>>In article <rgnlo71j9ncac08fiiibgaa69kr97la...@4ax.com>,
>>meowmix  <meow.mix@FUCK_OFF_SPAMMER_meow.org> wrote:
>>>On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:04:29 +1000, Nemo Maelstrom Thorx <afda.REMOVEC...@NOPYTHONSKETCHES.nemo.house.cx.COM> wrote:

>>>>On 06 Apr (a Friday in 2012) around 2153 hours, Mr.Smartypants did utter:

>>>>> Great find! Poof that Yads has been a public nuisance since the
>>>>> beginning.

>>>>Over in alt.fan.douglas-adams, it is a long held belief that the reason
>>>>that Douglas Adams stopped posting to the group was due to regular
>>>>questioning of his authenticity.

>>>or was it because he had the bad grace to die?

>>HE died years later and I reget not meeting him.

>i remember his death being on the news.

>i listend to all the series of thhgttg on r4 the first time around. i managed to get a copy of all of them a couple of weeks
>ago.

>>>>While I've not actively sought out those posts, I did encounter one
>>>>recently while trawling archives. And yes, it was Yads.

>>>>Let the record show:

>>>>> From: sys...@galcon.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (The Doctor)
>>>>> Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
>>>>> Subject: Re: Why 42 ?
>>>>> Message-ID: <931116.062515.6g4.rusnews.w1...@galcon.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 06:25:15 MST

>>>>> Are you the real BBC writer?  If so, how come this US address?