From: Joan Archer on
<lol> Yes we're not easy to get rid of. <g>

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http://crossstitcher.webs.com/

"Rockytsquirrel" <gafa(a)usa.com> wrote in message
news:8Nidnf2n6P2vCa3RnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
> Greetings,
>
> Good to know.. :-)
>
> RTS
>
> "Joan Archer" <archer_joan(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:FdednUUzafo5_a3RnZ2dnUVZ8qmdnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>> Most definitely <g> I pick this group up through the BT and
>> eternal-september servers.
>>
>> --
>> Joan Archer
>> http://crossstitcher.webs.com/
>>
>> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:YKWdnbFSCPwqo63RnZ2dnUVZ7sidnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>> RTS wrote :-
>>>
>>>> It would be nice, but I'm beginning to have doubts..
>>>
>>> Don't worry, some of us are still around (occasionally!)
>>>
>>> Mart
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rockytsquirrel" <gafa(a)usa.com> wrote in message
>>> news:46KdnZVkJItKgK3RnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>> It would be nice, but I'm beginning to have doubts..
>>>> I still got 3 ole ME machines running here and one of these days I'm
>>>> sure I'll need a fresh reminder as what to do..
>>>>
>>>> Heaven forbid MS should care or want to help.. ;-(
>>>>
>>>> LOL
>>>>
>>>> RTS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "webster72n" <webster72n(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:i0opb1$tr$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rockytsquirrel" <gafa(a)usa.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:yoOdnWbDK85KGbPRnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>>>>> hehe ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Rocky, good to 'see' you again.
>>>>> Sure hope to 'see' most of our 'old friends' as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Harry.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "webster72n" <webster72n(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:i0llk1$oma$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>>>>>>> Don't you love this 'togetherness', 98 Guy?
>>>>>>> Now we can all rough it up 'together'...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Harry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "98 Guy" <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4C2CF6FF.3EBBADCF(a)Guy.com...
>>>>>>>> nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is Happening?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Micro$haft, in an ongoing battle against Apple and Google, is
>>>>>>>> seeking
>>>>>>>> ways to enhance it's revenue stream. Part of this plan is end it's
>>>>>>>> usenet peering arrangement under the guise of creating new and
>>>>>>>> improved
>>>>>>>> web support forums.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Because Macro$oft wants to engineer a new form of paid-support
>>>>>>>> forums
>>>>>>>> where it will get a cut of the action. Having a free, open and
>>>>>>>> accessible usenet connection will interfere with this plan.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
>>>>>>>>> starting with the least active newsgroups and moving
>>>>>>>>> eventually to more active ones throughout the course of
>>>>>>>>> the next six months.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This newsgroup is one of the more active ones, yet microsoft is
>>>>>>>> shutting
>>>>>>>> it down earlier than it should.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed.
>>>>>>>>> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you access this forum with a web browser, stop doing that.
>>>>>>>> That's
>>>>>>>> lame.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Use a usenet reader / client, and point your news reader to your
>>>>>>>> ISP's
>>>>>>>> nntp server, or any of a number of free usenet servers. Try
>>>>>>>> nntp.aioe.org if you don't have a clue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All microsoft.public groups will continue to be available on usenet
>>>>>>>> world-wide after Microsoft shuts down it's server. Microsoft's
>>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>>> is NOT NEEDED for this and other microsoft.public groups to exist
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> function on the world-wide usenet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can continue to read this newsgroup on another server, or
>>>>>>>> barring
>>>>>>>> that, try the newsgroup alt.windows98, or the windows 9x/me forums
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> msfn.org:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/8-windows-959898seme/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the mean time, you can do your part in doing battle with the
>>>>>>>> illegal
>>>>>>>> and corrupt corporation known as Microsoft by downloading, sharing,
>>>>>>>> torrenting, hacking and using as much of their old software as
>>>>>>>> possible. By denying Microsoft of revenue, we can slay this beast
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> has distorted and twisted the computer and software landscape that
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> consumers must live with. Our own politicians and regulators have
>>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>> and time again failed to break up the illegal monopoly known as
>>>>>>>> Microsoft, and has allowed them to violate law after antitrust law.
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
From: Joan Archer on
Wish we'd got a bit more heat here, the sun is shining at the moment but
there's quite wind blowing and it's quite chilly brrrrrrrrr
Glad to see you still around Heather got any new Maxine's <g>

--
Joan Archer
http://crossstitcher.webs.com/

"Heather" <lainie(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
news:i0qdfi$956$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Me too........via E-S. I check here every day and figured no one was
> still around.
>
> Cheers from a very hot muggy Brampton........will be over 40C tomorrow
> with the humidity. I hate humidity!! In the mid 30's the rest of the
> week. Oh well, I will try and remember my kvetching in mid January, lol.
>
> "Joan Archer" <archer_joan(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:FdednUUzafo5_a3RnZ2dnUVZ8qmdnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>> Most definitely <g> I pick this group up through the BT and
>> eternal-september servers.
>>
>> --
>> Joan Archer
>> http://crossstitcher.webs.com/
>>
>> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:YKWdnbFSCPwqo63RnZ2dnUVZ7sidnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>> RTS wrote :-
>>>
>>>> It would be nice, but I'm beginning to have doubts..
>>>
>>> Don't worry, some of us are still around (occasionally!)
>>>
>>> Mart
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rockytsquirrel" <gafa(a)usa.com> wrote in message
>>> news:46KdnZVkJItKgK3RnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>> It would be nice, but I'm beginning to have doubts..
>>>> I still got 3 ole ME machines running here and one of these days I'm
>>>> sure I'll need a fresh reminder as what to do..
>>>>
>>>> Heaven forbid MS should care or want to help.. ;-(
>>>>
>>>> LOL
>>>>
>>>> RTS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "webster72n" <webster72n(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:i0opb1$tr$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rockytsquirrel" <gafa(a)usa.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:yoOdnWbDK85KGbPRnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>>>>> hehe ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Rocky, good to 'see' you again.
>>>>> Sure hope to 'see' most of our 'old friends' as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Harry.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "webster72n" <webster72n(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:i0llk1$oma$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>>>>>>> Don't you love this 'togetherness', 98 Guy?
>>>>>>> Now we can all rough it up 'together'...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Harry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "98 Guy" <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4C2CF6FF.3EBBADCF(a)Guy.com...
>>>>>>>> nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is Happening?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Micro$haft, in an ongoing battle against Apple and Google, is
>>>>>>>> seeking
>>>>>>>> ways to enhance it's revenue stream. Part of this plan is end it's
>>>>>>>> usenet peering arrangement under the guise of creating new and
>>>>>>>> improved
>>>>>>>> web support forums.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Because Macro$oft wants to engineer a new form of paid-support
>>>>>>>> forums
>>>>>>>> where it will get a cut of the action. Having a free, open and
>>>>>>>> accessible usenet connection will interfere with this plan.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
>>>>>>>>> starting with the least active newsgroups and moving
>>>>>>>>> eventually to more active ones throughout the course of
>>>>>>>>> the next six months.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This newsgroup is one of the more active ones, yet microsoft is
>>>>>>>> shutting
>>>>>>>> it down earlier than it should.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed.
>>>>>>>>> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you access this forum with a web browser, stop doing that.
>>>>>>>> That's
>>>>>>>> lame.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Use a usenet reader / client, and point your news reader to your
>>>>>>>> ISP's
>>>>>>>> nntp server, or any of a number of free usenet servers. Try
>>>>>>>> nntp.aioe.org if you don't have a clue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All microsoft.public groups will continue to be available on usenet
>>>>>>>> world-wide after Microsoft shuts down it's server. Microsoft's
>>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>>> is NOT NEEDED for this and other microsoft.public groups to exist
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> function on the world-wide usenet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can continue to read this newsgroup on another server, or
>>>>>>>> barring
>>>>>>>> that, try the newsgroup alt.windows98, or the windows 9x/me forums
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> msfn.org:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/8-windows-959898seme/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the mean time, you can do your part in doing battle with the
>>>>>>>> illegal
>>>>>>>> and corrupt corporation known as Microsoft by downloading, sharing,
>>>>>>>> torrenting, hacking and using as much of their old software as
>>>>>>>> possible. By denying Microsoft of revenue, we can slay this beast
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> has distorted and twisted the computer and software landscape that
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> consumers must live with. Our own politicians and regulators have
>>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>> and time again failed to break up the illegal monopoly known as
>>>>>>>> Microsoft, and has allowed them to violate law after antitrust law.
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>