>The most MEADOW user are the people I've saw at longest in the nodelist.
 >That's wondering me because I've got only troubles with the fido c's 
 >since years. They are mostly young guys which thinking they can use fido 
 >for a personal profiling or something.
 >I'm 40 years old now and in fact I can nothing find personally what is 
 >important for me in fidonet. I have only a fidonet mail address now and 
 >meadow is the only area I use...
Hi Martin,
I am sorry you have so much trouble with the Zone 2 C's.  The whole point of 
Fidonet is working together, but these days a lot of people just don't 
understand that.  
I know a lot of people are leaving Fidonet for the internet.  I have to say, 
the more I deal with the internet, the more I want to keep Fidonet around.  
If your internet service provider is having problems, you are just one 
customer in 100 or 1000, and you have to wait for them to get around to 
fixing it.  A lot of time people have multiple accounts, partly to keep work 
stuff and home stuff apart, but also so they can always get on somehow, 
somewhere.
But with my Fidonet system, if things aren't working, I can deal with it 
directly.  The bad thing is, I have to fix it myself, but the good thing is, 
I *can* fix it myself. 
Here in Zone 1 we have it easier because there are fewer countries and 
languages involved.  If I have a problem or a technical question and I need 
to talk to one of the Zone hubs or the *Cs, I can netmail them.  Most of the 
time I get friendly netmail back.  Yes, there are some guys who are overcome 
with their own sense of self-importance, but for the most part, if you ask 
them stuff nicely, they will treat you decently.  If I had been in the same 
situation as you, applying for the Opus helpnode nodenumber, I don't think I 
would have had the same problem.  I have known my RC for years and I'm sure 
he would have supported my application.  
I'm glad you are staying with MEADOW even though it must be a bother to you.  
I plan to stick with Fidonet and with Opus as long as it keeps going.  I'll 
just keep reminding these young guys (by the way I am your age) about how 
things are supposed to be done.
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