THEODORE NIKODEM (1:123/140) wrote to JANIS KRACHT at 13:56 on 29 Sep 2011:

 TN> This makes the fourth message in one day. The last one I saw was
 TN> the one I posted on July 13.

That was the last one I saw for some time.

 TN> Iused to dial the Swishers' "Litterbox BBS" several times a day.
 TN> Now I only check this occasionally.  Local echos have almost
 TN> totally ceased; they were nice because most posters were somewhat
 TN> local and had some idea of local issues and could occasionally meet
 TN> face to face.

I agree with you.  I also note that most of my Facebook friends are local
so I see them fairly frequently on the street.

 TN> For example, locally we have ARTPRIZE (http://www.artprize.org/)
 TN> occurring this week. Even though it is is a major local event, few
 TN> outside the area are even aware of it.

I promise to take a look. :-)
 
 TN> Similarly, how many in North America are aware of the August
 TN> Discovery Day in Whitehorse YK or the February Fur Rendezvous
 TN> (http://www.furrondy.net/) in Anchorage AK?

There are moments that I think more Germans know about Discovery Day than I
think North Americans do.

 TN> .... Noise from Nik's Noo
 TN>  - Origin: Since 1991 And Were Still Here! DOCSPLACE.TZO.COM
 TN> (1:123/140)

 I'm going to have to take a look at Doc's Place.  Right now I post using
an Oracle VirtualBox running under Windows 7 and this is not ideal.
 
Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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