Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	nz.reg.hamilton.general
Subject	Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato
Date	2024-01-04 19:23 +0000
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 21:50:22 +1300 (NZDT), Kerr Avon wrote:

> Nice to be chatting in a local newsgroup again. There's an irony when
> Google are canning the link to Usenet saying it's all dead and gone etc.
> but I'm aware there are a goodly number of folks still active in Usenet.
> 
> Fair to say it's got it's problem with spammers etc. also ..and Google
> Groups has been feeding a ton of spam into Usenet newsgroups lately.

Which is why quite a few people are looking forward to their exit. Some 
are suggesting it might even lead to a resurgence of USENET.

> Happy New Year to you too... did they do fireworks in Hamilton this
> year?

I don’t recall they’ve ever done “official” ones ... just people letting 
off their own.

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Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2023-12-29 02:10 +0000
  Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Kerr Avon <avon@bbs.nz.invalid> - 2023-12-31 12:10 +1300
    Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2023-12-31 21:18 +0000
      Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Kerr Avon <avon@bbs.nz.invalid> - 2024-01-04 21:50 +1300
        Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-01-04 19:23 +0000
          Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Kerr Avon <avon@bbs.nz.invalid> - 2024-01-05 17:02 +1300
          Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato David Goodwin <david+usenet@zx.net.nz> - 2024-01-05 22:00 +1300
            Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-01-05 22:02 +0000
              Re: Greetings To The Rest Of The Waikato David Goodwin <david+usenet@zx.net.nz> - 2024-01-07 09:15 +1300

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