> I suppose I could try electroconvulsive therapy...

 NP> Don't bother. It doesn't achieve the intended results and only
 NP> stuffs up the pacemaker. 

  It worked on the Lebanese lady next door. She was running about with
a paper bag over her head to stop hyperventilating, bursting into
tears over nothing. After they zapped her she stopped running about.
Of course, her attention span is measured in milliseconds, and she
bursts into tears whenever she can't find her pussy, but it's a huge
improvement without the paper bag.

 > Yeah... that's why I've avoided the Internet so far. The PCUG
 > offers 30 hours a month for $20 plus a one-off $40 registration
 > and slip/ppp (whatever that means) which is my $0.66 an hour, but
 > it's better seen as $240 a year, which is about three-times what
 > I spend on the BBS telephones at present.

 NP> I agree. Exactly why I have avoided it so far.

  I expect that if I wait long enough, Telstra will jump on this ISP
shit and allow you to dial direct, just like telephones...

 > Yeah, well... I'll have to make other arrangements, by the sound
 > of it.

 NP> Swap over to John and join the rest of the old AVT mob in
 NP> Locsysop & LocUser.

  Unfortunately, that loses Paul. 

 NP> My next effort will be to get Rod Gasson hooked in, and we will
 NP> be back to the old original crowd, but minus the fuckwits who
 NP> invaded AVT. IOW ... WE control who gets OUR echo !!!!!

  Yair... it got a bit silly near the end.

 NP> When Paul gets it all sorted out, we should be able to hook his
 NP> newsgroups in if we want. I figure it should work. Wadayareckon
 NP> ?????
 NP> LATER. Jeff's got the right idea. He's offering to gate stuff
 NP> to Paul thus creating another link that is still under OUR
 NP> control.

  Yes... once Jeff gates the Internet Locuser, we'll all be back
together if we want to be. I assume that we'll all switch the the
Inetrnet feed eventually, in a year or so if the Internet's not dead
by then, but in the meantime we need a dual feed.

Regards,
Bob
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