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  Checking in (again) to see who's still around Alan Ralph <alan@alanralph.co.uk> - 2026-01-25 16:18 +0000
    Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around Gary Woods <garygarlic@earthlink.net> - 2026-01-25 14:54 -0500
    Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-01-25 15:19 -0500
      Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around OCTADE <news0@octade.net> - 2026-01-26 07:29 +0000
        Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-01-26 06:32 -0500
    Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around OCTADE <news0@octade.net> - 2026-01-26 07:28 +0000
    Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around Barry Gold <barrydgold@ca.rr.com> - 2026-01-26 08:36 -0800
    Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around Sara Berman <saralykaina@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 12:31 -0500
      Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around Laurens Kils-Hütten <lkh@grenzland.club> - 2026-02-02 21:32 +0100
    Re: Checking in (again) to see who's still around wgarmil@shell02.TheWorld.com (Wayne S Garmil) - 2026-01-28 04:19 +0000

#114535 — Checking in (again) to see who's still around

The Big Blue Alien walks to the bar and slides some Zorkmids to Mike in return
for a mug of tea.

"Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
Which sucks."

—Spiffy

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#114536

Still kicking, and remembering The Place fondly.

-- 
Gary Woods O- K2AHC 

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#114537

Alan Ralph wrote:
> The Big Blue Alien walks to the bar and slides some Zorkmids to Mike in return
> for a mug of tea.
>
> "Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
> Which sucks."
>
> —Spiffy

  *raids any bowls of peanuts*  *drops some gold noogies*

  it's been quiet indeed.

  right now contending with extra cold weather and getting
ready to shovel a bit of snow - luckily we're too far north
to be getting ice this time around.

  otherwise, trying to find some good books to read here or
there in between winter projects.

  if i start commenting on the "admonistration" the rant
will not solve anything at all and i won't feel any better
when i'm done.


  songbird

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#114539

On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:19:28 -0500
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:

> if i start commenting on the "admonistration" the rant
> will not solve anything at all and i won't feel any better
> when i'm done.

Let all the political and commercial sharks devour each other. It helps to understand that all the woeful dramas and traumas are not new. They just have a new slant each time around.

We do not have to acknowledge *their* universe of insanity. Talking about it doesn't change it. It *is* OK to create little bubbles of better musings.

It's the little, peculiar thoughts that interest me.

I prefer the arcane and mundane with the occasional magical mystery or fantastic flourish. Give me such nibbles over screeds, creeds, deeds, and feeds please.

-- 
= OCTADE = alt.rhubarb = misc.misc = sci.crypt =
= https://soc.octade.net/octade =

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#114540

OCTADE wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:19:28 -0500
> songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
>
>> if i start commenting on the "admonistration" the rant
>> will not solve anything at all and i won't feel any better
>> when i'm done.
>
> Let all the political and commercial sharks devour each other. It helps to understand that all the woeful dramas and traumas are not new. They just have a new slant each time around.

  this era is particularly odiferous, sulphurous, cthuloidolistic.


> We do not have to acknowledge *their* universe of insanity. Talking about it doesn't change it. It *is* OK to create little bubbles of better musings.

  bubbles...  :)  bubbles are colorful and shimmery.
anyone else recall True Names?  wasn't tnat about bubbles
and also Cities in Flight?


> It's the little, peculiar thoughts that interest me.

  heh, i was just thinking about how when any social
group starts making meals as the main topic of interest
it is as basic as it gets (and then subsequent toilet
and toilet paper humor).  i think this is a few steps
back from cat and dog pics.


> I prefer the arcane and mundane with the occasional magical mystery or fantastic flourish. Give me such nibbles over screeds, creeds, deeds, and feeds please.

  if you like mundane i have a website and gardening is the
main topic so there are pictures.  :)  this time of the year
it is nice to see some color other than whites, grays and
browns.

  www.anthive.com

  and the also for mundane, today i must get the trash and
recycling put out and so that is next (before even breakfast
or tea or hot chocolate or ...)


  songbird  (adrift in the mundane and usually rather amused
                    by the predicament

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#114538

On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:18:16 -0000 (UTC)
Alan Ralph <alan@alanralph.co.uk> wrote:

> The Big Blue Alien walks to the bar and slides some Zorkmids to Mike in return
> for a mug of tea.
> 
> "Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
> Which sucks."
> 
> —Spiffy

Me lurky long time. I have read several groups while hardly ever responding. I don't see the low activity as suckage. I see it as a sign that people are busy with other things. Yet periodically netizens still remember their old correspondents.

I couldn't get the car out of the driveway today. About six inches of sleet has made it impossible to get any traction even on level ground. I got cabin fever, which turned into caffeine fever and so here I am way past bed time, revisiting the old haunts of digital ghosts. I recognize some of the old nyms of users who are true Usenet dinosaurs. They're not extinct (yet!).

Some of us who continue to lurk don't say much. If you post something interesting, it *is* being read, even if there is no response. I think some are burnt out on the idea of long discussions because of many reasons I'd rather not blather about. But we are still interested in being informed of the thoughts of others. It's much more human than reading a propaganda news feed on the regular net or Eternal September rage spigots.

My attitude toward Usenet changed. Instead of expecting continuous back and forth I see it as a way to just blurt the words and ideas out there for whoever to examine even if they say nary a word.

= OCTADE = alt.rhubarb = misc.misc = sci.crypt =
= https://soc.octade.net/octade =

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#114541

On 1/25/2026 8:18 AM, Alan Ralph wrote:
> The Big Blue Alien walks to the bar and slides some Zorkmids to Mike in return
> for a mug of tea.
> 
> "Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
> Which sucks."
> 
> —Spiffy

I'm still around. Retired, pushing 80, but writing occasional PHP 
scripts to help me manage my collection of images and suchlike.
-- 
I do so have a memory. It's backed up on DVD... somewhere...

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#114542

On 1/25/26 11:18, Alan Ralph wrote:
> The Big Blue Alien walks to the bar and slides some Zorkmids to Mike in return
> for a mug of tea.
> 
> "Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
> Which sucks."
> 
> —Spiffy

I'm lurking, and figured I'd say hi.

-- Sara

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#114544

Sara Berman <saralykaina@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/25/26 11:18, Alan Ralph wrote:
>> The Big Blue Alien walks to the bar and slides some Zorkmids to Mike in return
>> for a mug of tea.
>> 
>> "Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
>> Which sucks."
>> 
>> —Spiffy
> 
> I'm lurking, and figured I'd say hi.
> 
> -- Sara
> .

yep, same here, I'm one of those silent guests, sitting in a
dark corner, brooding ...

But hi all! o/

lkh

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#114543

In article <10l5fo8$1pfv7$1@dont-email.me>,
Alan Ralph  <alan@alanralph.co.uk> wrote:
>"Well, last year was… something, and this year isn't looking to change much.
>Which sucks."

I am still around as well,  Currently on month 14 without a job.  I am
hitting the point where I am getting worried.  My professional job has
been moved to India or given to non-tech people using an AI tool
designed to replace needing a tech person to do the work,  And I have
no idea how to get a mundane job at this point, especially one that
pays enough for my minimum needs (mortage, car payment, condo fee,
utilities, high credit card balances).

*throws a dollar on the bar*  Hit me up with something, I need it.

WildCard




-- 
   _     __  _      __                 |  I see the girls walk by dressed in
  ' )   /   //   / /  )            /   |  their summer clothes; I have to turn
   / / / o // __/ /    __.  __  __/    |  my head until my darkness goes...
  (_(_/ <_</_(_/ (__/ (_/|_/ (_(_/_    |  -Rolling Stones, "Paint It Black"

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