-=> Quoting Paul Hayton to Nancy Backus on 09-21-14  21:16 <=-

 NB>> So is the interest mostly vicarious/curiosity...?  Or is there more to
 NB>> it...?   There was enough interest here in the States that it made the

 PH> No mostly interest in politics that are occuring beyond the bounds of
 PH> business as usual.

Ah.
 
 NB>> There was enough interest here in the States that it made the
 NB>> top of the hour NPR headlines while it lasted, up to and including the
 NB>> generally...  We're back to Ebola and ISIS and sports/political
 NB>> scandals... ;0

 PH> Heh.. it still is reported in our nightly TV news but yesterday

So you'll get to follow the aftermath... :)   Last mention I heard was
on the order of, now that the Scottish vote is over, there's another
similar issue in Spain...  

 PH> New Zealand general election dominated the news instead. A 3rd term
 PH> national party government.

I'd hope that international wouldn't override local or national news of
some importance...  Did your vote go as you'd hoped...?
 
 NB>> Pretty good, good enough anyway... ;)  I'd guess your wife is
 NB>> pretty much fully recovered now from her surgery...?  Haven't seen
 NB>> you posting in the echoes I'm active in lately... Guess you're
 NB>> keeping pretty busy, too...? 

 PH> Yep she's all better now, my list of to-do's is rather long again :-)

I thought your to-do list was rather extensive when her tasks had been
added to it, as it was...  ;)

 PH> I'm well, work is busy and I'm trying to work on the BBS as time
 PH> permits. Have been working on bbs.geek.nz website interface in an
 PH> effort to make access to my BBS more user friendly to folks that don't
 PH> telnet. It's been only average in attracting logins but still early
 PH> days and I remain hopefull of being able to drum up further interest
 PH> among some New Zealanders in BBSing and FidoNet again.

That's a worthy endeavor...  :)  I forget whether Miles Maxted was using
telnet or dial-up... but I'd love to see him show up again... he was the
final moderator of I&UK Genealogy (rather more inclusive than the name
might have indicated, but then many of us have roots in the British
Isles)...  :)

 PH> How are you?

Reasonably well... still actively posting in various echoes, including
here, Memories and Cooking...  and dealing with life as it happens... ;)
Nothing particularly out of the ordinary...  ;)

ttyl       neb

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