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Stephen Thomas Cole

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Oct 13, 2018, 10:30:54 AM10/13/18
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Bernie <bernie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 Oct 2018 13:52:08 GMT
> Stephen Thomas Cole <use...@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
>
>> Roger Hayter <ro...@hayter.org> wrote:
>>> Stephen Thomas Cole <use...@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roger Hayter <ro...@hayter.org> wrote:
>>>>> Stephen Thomas Cole <use...@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Janithor <Jani...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has only 2 topics, regardless the name of the group:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (1) Fighting over US politics
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (2) One or several personal feuds between several long-time
>>>>>>> members of the group, with the original cause of the fight
>>>>>>> being lost 20 years ago and now they just fight over fighting,
>>>>>>> like a perpetual motion machine
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is to laff!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interesting observation, and pretty accurate for most of the
>>>>>> groups I have in my subscription list. That said,
>>>>>> uk.radio.amateur is almost exclusively (2), so if you fancy
>>>>>> avoiding American politics for a while feel free to stop by and
>>>>>> enjoy our petty, vicious feuding.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd have thought you'd give up at least the grosser forms of
>>>>> cross-posting trolling of uk.* management groups while you're
>>>>> standing for election.
>>>>>
>>>>> And it's simply not true that uk.* is full of parochial *American*
>>>>> politics, it's generally full of Brexit politics.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I thought it a subject suitably interesting that readers of
>>>> unn.management might like to see it and ponder upon, Rog. Why are
>>>> you so against discussion occurring in discussion forums?
>>>
>>> Indeed. But why you thought the denizens of
>>> rec.sport.pro-wrestling and rec.autos.sport.f1 would have anything
>>> useful to add to uk.* management is less clear.
>>
>> I saw the post in rspw, and added rasf1 by accident. Whoops!
>>
>
> https://vimeo.com/267771131

Weakest song on the album[1], but yes[2].

[1] For a long time I’d have said that Fitter Happier was the weakest but
in the last few years I’ve come to realise that it’s the beating digital
heart that the entire work hangs on. A staggering work of genius, no less.

[2] Vote Steve!

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