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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 14:44:13
Message: <4c1e617d$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/20/2010 2:05 AM, nemesis wrote:
> Mike Raiford<"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
>
> have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
>

Oh, yeah... that ...


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:13:21
Message: <4c1e6851$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:43:38 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> On 6/19/2010 10:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.  I
>> spent some time doing recovery on a dying 1 TB hard drive (hateful) and
>> assembling furniture from Ikea.
> 
> So you basically spent the day tracking down that one missing bolt that
> they forgot to include in the factory? :D

Oh, I wish it were that simple. :-)

Unfortunately, I then had a second hardware failure last night - one of 
my UPS' died.  It's not been a good hardware month for me.

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:13:38
Message: <4c1e6862$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:

> Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> 
> have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D

All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:44:34
Message: <4c1e6fa2$1@news.povray.org>
On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> It's not been a good hardware month for me.

To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is 
broadcast tomorrow.

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:55:00
Message: <web.4c1e71b82085a13342ae90b20@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:
>
> > Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> >
> > have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
>
> All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)

that too!  and a 3x0 for Brazil right now! :D


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 16:35:01
Message: <web.4c1e7b3c2085a13342ae90b20@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:
> >
> > > Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> > >
> > > have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
> >
> > All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)
>
> that too!  and a 3x0 for Brazil right now! :D

well, 3x1, but electrifying game... :)


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 22:12:02
Message: <4c1eca72$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:44:36 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
> 
> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
> broadcast tomorrow.

Now *that's* good news! :)

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 22:12:43
Message: <4c1eca9b$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:34:04 -0400, nemesis wrote:

> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:
>> >
>> > > Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts
>> > >> recently.
>> > >
>> > > have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
>> >
>> > All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)
>>
>> that too!  and a 3x0 for Brazil right now! :D
> 
> well, 3x1, but electrifying game... :)

Hopefully nobody fumbled a save the way Green did in the US/England match 
last weekend. :-)

Jim


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 23:57:03
Message: <4c1ee30f$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
> 
> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
> broadcast tomorrow.
> 

Last episode of Doctor Who next Saturday. Probably won't cheer anyone
up, though.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 01:17:41
Message: <4c1ef5f5$1@news.povray.org>
On 21/06/2010 4:56 AM, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
>>
>> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
>> broadcast tomorrow.
>>
>
> Last episode of Doctor Who next Saturday. Probably won't cheer anyone
> up, though.

No big deal, for me. I stopped watching it after Peter Davidson (the 5th 
Doctor) regenerated into the nasty accountant from “The Brothers”. </End 
BBC trivia> ;-)


-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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