2026-03-16 14:50, c186282 wrote: > On 3/16/26 09:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 16/03/2026 04:51, c186282 wrote: >>> I've explained why I won't go fiber - it would be THE >>>    excuse to zap my great old landline phone forever. >> >> I bless the last day I ever had to have a carburettor in my daily >> drive... > >   Um ... I never had much trouble with carbs. Once >   in a great while you might have to replace the >   bowl gasket, but otherwise. My R5 carburettor needed cleaning every oil change (every 10000Km). It had a vent hole in its small gasoline reservoir, and dust entered that way (my guess). If I did not clean it, the iddle carburetor jet became blocked. > >   But EFI is perfectly good now too - UNLESS the >   'brain' has a fart, then you're screwed. > >   In any case I have 'survival' reasons to hang on >   to the landline - so I'm not going to give them >   ANY excuse. > -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;