Sir Blob (get a life)

"Thomas G. Marshall"
<tgm2tothe10thpower RemoveThis @replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:

>I'm looking through it on google now. Which one did it....around when?

It was the crazy fanmail woman with multiple screennames. Her
onslaught pushed away all regs & all conversation over a period of
about four months. The group is but a pale, pale shadow of a dragon,
death woman. She has taken the silver spoon & dug her grave.

In other words, it's a ghost town.







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He killed Klopstock for me.

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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:01:03 -0700, David Oberman <doberman@etc.> wrote:

>I don't know which ones he has in mind. But I know of one:
>rec.music.artists.stevie-nicks

She will be 60 next year ..
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In article <30qug3ti4r4cha8aivvui02e9evnigf617.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, peattyg47-1230
@copper.net says...
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:01:03 -0700, David Oberman <doberman@etc.> wrote:
>
> >I don't know which ones he has in mind. But I know of one:
> >rec.music.artists.stevie-nicks
>
> She will be 60 next year ..

And not aging nearly so well as Sela Ward is, either.
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Forge <forge RemoveThis @diespammers.youneedageek.com> wrote:

>> She will be 60 next year ..
>
>And not aging nearly so well as Sela Ward is, either.

I remember seeing four or five episodes of that TV show she did --
"Sisters." Not really my soyshake, but I remember one intense episode
dealing with the depression of one of the characters. It was very
unHollywood; it was like watching a clinic case from behind the glass
pane. It was fascinating drama.







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He killed Klopstock for me.

-- Beethoven, to Rochlitz, 1822
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In article <co5vg31eig4ofiab50mvusdc2a31vkvvn6.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, doberman@etc.
says...
> Forge <forge.RemoveThis@diespammers.youneedageek.com> wrote:
>
> >> She will be 60 next year ..
> >
> >And not aging nearly so well as Sela Ward is, either.
>
> I remember seeing four or five episodes of that TV show she did --
> "Sisters." Not really my soyshake, but I remember one intense episode
> dealing with the depression of one of the characters. It was very
> unHollywood; it was like watching a clinic case from behind the glass
> pane. It was fascinating drama.

Yeah, she's dumbfoundingly sultry AND can act. The acting chops are
probably the only reason she still gets work though, as in Hollywood
terms she qualifies as a crone.
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>> "Thomas G. Marshall"
>> <tgm2tothe10thpower RemoveThis @replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You said that you can think of a few groups that have "died,
>>> outright died" because of the actions of a single troll.
>>>
>>> I'm asking you which ones.
>>
>> I don't know which ones he has in mind. But I know of one:
>> rec.music.artists.stevie-nicks
>>
>> It died -- outright died -- from a single troll.
>
> I'm looking through it on google now. Which one did it....around when?
>
> It looks like that it lost it's 1-post-per-day traffic way back in march
> 17th, 2005. That the point you saw this?

Add to that rec.arts.bicycles.recumbent
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David Oberman said something like:
> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower DeleteThis @replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Been in usenet since 1995. Over 4700 posts primarily helping people in
>> computer programming. Many have more experience in usenet than that, but
>> I'm hardly "new around here".
>>
>> And you're wrong on two further counts: 1. Putting a political flame
>> bait
>> even into a signature is ill advised let alone the mess you'll make by
>> putting one in the body of the message.
>
> Here's something else that's ill-advised: Popping into a group &
> immediately starting to kick the regs around.


Regulars have some special license to:

throw political bombs and
say that I'm new to usenet
and provide analogies referring to people who partially engage trolls
(I'm one) as "idiots"

and have their statements go *unchallenged* simply because they are
regulars?


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David Oberman said something like:
> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower DeleteThis @replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Been in usenet since 1995. Over 4700 posts primarily helping people in
>> computer programming. Many have more experience in usenet than that, but
>> I'm hardly "new around here".
>>
>> And you're wrong on two further counts: 1. Putting a political flame
>> bait
>> even into a signature is ill advised let alone the mess you'll make by
>> putting one in the body of the message.
>
> Here's something else that's ill-advised: Popping into a group &
> immediately starting to kick the regs around.


Regulars have some special license to:

throw political bombs and
say that I'm new to usenet
and provide analogies referring to people who partially engage trolls
(I'm one) as "idiots"

and have their statements go unchallenged simply because they are
regulars?


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Please ignore duplicate post.

Apparently from an error with the verizon server.....I'm investigating it
now.

My apologies.




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"Thomas G. Marshall"
<tgm2tothe10thpower.DeleteThis@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Regulars have some special license to:
>
> throw political bombs and
> say that I'm new to usenet
> and provide analogies referring to people who partially engage trolls
>(I'm one) as "idiots"
>
>and have their statements go *unchallenged* simply because they are
>regulars?

No special license -- those are all rude things to do. Incidentally, I
didn't say you were new to Usenet (I have no idea whether you are or
not). I said you were new to this group, at least as far as posting
goes. New to a group & lecturing the regs . . . .







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David Oberman said something like:
> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower RemoveThis @replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Regulars have some special license to:
>>
>> throw political bombs and
>> say that I'm new to usenet
>> and provide analogies referring to people who partially engage trolls
>> (I'm one) as "idiots"
>>
>> and have their statements go *unchallenged* simply because they are
>> regulars?
>
> No special license -- those are all rude things to do. Incidentally, I
> didn't say you were new to Usenet (I have no idea whether you are or
> not). I said you were new to this group, at least as far as posting
> goes. New to a group & lecturing the regs . . . .

(???????)

Not you, "No Man" made the comment:

<quote>
New around here, are you? You're obviously
unfamiliar with the political edge of Usenet,
as well as trolling, [...]
</quote>

Saying I'm new around here followed by unfamiliar with some political edge
of usenet and trolling is directly implying that I'm new to usenet. Nothing
to do with what you said at all. If that still doesn't sound like saying
I'm new to usenet, then change it to saying I'm new to the political edge of
usenet and trolling. Same answer from me.

But further, the "regs" should expect challenges, responses, arguments,
admonishments, just as anyone else does. And even if there were some code
of honor to follow, there's no way to tell if the person whom I'm talking to
is a reg or not without first researching the group, which is a silly
requirement.

{shrug} YMMV. I'm bored with this.



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relentlessly for an answer before posting in usenet. Newsgroups are for
discussions. Discussions do /not/ necessitate prior research. If you are
bothered by someone asking a question without taking time to look something
up, simply do not respond.
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"Thomas G. Marshall"
<tgm2tothe10thpower RemoveThis @replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:

>{shrug} YMMV. I'm bored with this.

Let me just say that it is great to have you here in ramp-f, & I'm
looking forward to many many good conversations to follow!







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Baron von Swieten: "I need a man who can say 'No' when I talk nonsense.
Are you that man?"

Beethoven: "No."
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David Oberman said something like:
> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower.DeleteThis@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> {shrug} YMMV. I'm bored with this.
>
> Let me just say that it is great to have you here in ramp-f, & I'm
> looking forward to many many good conversations to follow!


Ok, good. :)

Any ideas on my collateral post?



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I've seen this a few times--Don't make this mistake:

Dwight: "This thing is wildly available."
Smedly: "Did you mean wildly, or /widely/ ?"
Dwight: "Both!", said while nodding emphatically.

Dwight was exposed to have made a grammatical
error and tries to cover it up by thinking
fast. This is so painfully obvious that he
only succeeds in looking worse.
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