Charles Angelich -> Tulipant Gergely >>chat echo<< {at} 10 Apr
103  23:26:02

  You replied this message before. It's not my fault that you got it again. :)
  Hint: Origin: COMM Port ... (1:106/2000)
   &    PATH: 229/492 2000 379/1 106/1 2000
  Too bad Mr. Juge doesn't keep Fido messages for a few months. Then dup'
elimination may not work, anyway. :)

 CA> With the few dozen people even reading/replying to messages on
 CA> FIDO you think we should hop around the 2000+ echos to suit
 CA> your moods?

  No. A few dozen echo would be enough. E.g. I advised the virus echoes to
be joined, but for some reason it hasn't happened. Most of the anti-virus
chat is in the win9x echo, anyway.
  You should have a separate echo, tho. :P

 CA> How would you lurk effectively if we spread ourselves that thin.

  Illogical question. Separating topics helps lurking in the right place in
itself. It's easy to drop an echo; it's hard to filter on sub-threads when
some users don't post fidonet REPLY kludges. You did - good boy!



Charles Angelich -> Matt Mc_carthy >>chat echo<< {at} 14 Apr
103  05:04:28

 CA> {at}MSGID: 1:106/2000.0 3e9a87ac

 CA> Tuilipant has no questions nor any replies. Tulipant tends to
 CA> whine.

  Owl says... Just your usual projection. I couldn't beat you in a whining
contest. :) I just dropped the Windows echoes because they mainly consist
of your whining. I promise I will contribute the time spared in the other
software echoes.

 CA> Scan back and find a message from him that isn't complaining
 CA> about someone else's message. You may find one or two per year.

  You may only remember what you read twice. (That must be the reason
you're posting duplicates _all_ of the time.) Alas, it'll get worse as one
gets older. :-(
  It's true that I never post "Yup" messages to an echo, 'cause I
find them boring. I reply only when I have related information that I've
not seen posted.
  I think lurking is better than being annoying/boring.

 MM>> I should make an attempt to clean up this echo and restore
 MM>> it to its former functionality. I'm sure there are others
 MM>> besides Tulipant who have reverted to 'lurk mode' as there
 MM>> has been very little in this echo worthy of technical
 MM>> comment.

  MM! Thanks. I also thank you that you stopped posting those I'net
articles no-one cared about. :)

 CA> I've tried to introduce 'technical' discussions and they
 CA> usually only involve Roy and I until we run out of things to
 CA> say.

  The facts that I don't speak your language, that you're living in the
opposite side of the planet and you're gerontologically advanced doesn't
help me to help you.
  If you want me to ask you...
  1. What's a _phillips_ screw driver?
  2. What's a wall wart?
  3. I don't suppose you know an ink ribbon cartridge refill shop in
Budapest? So how to DIY?
  4. Anyone here familiar with PAL DV?

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