On 30 Jul 2006 12:44:03 -0500, Daytek <Daytek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
In a totally off-topic waste of bandwidth bloviated thusly:
>
> On 30 Jul 2006, "V@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <blackhole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> mumbled words that
[insert
> positive appreciation saying here]:
>
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:57:32 GMT, "Pieter Georgeopoulis"
> > <alphadiego66medina@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > In a totally off-topic waste of bandwidth bloviated thusly:
> >>
> >> It was after midnight and d®.§t®@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
had been pouring over the
> >> computer and various usenet posts of
> >> alt.art.theft.scream.scream.scream, a newsgroup which had died a day
> >> before its 7th birthday. I mentioned that he had been spending a lot
of
> >> time studying the articles and asked him "What are you looking-for?"
> >>
> >> "I'm determining the cause of death."
> >>
> >> "Cause of death," I laughed, "No posts!"
> >>
> >> He glared at me, pointed his index finger at my face, and
accentuating
> >> his words with his finger said, "Look! Buster! There is no such thing
> >> as death due to no posts! Something goes wrong or you go on posting."
> >> He returned to his computer and I didn't interrupt him again.
> >>
> >> I knew, as well as the doctor, that
alt.art.theft.scream.scream.scream
> >> wasn't in Google because of no posts. It wasn't in Google because it
> >> was sucked dry by a bore as he typed nonsense on his keyboard from
the
> >> bar at closing time. And as soon as d®.§t®@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
glared at me, I
> >> realized the im****tance of determining whether boredom caused its
> >> death.
> >
> > Much better :-)
> >
>
> Help me to understand the original post.
>
> This group is not dead due to lack of posting. It is dead because
> "something went wrong" or "due to boredom"?
>
> If that be the case, then this dead group is alive and well with no
bored
> posts? But we have no good post either cause there are no posters.
>
> So, if I think correctly, this group is a healthy, happy, empty group?
>
> MMmmmmmmmm??? Let me think .... Mmmmmmmm???
> Can some person post Shadetree's photos or should I cross-post this to
Y&B?
>
> TIA!
> daytek
Strange you should ask. I just saw a large, albeit incomplete
collection circulating. One of the greats. You obviously remember.
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