Your english sucks
So does your posting
Your english sucks
So does your posting
Lets not start petty BS. I use BBS's to get away from all of that on twitter and whatnot.
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Re: Petty argument
By: Elaek to All on Wed Nov 22 2017 08:11 pm
newsflash. we all have facebook and twitter accounts.
newsflash. we all have facebook and twitter accounts.
I don't have an account with either of those two websites.
Quoting Ed Vance to MRO <=-
Having a BBS Account and a Email Account is all I need, so far........
Quoting Ed Vance to MRO <=-
Having a BBS Account and a Email Account is all I need, so far........
All B.S. Aside and this is not an insult. You are a hero to me man.
I tried so many times to leave social media and I can't do it.
Shawn
All B.S. Aside and this is not an insult. You are a hero to me man.
I tried so many times to leave social media and I can't do it.
Re: Petty argument
By: Tiny to Ed Vance on Fri Nov 24 2017 08:15 pm
All B.S. Aside and this is not an insult. You are a hero to me man.
I tried so many times to leave social media and I can't do it.
Ditto. I keep thinking I need my FB account for the realitycheckBBS page, but it's pretty minimal impact on the BBS.
Having a BBS Account and a Email Account is all I need, so far........All B.S. Aside and this is not an insult. You are a hero to me man.
I tried so many times to leave social media and I can't do it.
Having a BBS Account and a Email Account is all I need, so far........All B.S. Aside and this is not an insult. You are a hero to me man.
I tried so many times to leave social media and I can't do it.
Me also. Never had a twitter account, but I do use FB some. Mostly for messenger, but I do have some family that only communicates well with the rest of us via FB posts (pictures of the kids, etc.), so it is difficult to get rid of.
LETS GO LIVE IN THE WOODS AND EAT BARK LIKE THE FUCKING UNABOMBER
Re: Petty argument
By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Nov 25 2017 12:21 am
LETS GO LIVE IN THE WOODS AND EAT BARK LIKE THE FUCKING UNABOMBER
is that how he became barking mad?
Me also. Never had a twitter account, but I do use FB some. Mostly for
messenger, but I do have some family that only communicates well with the
rest of us via FB posts (pictures of the kids, etc.), so it is difficult to >> get rid of.
why would you want to get rid of it? all you do is use it how you want.
Me also. Never had a twitter account, but I do use FB some. Mostly for >> messenger, but I do have some family that only communicates well with the >> rest of us via FB posts (pictures of the kids, etc.), so it is difficult to >> get rid of.
why would you want to get rid of it? all you do is use it how you want.
If you don't use it often enough, by FB's standards, it will start sending you pester e-mails. Sort of like the notification emails that you can turn off, except you cannot (apparently) turn these off and they often notify
you about people/things that you have otherwise specifically asked it not
to notify you about... like maybe the activity of someone who is a "friend" but that you do not "follow."
Me also. Never had a twitter account, but I do use FB some. Mostly
for messenger, but I do have some family that only communicates well
I signed up for twitter sent one message and have never been back on it.
I tried to delete my facebook but could not so i erased everything and put it in the holding tank.
maybe you dont have it turned off. i dont get any notifications.
sometimes facebook makes changes and toggles shit back on so you might want to >look.
I hate social media (except for BBSes).
Re: Petty argument
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sun Nov 26 2017 07:13 am
Me also. Never had a twitter account, but I do use FB some. Mostly
for messenger, but I do have some family that only communicates well
I signed up for twitter sent one message and have never been back on it.
I tried to delete my facebook but could not so i erased everything and put it in the holding tank.
I hate social media (except for BBSes).
What is the "holding tank"? I thought Facebook had an option to delete your account..
Re: Petty argument
By: Nightfox to Roadhog on Mon Nov 27 2017 09:14 am
What is the "holding tank"? I thought Facebook had an option to delete your account..
There is a complicated way to Delete it I just gave up trying,
you can deactivate it but then if you ever relog in it will be activated again.
Me also. Never had a twitter account, but I do use FB some. Mostly
I tried to delete my facebook but could not so i erased everything and put I hate social media (except for BBSes).
What is the "holding tank"? I thought Facebook had an option to delete your account..
Nightfox
Nah.. You can close your account on Facebook but not delete it. Just in case you change your mind. Unlike BBS's where your account is deleted and you have to fill out a new user application. When that happens to me I just
MRO wrote to Elaek <=-
newsflash. we all have facebook and twitter accounts.
MRO wrote to Elaek <=-
newsflash. we all have facebook and twitter accounts.
Not true. I have neither.
What is the "holding tank"? I thought Facebook had an option to
delete your account..
Nightfox
Nah.. You can close your account on Facebook but not delete it. Just in case you change your mind. Unlike BBS's where your account is deleted and you have to fill out a new user application. When that happens to me I
MRO wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Re: Petty argument
By: Ray Quinn to MRO on Thu Nov 30 2017 11:52 am
MRO wrote to Elaek <=-
newsflash. we all have facebook and twitter accounts.
Not true. I have neither.
yes you do
yes you do
How do you figure?
I have not created Facebook nor Twitter account for myself or anyone else. I do not use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or any other such social media with
Ray Quinn wrote to MRO <=-
newsflash. we all have facebook and twitter accounts.
Not true. I have neither.
yes you do
How do you figure?
I have not created Facebook nor Twitter account for myself or anyone
else. I do not use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or any other such
social media with one exception: I do have a Google+ account that I
never use. As far as "social media" is converned, I have been using
BBSes since the late 1980s and have been listed in Fidonet since 1990. (1:205/222, then 1:214/222, followed by 1:214/22)
Even this born and raised California boy knows not to eat yellow
snow...
thumper wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Net 205!? I was in that net originally. 1:205/18. There was
Stingray, Zorch and quite a
few others that escape me.
þ Synchronet þ -=The Wastelands BBS=- wastelands-bbs.net -=Since
1990=-
MRO wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Re: Petty argument
By: Ray Quinn to MRO on Wed Dec 27 2017 11:36 am
yes you do
How do you figure?
I have not created Facebook nor Twitter account for myself or anyone else. I do not use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or any other such social media with
i saw you on fb
We used to meet once a month at a local pizza place and had quite a turnout. First just the SYSOPs, then the users started showing up. This went on for years and was a lot of fun placing the face with the name.
Ray Quinn wrote to thumper <=-
Net 205!? I was in that net originally. 1:205/18. There was
Stingray, Zorch and quite a
few others that escape me.
Yeah, Net 205 was quite large then. When I joined, there were just a
small number of nodes here in Visalia. I am not sure at what point we
were split off from Net 205 to form Net 214, where we originally kept
our node number. Then they were truncated and had the "2" removed off
the front. (1:214/222 became 1:214/22)
I remember the names, especially Zorch Fresburg, obviously an alias.
Now Net 214 has myself and one other node, ironically in Fresno - 1:214/559.
We used to meet once a month at a local pizza place and had quite a turnout. First just the SYSOPs, then the users started showing up. This went on for years and was a lot of fun placing the face with the name.
This is similar to amateur radio. I had talked to a ham (N6SMU) from Bakersfield, 75 miles south of Visalia, for years during his commute on
a local repeater (began on the last day we had measurable snow here 6"
25 Jan 1999). Then one day, while visiting the International DX
convention here, I recognized his voice and walked over and introduced myself. Definately not what I xpected.
þ Synchronet þ -=The Wastelands BBS=- wastelands-bbs.net -=Since
1990=-
I believe I was first nodelisted in 1991, One can check the history. I did, however, have a C=64 (Commodore) BBS at 300 baud in 1988 or 1989
and then was a cosysop with my younger brother on a C=128.
My, how things have changed!
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
That was a big part of NIRVANAnet, the othernet that I was in back in
the '90s. We were a cooler bunch than the Fidonet sysops of the time (handles preferred, no censorship, valuing the freedom of information)
and we had some pretty intense individuals that flocked to it. We'd get together once a quarter in one of the sysops home towns - San
Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Walnut Creek. It kept things civil, but
also made them more "real" when you'd seen the person on the other end
of the modem.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
and we had some pretty intense individuals that flocked to it. We'd get together once a quarter in one of the sysops home towns - San
Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Walnut Creek. It kept things civil, but
also made them more "real" when you'd seen the person on the other end
of the modem.
thumper wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Lots of fun back in those days. We had a big BBQ & meeting at Woodward one year. It
was a blast. Zorch made some killer Chili and we had an auction for
parts and software.
I didn't join Fidonet for a couple of years after setting up, if I remember right. I was just
trying to get my system together and smooth out the software for quite some time.
þ Synchronet þ -=The Wastelands BBS=- wastelands-bbs.net -=Since
1990=-
Woodwardthumper wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Lots of fun back in those days. We had a big BBQ & meeting at
quiteone year. It
was a blast. Zorch made some killer Chili and we had an auction for parts and software.
I didn't join Fidonet for a couple of years after setting up, if I remember right. I was just
trying to get my system together and smooth out the software for
some time.
We never had BBQ's or much more than pizza, but we occasionally moved to another parlor. The local amateur radio club (WA6BAI) will have other events, as I mentioned to poindexter FORTRAN, including pot luck at our December meeting and an occastional one at a local park.
þ Synchronet þ -=The Wastelands BBS=- wastelands-bbs.net -=Since 1990=-
Where are you these days?
I do miss those days. The closest thing we have here now is the local RQ>amateur radio clubs. We meet once a month for a "general" meeting and RQ>presentation. The board also meets once a month and is a dinner event at a RQ>local Denny's. Occasionally we have special events, including Field Day in RQ>June.
We never had BBQ's or much more than pizza, but we occasionally moved to RQ>another parlor. The local amateur radio club (WA6BAI) will have other RQ>events, as I mentioned to poindexter FORTRAN, including pot luck at our RQ>December meeting and an occastional one at a local park.
Daryl Stout wrote to RAY QUINN <=-
Remember...if you eat ham, you're cannibalistic. <G>
We never had BBQ's or much more than pizza
Remember...if you eat ham, you're cannibalistic. <G>
That's not the only interpretation, but as they say in the classics... "I'm V>not touching that one!" :D
Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-
Remember...dirty old hams need love, too. <G>
Remember...dirty old hams need love, too. <G>
LOL true. :D
... Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.
Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-
... Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.
Fitness: Working my butt off to fitness pair of pants.
Or, your pants won't be tight after a big meal if you don't wear any.:P Ironically, there is a naturists (nudists) ham radio club in Austin,
Texas, with the callsign of NU5DE. Their QSL card is "tastefully done"...but, I don't know if we want to discuss things like buttons, knobs, plus horizontal and vertical polarization...never mind amateur
TV. <BG>
I suggest you have a _very_ close look at their QSL card on the website - you V>might notice something. :P
Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-ou
I suggest you have a _very_ close look at their QSL card on the website -
might notice something. :P
Now, you've got me curious. :P
I suggest you have a _very_ close look at their QSL card on the website -ou
might notice something. :P
Now, you've got me curious. :P
Well, go to their website and look at the QSL card and the description of the V>card. All will be, err, revealed. :D
I'd probably make a lousy nudist...I don't do well with stinging
insects outside, and I am so fair complected that I can sunburn within
10 minutes. I've also had heat exhaustion several times, which came perilously close to heat stroke. Every summer, the Emergency Rooms
around here get more than their share of heat illness victims.
Thumper wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Where are you these days?
I'm up in Copperopolis, CA. next to Tulloch Reservoir. Much slower way
of life :)
Daryl Stout wrote to RAY QUINN <=-
Ray,
I got so sick of the politics with the local area clubs, that I'm not
a paying member of ANY Arkansas Ham Radio Club. However, I'm involved with:
1) American Radio Relay League (ARRL) -- Life Member, and a Volunteer Examiner through the ARRL/VEC.
2) Courage Kenny Handi-Hams -- Life Member -- they help folks with disabilities get and upgrade their ham radio licenses, plus work with
the hobby. I used to check into their midday nets, but with being caregiver for my elderly Mom during the day, that has gone by the
boards, and I don't do much else with them.
4) Philadelphia Digital Radio Association (PDRA) -- Located in the DelMarVa region, I got a lot of info on D-Star and D-Rats from one of their members, Patrick Connor, N3TSZ...he also has a packet node in the area. I pay my yearly dues, and check into their D-Star and D-Rats Nets each Monday...except the 1st Monday, when the club has their meeting.
5) Memphis Digital Amateur Radio Club (MDARC) -- Located in the Memphis area, they quip "it's the darc side of D-Star" (hi hi). I help with
their Friday night D-Star and D-Rats Net (they are originally who I got
my D-Star authorization through...now you get that taken care of at www.dstarinfo.com)...and, sometimes, help with the C.E.R.T. D-Star Net
on Thursday nights.
There are 2 ham radio things I'm still part of in central Arkansas:
A) VE Testing. I'm the VE Team Liaison for the University Of Arkansas
At Little Rock Ham Radio Club (membership is for students, but I am an
B) Webmaster for the Cabot Nightflyers Net. They used to hold a weekly
net every Sunday, but the Net Control Station got so busy with work,
etc., and we lost the resources to do a weekly net. Now, on occasion, they'll do a "Hammin' In The Park" Mini Field Day, or a "Special Format Net" just before Halloween, with an appropriate theme presentation.
Daryl Stout wrote to RAY QUINN <=-
Ray,
We never had BBQ's or much more than pizza, but we occasionally moved to
another parlor. The local amateur radio club (WA6BAI) will have other
events, as I mentioned to poindexter FORTRAN, including pot luck at our
December meeting and an occastional one at a local park.
Remember...if you eat ham, you're cannibalistic. <G>
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
We had a gettogether at Kublai Khan's All-You-Can-Eat Mongolian BBQ in
San Francisco back in 1992 or so. Came for the name, stayed for the BBQ noodles and meat and street theater. Lots of interesting goings-on to watch while you ate - from drug deals, to drunken frat boys, to
guardian angels patrolling the streets (and getting chased on foot by a much larger gang)
Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-he
Well, go to their website and look at the QSL card and the description of
card. All will be, err, revealed. :D
OK, I just looked on QRZ -- not the website itself.
I'd probably make a lousy nudist...I don't do well with stinging
insects outside, and I am so fair complected that I can sunburn within
10 minutes. I've also had heat exhaustion several times, which came perilously close to heat stroke. Every summer, the Emergency Rooms
around here get more than their share of heat illness victims.
No matter what the weather or situation...you can rant on safety
rules until you are blue in the face...but some have what I call "apathetic invincibility". They feel that "it won't happen to me", and "it's not going to do much". Guess whose place gets hit dead center??
True. There was a disagreement in the past and part of the local club RQ>started one of their own in another part of the county. Now days, the two RQ>clubs share resources and do things together. I like it that way.
Sad to say, I have let my membership lapse. However, I am a VE as well. The RQ>local club has testing sessions before every monthly meeting with the RQ>exception of December as the pot luck dinner is held at that time. We also RQ>offer classes once or twice a year if there is enough interest.
Good. We have some blind members. They aren't able to attend much any more RQ>as they are becomming less mobile. I used to check into the daily nets as RQ>well, but I no longer have a radio in my work truck (A 2015 Kenworth). I RQ>have yet to put one in my "new" pickup. I don't want to drill holes and I RQ>haven't figured out how else to do it...
Taking care of your mother is important. Kind of like returning the favor.
I monitor the K6VIS D-STAR repeaters often. I guess I should; I am one of RQ>its administrators and was responsible for getting them set up before they RQ>went up to the site some years ago.
I check into, maybe, two nets a week. The Monday Tulare County ARES net RQ>and the Tuesday Club net, both at 19:30 local time. I used to check into a RQ>"local" HF net on 80m and a "Noontime" net along the west coast. But we RQ>moved last year and haven't really put any antennas up. Getting help is not RQ>always successful as people have their own things to do, as do I.
I used to do a lot more, too. Now I still maintain the D-STAR computers and RQ>the mailing list on Yahoo! groups. Also, their domain services...
We never had BBQ's or much more than pizza, but we occasionally moved to RQ>another parlor. The local amateur radio club (WA6BAI) will have other RQ>events, as I mentioned to poindexter FORTRAN, including pot luck at our RQ>December meeting and an occastional one at a local park.
Remember...if you eat ham, you're cannibalistic. <G>
HAM....Yummmmmmmm. Some women say that men are pigs...
Sorry, no desire to visit there. Almost as bad as NYC. ;-)
This was more of a one-room apartment with a separate kitchen and breakfast nook separated from the main room by a door - no cooking smells or dishes in the main room. Walk-in closet that doubled as the home of the BBS, and a nice entrance hallway so you didn't walk right into the main room.
The cost? $575/month.
This was more of a one-room apartment with a separate kitchen and
breakfast nook separated from the main room by a door - no cooking
The cost? $575/month.
that's too much even for THAT
that's too much even for THAT
It depends on where you live. The San Francisco area has very high rent prices, and I'm sure such an apartment there would go for much more than
Daryl Stout wrote to RAY QUINN <=-
What gets me about these blind hams, is that if you can't figure out
how to program a certain brand of HT, in most cases, they'll ask you
what brand it is. When you tell them, more often than not, it's
"Shoot!! Let me see that!!", and they start working with it. A few
minutes later, it's done and it works!! It's like WTH??!! :P
The roles are reversed now. It's like Jeff (You Might Be A Redneck) Foxworthy said in a skit..."You've got the young ones coming out of diapers, and the parents going into diapers". He added it's like "Ed!!
Did you...??"...and Ed is shaking his head from left to right!! <G>
HF propagation lately has been, for the most part...horrible. Rarely have the bands been open.
I used to do a lot more, too. Now I still maintain the D-STAR computers and
the mailing list on Yahoo! groups. Also, their domain services...
Good for you. I'm not a big fan of the Yahoo Groups...I get the "digest", and sometimes, it takes 3 days after it was posted in a
group, to get to my email.
Daryl Stout wrote to RAY QUINN <=-to
Ray,
We never had BBQ's or much more than pizza, but we occasionally moved
another parlor. The local amateur radio club (WA6BAI) will have other RQ>events, as I mentioned to poindexter FORTRAN, including pot luck at our RQ>December meeting and an occastional one at a local park.
Remember...if you eat ham, you're cannibalistic. <G>
HAM....Yummmmmmmm. Some women say that men are pigs...
One group in Champaign, Illinois has a daily lunch net. They get on
the repeater (likely D-Star), and ask "where do we want to eat lunch today??". <G>
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Re: Net 205
By: Ray Quinn to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 27 2018 02:58 pm
Sorry, no desire to visit there. Almost as bad as NYC. ;-)
realitycheckBBS got its start in San Francisco - I went to SFSU,
started calling BBSes in 1988 or so, co-sysoped Just Say Yes in 1990,
and started realitycheckBBS in 1991 out of a studio apartment in
Pacific Heights.
This was more of a one-room apartment with a separate kitchen and breakfast nook separated from the main room by a door - no cooking
smells or dishes in the main room. Walk-in closet that doubled as the
home of the BBS, and a nice entrance hallway so you didn't walk right
into the main room.
The cost? $575/month.
I spent 10 years living in San Francisco and another 15 working in the city. Money has changed it -- rents have skyrocketed, families have
moved out, tradespeople can't afford to live there any more, and that changes the culture and the feel. You need to look hard to find neighborhoods that aren't full of chain stores - you could be anywhere
in the bay area based on the surroundings.
I'm happy I had the time in my youth there - it was inexpensive enough
if you played your cards right to afford living and entertainment on a entry-level salary. That city is gone, though.
Sounds familiar.
I lost both my grandmothers in 2016 (one (paternal) was 95 and the other RQ>(maternal) was 94+1 day) My paternal grandmother was in a home and the RQ>other was at home with 24 hour care by her children (at least those that liv RQ>in the area. Two do not). One came from for a visit and stayed with her so RQ>her siblings could take a break, and ended up staying for the funeral.
I noticed. It's hardly worth turning on the HF rig these days.
We used to host our own list, but the issues with bounced emails due to RQ>systems security made it more than it was worth. Personally, I am on about 1 RQ>Yahoo! groups, two of which I moderate.
Planning to visit northcentral (Salem, Ash Flat) Arkansas maybe October, RQ>around my son's birthday. I have grandchildren I haven't met.
One group in Champaign, Illinois has a daily lunch net. They get on the repeater (likely D-Star), and ask "where do we want to eat lunch today??". <G>
They must be off work during the week or retired.
Daryl Stout wrote to RAY QUINN <=-
You'll soon get to add all the static crashes from springtime thunderstorms.
We used to host our own list, but the issues with bounced emails due to
systems security made it more than it was worth. Personally, I am on about 1
Yahoo! groups, two of which I moderate.
Some are thinking of going to Google Groups instead.
Planning to visit northcentral (Salem, Ash Flat) Arkansas maybe October,
around my son's birthday. I have grandchildren I haven't met.
Yeah, I know where they are. I'm in Little Rock, in the central part
of the state.
Ray Quinn wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
We rarely have thunderstorms and with the lack of rain here, even less often.
Some are thinking of going to Google Groups instead.
Some of the lists I am on are migrating to groups.io.
Vk3jed wrote to Ray Quinn <=-
Ray Quinn wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
We rarely have thunderstorms and with the lack of rain here, even less often.
Get the occasional one here. Dry storms are particularly
troublesome.
Some are thinking of going to Google Groups instead.
Some of the lists I am on are migrating to groups.io.
Groups.io is becoming quite popular. I like it, similar to Yahoo,
but has a better feature set.
... What do you mean off topic??!!! There's a topic?
Ray Quinn wrote to Vk3jed <=-
We actually had spome rain on Monday, about 1/2 inch (1.27 cm), and
the snow level got down to 1500 feet (457.2 meters) above sea level. (Visalia is about 300 feet or approximately 91 meters). We are
expecting up to 48 inches (122 cm) at 7000 feet(2133 meters). Rain is expected tomorrow morning, Thursday 01 March through Saturday morning, March 03.
Groups.io is becoming quite popular. I like it, similar to Yahoo,
but has a better feature set.
I may migrate the local radio club's list there as I am responsible for it, but I will put it to the membership first.
... What do you mean off topic??!!! There's a topic?
It certainly doesn't match the "Subject"...
... It requires a very unusual mind to make an analysis of the obvious.
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