On 01 Aug 2006, "V@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <blackhole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> mumbled words that [insert
positive appreciation saying here]:
> 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.
>
I am not joking when I say I have forgotten. I have a blank mind tonight.
Without feeding lurkers, can you jog my memory? Seriously!
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