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iain
Mar 29, 2021, 12:15:43 PM3/29/21
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I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
--
iain
af...@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
--
iain
af...@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Nemo Thorx
Mar 29, 2021, 10:12:04 PM3/29/21
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Quoting iain from 29 Mar (a Monday in 2021) at 1615 hours...
a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for that
too...
> I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
> this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
It's a wonderful thing! :D
> That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders in
off the street at the time...
> af...@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
(maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got around
to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
.../Nemo
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earth native
>
> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for that
too...
> I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
> this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
> That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's watching.
still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders in
off the street at the time...
> af...@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
(maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got around
to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
.../Nemo
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earth native
Paul Taylor
Mar 29, 2021, 11:35:56 PM3/29/21
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iain <af...@imb.clara.net> Wrote in message:r
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> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
Dead? No, we have but slept... through the economic recession you see.
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iain
Mar 30, 2021, 9:41:36 AM3/30/21
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Nemo Thorx
<eternalseptemberREMOV...@nemo.house.cx.invalid> wrote
in
news:20210330114942.NemoThorx_eternalseptembe.ReErhello________________@
n
emo.house.cx.invalid:
> Quoting iain from 29 Mar (a Monday in 2021) at 1615 hours...
>>
>> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but
>> still...
>
> I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
> a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
> that too...
Well I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of that...
>> That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's
>> watching.
>
> You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
> still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
> in off the street at the time...
I could! I did!
What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
>> af...@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
>
> I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
> (maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
> around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
To be honest I'm surprised any of it still functions!
I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
anyone even visits it anymore...
<eternalseptemberREMOV...@nemo.house.cx.invalid> wrote
in
news:20210330114942.NemoThorx_eternalseptembe.ReErhello________________@
n
emo.house.cx.invalid:
> Quoting iain from 29 Mar (a Monday in 2021) at 1615 hours...
>>
>> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but
>> still...
>
> I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
> a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
> that too...
>> That'll be all for now, other than to say "Hi!" to Wonko if he's
>> watching.
>
> You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
> still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
> in off the street at the time...
What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
>> af...@imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
>
> I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
> (maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
> around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
anyone even visits it anymore...
Nemo Thorx
Mar 30, 2021, 8:42:05 PM3/30/21
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Quoting iain from 30 Mar (a Tuesday in 2021) at 1341 hours...
bunnies? :D
> > You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
> > still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
> > in off the street at the time...
>
> I could! I did!
> What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
> Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
>
In a purely linear perspective... we're just almost at the halfway point
of the episode, and it's been, uh... a decade...
> > I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
> > (maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
> > around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
>
> To be honest I'm surprised any of it still functions!
> I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
> anyone even visits it anymore...
hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
in quite so usefully a central resource)
hmmm..... thinking hat is on again! :)
>
> >> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but
> >> still...
> >
> > I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
> > a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
> > that too...
>
> Well I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of that...
>
Apparently it has something to do with the consumption of chocolate
> >> I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but
> >> still...
> >
> > I haven't seen any tax benefits to this deadness yet. Is it only after
> > a resurrection that they show up? I hear it's the time of year for
> > that too...
>
> Well I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of that...
>
bunnies? :D
> > You could join back in on the Froup production of Fit the Sixth, which
> > still idles along intermittently, mostly performed by whoever wanders
> > in off the street at the time...
>
> I could! I did!
> What's the predicted date for completing Fit the Sixth now?
> Will we manage it before the sun collapses into a red giant?
>
of the episode, and it's been, uh... a decade...
> > I have vague memories of finding some broken links on the afda pages
> > (maybe in the FAQ?) and going to ask you about them. I never got
> > around to that. Was there a new FAQ system in the works?
>
> To be honest I'm surprised any of it still functions!
> I don't appear to have any analytics on the site, so I have no idea if
> anyone even visits it anymore...
douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
in quite so usefully a central resource)
hmmm..... thinking hat is on again! :)
iain
Apr 15, 2021, 6:59:10 AM4/15/21
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Nemo Thorx
<eternalseptemberREMOV...@nemo.house.cx.invalid> wrote
in
news:20210331102639.NemoThorx_eternalseptembe.ReErhello________________@ne
<eternalseptemberREMOV...@nemo.house.cx.invalid> wrote
in
mo.house.cx.invalid:
> hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
> douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
> linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
> worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
> because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
the FAQ into a wiki. I've disabled that, which I think has restored the
FAQ to its, er, former glory(?!)
> Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
> and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
> in quite so usefully a central resource)
the 10th annivesary of working on it...
iain
Apr 15, 2021, 7:02:05 AM4/15/21
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Professor Urban Chronotis <mazer...@skip.hotmail.this.com> wrote in
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ernal-september.org:
> What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
> I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
> list, is that you?
Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
news:1046478384.638852411.505514.ma...@news.et
ernal-september.org:
> What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
> I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
> list, is that you?
Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
Jan van den Broek
Apr 19, 2021, 9:10:02 AM4/19/21
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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:15:41 -0000 (UTC)
iain <af...@imb.clara.net> schrieb:
Happy fortytwo years on this mostly harmless planet!
--
Abi! Emine caput in porcum Jan v/d Broek
balg...@xs4all.nl
iain <af...@imb.clara.net> schrieb:
>I know that this place is as dead as Hotblack Desiato now, but still...
>
>I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
>this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
Although a bit late, but:
>
>I thought I'd pop in just to commemorate that I've now spent 42 years on
>this mostly harmless planet, give or take the odd leap second.
Happy fortytwo years on this mostly harmless planet!
--
Abi! Emine caput in porcum Jan v/d Broek
balg...@xs4all.nl
Nemo Thorx
Jun 6, 2021, 9:42:05 PM6/6/21
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Quoting iain from 15 Apr (a Thursday in 2021) at 1059 hours...
> > Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
> > and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
> > in quite so usefully a central resource)
>
> My wiki plan seems to be so far onto said backburner that it's just passed
> the 10th annivesary of working on it...
Aren't projects wonderful?!
>
> Nemo Thorx
> <eternalseptemberREMOV...@nemo.house.cx.invalid> wrote
> in
> news:20210331102639.NemoThorx_eternalseptembe.ReErhello________________@ne
> mo.house.cx.invalid:
>
>
> > hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
> > douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
> > linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
> > worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
> > because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
>
> Ah, okay. There appears to be some kind of unfinished attempt to convert
> the FAQ into a wiki. I've disabled that, which I think has restored the
> FAQ to its, er, former glory(?!)
Huzzah! I will continue to sometimes point to it.
> Nemo Thorx
> <eternalseptemberREMOV...@nemo.house.cx.invalid> wrote
> in
> news:20210331102639.NemoThorx_eternalseptembe.ReErhello________________@ne
> mo.house.cx.invalid:
>
>
> > hah fair enough. The mfaq is the target of a link from
> > douglasadams.com, and the FAQ is failing (the "One dirty mirror" as
> > linked on https://www.zootle.net/afda/faq.shtml ) ...but I either
> > worked out what URL it's genuinely on, or got a copy from elsewhere,
> > because I also created a dirty mirror of it at http://sub-ethr.net/afda/
>
> Ah, okay. There appears to be some kind of unfinished attempt to convert
> the FAQ into a wiki. I've disabled that, which I think has restored the
> FAQ to its, er, former glory(?!)
> > Plans of updating it are so far on the backburner as to be nonexistent,
> > and fandom covers a lot of this stuff elsewhere now anyway (though not
> > in quite so usefully a central resource)
>
> My wiki plan seems to be so far onto said backburner that it's just passed
> the 10th annivesary of working on it...
Nemo Thorx
Jun 6, 2021, 9:42:06 PM6/6/21
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Quoting iain from 15 Apr (a Thursday in 2021) at 1102 hours...
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>
> Professor Urban Chronotis <mazer...@skip.hotmail.this.com> wrote in
> news:1046478384.638852411.505514.ma...@news.et
> ernal-september.org:
>
> > What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
> > I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
> > list, is that you?
>
> Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
> It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
I think the last one was a few years ago. I might still have some in my
> Professor Urban Chronotis <mazer...@skip.hotmail.this.com> wrote in
> news:1046478384.638852411.505514.ma...@news.et
> ernal-september.org:
>
> > What is with all this racket? Oh, hello, visitors!
> > I vaguely remember an Iain being around AFDNA, perhaps even an Xmas
> > list, is that you?
>
> Yes, that's me, I used to be on the Christmas list.
> It's nice to see this place hasn't completely faded away!
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Dave Adalian
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