BV> Has the world stopped and I didn't notice ???
PE> That is correct.

Good. So nothings changed then :)

BV> When I did a mail run a little while ago, I only got one packet
BV> which was about 10k. There were a few messages in Loc_Sysop and
BV> Loc_User which mentioned something about you being de-nodelisted but
BV> as I wasn't following the thread previously, I missed it.
PE> Well, the de-nodelisting is the most important bit of info.

Oh. Who's been a naughty boy then...

BV> What's up ?
PE> Basically, I had an argument with my NC, and so my NC decided to
PE> arbitrarily denodelist me.  I'm sure you've witnessed childish
PE> behaviour in fidonet before, well this is the peak.

Hmmm...You and Rod are a pretty hard act to follow.

PE> I knew that this could be imminent, so I warned everyone in advance, and
PE> gave everyone the name of John Tserkezis, who is happy to take on everyone
PE> who was here, even giving them the same point numbers.  So if you wish to
PE> continue fidonet "just as before" then, that's the way to go.

Nah, I can't get the bloody stuff anyway. Half of the packets are
arriving with corruption so PKZIP spits the dummy and I couldn't be
bothered buggerising around with it, so I just get what I get.
This is great. I'm not going to miss a thing.

BV> Is TML and Aust_Avtech dead ?
PE> TML will remain.  However, instead of using FTN technology it will start
PE> using the internet technology, and instead of getting fidonet echos, it
PE> will start getting internet echos.  This will require a software change
PE> your end, but that will not happen until I can give you a "10 easy steps
PE> to set up XYZ software".  And also it will not happen until I've
PE> successfully got an internet feed, hopefully I can sort the stuff out
PE> this weekend.

The way Telstra is going, you'll probably have a cable modem feed
into the Internet before I get a real phone line. If this happens
before I get on air properly, you can either dump me or give me a
cal on 9548-5044 ( I can't find your phone number anywhere )

PE> AUST_AVTECH is probably not dead on the other side of fidonet
PE> (basically there's two sides of fidonet, me and everyone else).
PE> In fact, if you untwit Rod, it's highly unlikely to be dead.

It's sure been looking dead over th e last six weeks. There were
only two thread running and they were both slanging matches with
Helen Greenwhatever and her cronies. So, I'm not missing much at all.

Brenton
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