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Variously it was written :
Well, having watched developments over the last 8 days, I have to conclude that the newsgroup has reverted to a quiet, relatively civilised, useful resource and the forecasts of doom have not materialised now that the owners and the rest of the coven seem to have moved out, hopefully permanently. D.Mentor. Quiet it might be, but it's questionable it will ever be as useful a resource without the expertise and knowledge of Sacha, Judith, David and Janet. I don't think "expertise and knowledge" was ever the problem, it was the manner in which they went about dispensing it and the bitching and bees to honeypots that went with it that was the prob. To substitute this group for a real social life was a mistake that they frequently made. Reading this group became too much of a trial in separating the signal from the noise, so I didn't eventually, resorting to looking in from time to time once in a 6month or so. If they really have gone ( ! ? ) then it may well be worth paying more frequent visits,,, |
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"Dementor" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: "Dementor" wrote in message Well, having watched developments over the last 8 days, PLONK Thankee kindly, and in Capitals, too! Nym shifting turd! I can repeatedly PLONK you so keep up the nym shifts and I'll just keep PLONKING you. |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message
As one of the people accused (wrongly) by Sacha, and having been abused by her several times during the past ten or so years, I am relieved that she has gone, (or that she says she has gone). She accused me of something I was not guilty of and I cannot forgive her for that. Were she to apologise, I would gladly do so but that is highly unlikely. June the world we deal with is made up of fringe dwellers and hearth dwellers. If Sacha was one of your fringe dwellers then it is easier to just let it go. If she was a hearth dweller and upset you then that is a different matter. Usenet is not the real world. It's just entertainment or diversion or sometimes even a learning aid. |
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Martin wrote: On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:45:16 +0100, June Hughes wrote: In message , JennyC writes "June Hughes" wrote I believe that, in the world of witchcraft, 'covens' include men. June Hughes According to Wikipedia the whole of URG is a coven :~)))) Coven or covan was originally a late medieval Scots word (c1500) meaning a gathering of any kind, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. It derives from the Latin root word convenire meaning to come together or to gather, which also gave rise to the English word convene. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven Jenny (of the purple broomstick........) Oh well, there you go. Learning all the time I'd never have guessed the colour of Jenny's broomstick. BTW if you join Manchester City Library Ha, Manchester! Evenin' or perhaps mornin' to you good folks, more likely, I felt this just like a queue in my back. Lovely night here in manc. Rain stops. She's so 'imprevisible' isn't she. You feel her to your bones, at least you did today. On and on she goes and went, but when she stops we are all out ! Just left a Northern soul soiree, yesss, very nice and the company totally delicious. Met a wonderful woman who I met many years ago, and has now open a superb sensory garden outside the city centre. She did it with formidable people who have all work towards the creation of a health community building, from needle exchange to simple child care needs, the whole social inner city shenanigans thangs, but with a garden as well. And that is very special. The garden I visited this summer was minute, but hundred of souls work in there and benefit like you couldn't imagine, and the place felt just like the place you want to be, like your space, your place, saw and felt nobody around, you know what I mean, I'm sure. And these are not song lyrics ;o) Tonight's colours are fantastic and the walk home was soggie, the leaves sticking to our shoes, the smell of damp wood everywhere, in our nostrils and in our mouths, and we all jumped to the occasional BANG!!! followed by the wiff of sulphur, coal, tyre and burnt wood. No barbecues here, nope. But lots of far away laughters, screams and traffic noise, the moving of a lot of people, in groups and in gangs and car stereos. I'm blessed with living in all the worlds in one, a city with millions of trees and I even cuddled a pony on my way home, I'm not kidding. This country is a garden, I tell you. They don't show that on Location location location. Well, I'm sorry if I annoyed some of you. I didn't mean to. You are what you is (and she knows who she is). I just didn't get the aggresive tones and it got to me and I never was rude, ever. From where I've stood it looked really obvious and I have still no regrets, non rien de rien, but I feel just perhaps a slight feeling that I want to apologise. I'm not sure what about. Just apologise for letting you all without some of the posters you once had here, some of you miss others, but I still can't understand why I should be to blame. It's late and tomorrow is a pumpkin and apple day at the Vale. I promised to be there - I hope you all enjoy the times that the season gives us. It's a bloody good day ahead, it's all what I can see from here anyway ) |
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In message
, Farm1 writes "June Hughes" wrote in message As one of the people accused (wrongly) by Sacha, and having been abused by her several times during the past ten or so years, I am relieved that she has gone, (or that she says she has gone). She accused me of something I was not guilty of and I cannot forgive her for that. Were she to apologise, I would gladly do so but that is highly unlikely. June the world we deal with is made up of fringe dwellers and hearth dwellers. If Sacha was one of your fringe dwellers then it is easier to just let it go. If she was a hearth dweller and upset you then that is a different matter. Usenet is not the real world. It's just entertainment or diversion or sometimes even a learning aid. Some of us here have known each other a very long time. Not quite as simple as you make out. -- June Hughes |
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In message , Bowman
writes Variously it was written : Well, having watched developments over the last 8 days, I have to conclude that the newsgroup has reverted to a quiet, relatively civilised, useful resource and the forecasts of doom have not materialised now that the owners and the rest of the coven seem to have moved out, hopefully permanently. D.Mentor. Quiet it might be, but it's questionable it will ever be as useful a resource without the expertise and knowledge of Sacha, Judith, David and Janet. I don't think "expertise and knowledge" was ever the problem, it was the manner in which they went about dispensing it and the bitching and bees to honeypots that went with it that was the prob. To substitute this group for a real social life was a mistake that they frequently made. Reading this group became too much of a trial in separating the signal from the noise, so I didn't eventually, resorting to looking in from time to time once in a 6month or so. If they really have gone ( ! ? ) then it may well be worth paying more frequent visits,,, I don't recall Judith or David Poole being nasty to anyone. -- June Hughes |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message
... Some of us here have known each other a very long time. Not quite as simple as you make out. -- June Hughes And that was part of the problem. Too familiar and treated urg as a 'meeting place', a 'chat room'. It could be likened to a stranger going into a pub and sitting in a certain chair, "Don't sit there mate, Old George will be in soon. That's 'his' chair. Sat there for 40 years now" Think about it and the attitude which has been 'imposed' by the 'owners' Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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In message , Mike
writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... Some of us here have known each other a very long time. Not quite as simple as you make out. -- June Hughes And that was part of the problem. Too familiar and treated urg as a 'meeting place', a 'chat room'. It could be likened to a stranger going into a pub and sitting in a certain chair, "Don't sit there mate, Old George will be in soon. That's 'his' chair. Sat there for 40 years now" Think about it and the attitude which has been 'imposed' by the 'owners' Well, yes but that is the attitude apparent in most clubs (possibly even yours). -- June Hughes |
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"Martin" wrote BTW if you join Manchester City Library you get free online access to the OED, Britannica ... and a lot of other reference books. Membership is free and open to anybody. Membership card, UserrID and password is provided by return of post. Application form at http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/online/join.htm Martin OK!! Thanks :~) Jenny |
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"La Puce" wrote Martin wrote: writes Jenny (of the purple broomstick........) Oh well, there you go. Learning all the time I'd never have guessed the colour of Jenny's broomstick. BTW if you join Manchester City Library Ha, Manchester! Evenin' or perhaps mornin' to you good folks, more likely, I felt this just like a queue in my back. Hello !!!! Welcome back :~) Lovely night here in manc. Rain stops. She's so 'imprevisible' isn't she. You feel her to your bones, at least you did today. On and on she goes and went, but when she stops we are all out ! Just left a Northern soul soiree, yesss, very nice and the company totally delicious. Met a wonderful woman who I met many years ago, and has now open a superb sensory garden outside the city centre. She did it with formidable people who have all work towards the creation of a health community building, from needle exchange to simple child care needs, the whole social inner city shenanigans thangs, but with a garden as well. And that is very special. The garden I visited this summer was minute, but hundred of souls work in there and benefit like you couldn't imagine, and the place felt just like the place you want to be, like your space, your place, saw and felt nobody around, you know what I mean, I'm sure. And these are not song lyrics ;o) Pictures I wanna see pictures..... Tonight's colours are fantastic and the walk home was soggie, the leaves sticking to our shoes, the smell of damp wood everywhere, in our nostrils and in our mouths, and we all jumped to the occasional BANG!!! followed by the wiff of sulphur, coal, tyre and burnt wood. No barbecues here, nope. But lots of far away laughters, screams and traffic noise, the moving of a lot of people, in groups and in gangs and car stereos. I'm blessed with living in all the worlds in one, a city with millions of trees and I even cuddled a pony on my way home, I'm not kidding. This country is a garden, I tell you. They don't show that on Location location location. The situation here in Rotterdam ... Huge metropolis but where I am I have masses of birds on the feeders, frogs in the canal out back and even a visiting hedgehog :~) Well, I'm sorry if I annoyed some of you. I didn't mean to. You are what you is (and she knows who she is). I just didn't get the aggresive tones and it got to me and I never was rude, ever. From where I've stood it looked really obvious and I have still no regrets, non rien de rien, but I feel just perhaps a slight feeling that I want to apologise. I'm not sure what about. Just apologise for letting you all without some of the posters you once had here, some of you miss others, but I still can't understand why I should be to blame. I hope the people who have left will also return in the same spirit that you have expressed :~))))) It's late and tomorrow is a pumpkin and apple day at the Vale. I promised to be there - I hope you all enjoy the times that the season gives us. It's a bloody good day ahead, it's all what I can see from here anyway ) Have a nice day and take some nice autumy pictures for us all to enjoy.... :~) Jenny |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:53:58 +1000, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow
wrote: "Dementor" wrote in message "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: "Dementor" wrote in message Well, having watched developments over the last 8 days, PLONK Thankee kindly, and in Capitals, too! Nym shifting turd! I can repeatedly PLONK you so keep up the nym shifts and I'll just keep PLONKING you. Will you stop that, darling, it tickles! -- Mentor |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:39:14 GMT, Bowman
wrote: Variously it was written : Well, having watched developments over the last 8 days, I have to conclude that the newsgroup has reverted to a quiet, relatively civilised, useful resource and the forecasts of doom have not materialised now that the owners and the rest of the coven seem to have moved out, hopefully permanently. D.Mentor. Quiet it might be, but it's questionable it will ever be as useful a resource without the expertise and knowledge of Sacha, Judith, David and Janet. I don't think "expertise and knowledge" was ever the problem, it was the manner in which they went about dispensing it and the bitching and bees to honeypots that went with it that was the prob. To substitute this group for a real social life was a mistake that they frequently made. Reading this group became too much of a trial in separating the signal from the noise, so I didn't eventually, resorting to looking in from time to time once in a 6month or so. If they really have gone ( ! ? ) then it may well be worth paying more frequent visits,,, Indeed, Long reign peace! D.men/tor |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote Usenet is not the real world. It's just entertainment or diversion or sometimes even a learning aid. Well said Farm :~)) Jenny |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:19:32 +0200, "JennyC"
wrote: Well, I'm sorry if I annoyed some of you. I didn't mean to. You are what you is (and she knows who she is). I just didn't get the aggresive tones and it got to me and I never was rude, ever. From where I've stood it looked really obvious and I have still no regrets, non rien de rien, but I feel just perhaps a slight feeling that I want to apologise. I'm not sure what about. Just apologise for letting you all without some of the posters you once had here, some of you miss others, but I still can't understand why I should be to blame. I hope the people who have left will also return in the same spirit that you have expressed :~))))) Per-lease! are you deranged?. Peace and sanity has just broken out. Enjoy it. De Man. |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:18:57 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote: The message from "La Puce" contains these words: Ha, Manchester! Evenin' or perhaps mornin' to you good folks, I thought you'd buggered off? Should've known you didn't mean it! 8-( Perhaps she's out of re-hab. De Man |
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