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I left a message on another thread about this, after being told off by
Mr R Hinge for viewing this newsgroup via Garden Banter.

Mr. R. Hinge did no such thing. AFAIAC, you can look at URG anyhow you like.

IIRC, you were expecting Urglers to be using Gardenbanter - or at least,
to see everything that's on their website, or whatever it is.

It's a completely different set-up - you get access to Gardenbanter
through the WWW - you get access to URG through Usenet, and while they
use the same physical cables and sometimes, radio connections (as I do,
to get to the cablybits, WWW and Usenet work in very different ways.

My gripe is with Gardenbanter (allegedly) presenting URG as part of
itself, rather than explaining that they've swiped and republished URG
posts - and some say, not including some which are critical of
Gardenbanter and its methods.

Googlegropes is worse - they want the whole of Usenet, and because they
can't have it, like people to believe that it's theirs.

Please could
someone tell me how to access urg? I've tried Googling it, but altho I
get a home page it won't let me proceed. MY ISP is aol - don't know
whether that's a problem.

Yes. AOL has no longer any news server. I have a feeling that it may be
worse than that too, and AOLlers may be unable to access directly news
at all.

P.S. I found Garden Banter by accident and am wondering why it is so
infra dig. The posts from other parts of the world are often
informative and sometimes very amusing.

It's not infra dig. It's just different.

Here I am, replying to myself. I've tried twice to get a response to
this. Please don't tick me off or write snotty comments when I mention
something I've seen elsewhere on GardenBanter if none of you urglers is
prepared to give me guidance on how to access urg other than via GB.

I expect someone will be along in a minute or two to give you chapter
and verse about AOL. Assuming it's possible, you'll need to subscribe to
a news server. Most make a small charge - ten Euros is about average, I
think - however - there are some good free servers, and I'm sure someone
will recommend one.

My ISP (and that of some other Urglers) has its own news server, so it's
on tap for us, and I think, Demonites.

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Rusty
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