Hello Alex.

02 Jun 06 11:15, you wrote to me:

 MV>>>> http://wwhttp://www.spoorwegmuseum.nl/en/index.html

 AS>>> Then it's very unusual museum. They risk to lose their displays.

 MV>> There is always that risk.

 AS> Sure. When you climb a rock and when you go upstairs there is a
 AS> risk.

And when you stay below there is the risk of someone else climbing the rock
falling down on you. No matter what you do or don't there is a risk. A
museum willing to talke the risk of losing the trains becomes they ride
them does not make them any less a museum.

 MV>> The museum can be hit by lightning, an
 MV>> earthquake can bring it down, someone could explode a bomb in it.
 MV>> Yes and when one rides the trains, they could be in an accident.
 MV>> The risks are small and managible. And riding the old trains is
 MV>> much more fun than just watching them from behind glass.

 AS> Then it's rather a circus ot wanderland then museum.

Your opinion t which you are entitled. I do not share your opinion.

 AS>>> But of course. Mail never was routed there.

 MV>> Why not? What stopped you guys in R50 from routing mail to and
 MV>> from zone 7?

 AS> Nodelist.

Does not have to stop it. all you nee is someone willing to do the
zonegating. have a look at the 2:2/* section of the nodelist, there are
several gates there. One for zone 9, one for zone 40... There used to be
more.

 AS>  And what about the rest of Fido ? I mean Z1-Z6. I'm interested to get
 AS> mail from there too.

Well, get somene to zonegate there as well... An easier way of course is to
stay in Z2...

 MV>> Technically it should not be a problem. It it was what you all
 MV>> wanted, nobody from outside R50 could have stopped you. Or maybe
 MV>> it was because not as many sysops in R50 think this Z7 is as good
 MV>> an idea as you will have us believe?

 AS> Yes. As an othernet it's not a good idea.

Because that way you would have to choose between having the cake or eating
it. It appears you want both.

 AS>  It's a good idea as a Fidonet zone.

It apears you represent a minority with that opinion.

 AS>>>  If mail was routed, I'd left Z2 and joined Z7.

Life is a bitch. Sometimes yo can't have it both and you have to make a choice...


Michiel

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