Memories and discoveries

"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
>> I recently discovered that I was wrong about when I dropped out here.
>> I
>> remembered having trouble keeping up in 2001, so I thought that's when I
>> quit.
>
> You couldn't possibly have dropped out that early. I've a memory like a
> wet noodle, and I don't know that I can remember anyone back that far.
> But I remember you. ;>

{Smile} I've been here long enough, I'm just not sure until I see proof.
{Smile}

>> Not really. {half-smile} Apparently I'd started saving posts and
>> letters from about 2002. I have a lot from 2002, 2003, and 2004. I have a
>> few from
>> 2005, so that must have been the last time I tried to keep up.
>>
>> {Smile} It's nice to know I couldn't make myself stay away from ABML
>> as
>> long as I thought I had. Three years is quite bad enough! {SMILE}
>
> You save posts?

I mostly save my own posts. That way, if Usenet loses them and I find
out, I have the option of trying again.

> (Guiltily trying to remember if I wrote anything I'll regret someday.)

I don't think I've saved any posts like that. {SMILE} I suppose I could
check.... {BIG SMILE}


Anne Elizabeth Baldwin
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Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
> <"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote in message
<snip>
>>> Not really. {half-smile} Apparently I'd started saving posts
>>> and letters from about 2002. I have a lot from 2002, 2003, and
>>> 2004. I have a few from 2005, so that must have been the last
>>> time I tried to keep up.
>>>
>>> {Smile} It's nice to know I couldn't make myself stay away from
>>> ABML as long as I thought I had. Three years is quite bad
>>> enough! {SMILE}
>>
>> You save posts?
>
> I mostly save my own posts. That way, if Usenet loses them and I
> find out, I have the option of trying again.

Ah, the paranoia of a long-time Usenet resident...

>> (Guiltily trying to remember if I wrote anything I'll regret
>> someday.)
>
> I don't think I've saved any posts like that. {SMILE} I suppose I
> could check.... {BIG SMILE}

No, no, quite all right, don't put yourself out...

(I'm sure all the incriminating evidence is in Google somewhere, anyway.)

--
Megan
Journeyperson Dancing Barbarian
Keeper o' the FAQ: http://home.earthlink.net/~m_thomas3/abml/
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"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
>> <"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> <snip>
>>>> Not really. {half-smile} Apparently I'd started saving posts
>>>> and letters from about 2002. I have a lot from 2002, 2003, and
>>>> 2004. I have a few from 2005, so that must have been the last
>>>> time I tried to keep up.
>>>>
>>>> {Smile} It's nice to know I couldn't make myself stay away from
>>>> ABML as long as I thought I had. Three years is quite bad
>>>> enough! {SMILE}
>>>
>>> You save posts?
>>
>> I mostly save my own posts. That way, if Usenet loses them and I
>> find out, I have the option of trying again.
>
> Ah, the paranoia of a long-time Usenet resident...

My provider used to be... unreliable at getting messages out-of-state.
They'd appear at my alternate provider, and anyone in-state seemed able to
respond, but here on abml, that meant Victoreia. So I started saving posts
and CCing by email. At least I feel secure enough, I've stopped the latter.
{SMILE, wink}

>>> (Guiltily trying to remember if I wrote anything I'll regret
>>> someday.)
>>
>> I don't think I've saved any posts like that. {SMILE} I suppose I
>> could check.... {BIG SMILE}
>
> No, no, quite all right, don't put yourself out...

{SMILE} Okay, tho it really wouldn't be any trouble. {BIG SMILE}

> (I'm sure all the incriminating evidence is in Google somewhere, anyway.)

I suspect so. They started collecting and saving all the posts they got
long before I started saving my posts. {BIG SMILE, wink}


Anne Elizabeth Baldwin


> Megan
> Journeyperson Dancing Barbarian
> Keeper o' the FAQ: http://home.earthlink.net/~m_thomas3/abml/
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On 5/14/2008 6:03 PM, Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
[snip]
>> Ah, the paranoia of a long-time Usenet resident...
>
> My provider used to be... unreliable at getting messages out-of-state.
> They'd appear at my alternate provider, and anyone in-state seemed able to
> respond, but here on abml, that meant Victoreia. So I started saving posts
> and CCing by email. At least I feel secure enough, I've stopped the latter.
> {SMILE, wink}

And then, only if I was paying attention! (The joys of living in the
middle of an ocean......)

--
victoreia
Goddess of Dark Chocolate
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"victoreia" <inkypaws DeleteThis @hawaii.nospam.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On 5/14/2008 6:03 PM, Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Ah, the paranoia of a long-time Usenet resident...
>>
>> My provider used to be... unreliable at getting messages out-of-state.
>> They'd appear at my alternate provider, and anyone in-state seemed able
>> to
>> respond, but here on abml, that meant Victoreia. So I started saving
>> posts
>> and CCing by email. At least I feel secure enough, I've stopped the
>> latter. {SMILE, wink}
>
> And then, only if I was paying attention! (The joys of living in the
> middle of an ocean......)

I know. It's frustrating being over two thousand miles from any place
out-of-state than I'm interested in visiting. The military installation at
Johnston Island just doesn't sound that appealing, and most atolls are
pretty small.... {lop-sided smile}


Anne Elizabeth Baldwin


> victoreia
> Goddess of Dark Chocolate
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On 5/15/2008 5:40 PM, Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
> "victoreia" <inkypaws.RemoveThis@hawaii.nospam.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> [snip]

>> (The joys of living in the middle of an ocean......)
>
> I know. It's frustrating being over two thousand miles from any place
> out-of-state than I'm interested in visiting. The military installation at
> Johnston Island just doesn't sound that appealing, and most atolls are
> pretty small.... {lop-sided smile}
>

Especially these days! I've pretty much given up on getting to visit my
sister & nephews again before they graduate from high school......
(Can you believe Bryce is 10?!? And Ethan just turned seven!)

--
victoreia
Goddess of Dark Chocolate
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"victoreia" <inkypaws.RemoveThis@hawaii.nospam.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On 5/15/2008 5:40 PM, Anne Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:
>> "victoreia" <inkypaws.RemoveThis@hawaii.nospam.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:482bc935$0$20158$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> [snip]
>
>>> (The joys of living in the middle of an ocean......)
>>
>> I know. It's frustrating being over two thousand miles from any place
>> out-of-state than I'm interested in visiting. The military installation
>> at
>> Johnston Island just doesn't sound that appealing, and most atolls are
>> pretty small.... {lop-sided smile}
>>
>
> Especially these days! I've pretty much given up on getting to visit my
> sister & nephews again before they graduate from high school......
> (Can you believe Bryce is 10?!? And Ethan just turned seven!)

Bryce and Ethan are getting really big! {SMILE}

I hope that transportation gets easier again. I'm sure you'd like to see
them in the flesh, as well as in pictures. {SMILE}


Anne Elizabeth Baldwin


> victoreia
> Goddess of Dark Chocolate
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