Re: Wow... been away for a while and

On Aug 1, 10:42=A0pm, RobG <rgronov...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 29, 9:58=A0am, eyeball <eyeball2002...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 29, 9:30=A0am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota
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> > > On Jul 29, 2:54=A0am, saus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > I've been away from Usenet and rec.scale.models for almost 4
years,
> > > > and I'm amazed it's still around, and people are posting! I loved
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> > > > group; a single place for all model talk, but sadly my ISP no
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> > > > has a usenet server to grab news from. As it is now I'm reading
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> > > > google groups.
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> > > > Does anyone know of any free nntp server that I can download this
> > > > group from?
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> > > Well, I know I will take a lot of heat for this, but I will mention
> > > Google Groups, a web-based interface to Usenet.
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> > > Also, in the last four years the biggest thing I have noticed is the
> > > drastic drop in daily message count :-(
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> > I just wonder how much of that is lack of interest, how many were
> > driven away by spam and off-topic arguments...and how many we lost to
> > the grim reaper! I'm 40 and sometimes feel like I'm one of the younger
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> I'd guess that the drop is the number of genre specific modeling
> forums and sites throughout the years have played the biggest part in
> the decline of this USENET group.
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> You can go to car, armor, ****p, sci-fi, figure sites, ask the same
> questions as here and get answers quicker. Folks can post pictures
> within the posts to help illustrate topics or answer questions. You
> can post those photos and receive feedback or assistance as well.

Some of the off-topic stuff is what makes this place fun. I read
moderated groups but very rarely post to them.