-=> Quoting PETER COGGON to NANCY BACKUS on 04 Jan 10  10:14:00 <=-

 PC> Yup.  I felt bad in 2005 but then the numbers were "zero"
and I never
 PC> expected what happened.    Just a nice experiment, and I think credit
 PC> too also is the "BlueWave" Offline Reader that helped so much, and
 PC> is also a key reason.

At least you survived 2005.  ;)  I was offline for a while that year,
too, with a broken ankle... until hubby set up a way for me to use the
computer from the bed..  :)

 PC> I am not exactly a Interneter BBS'er.  I like dialing up.  Like
 PC> Packet Radio, I am a "RF" station.   On-air not on Telnet, and
 PC> I am not into Internet programs which make a fake radio on the
 PC> screen to talk to someone... I am a dino--RF thru the radio
 PC> type person.

I also always liked dialup... but the major difference for me between
telnet and dialup is that I don't hear the ring or the modem baudrate
handshake any more... once I'm on, it's just like when I used to dial up
to the BBS.  Never did packet radio... but I think I'd agree with you
there, if I did...  :)
 
 PC> for sure, but happy new year still even if 2010 opened for me having
 PC> to get the car towed, and Maria and I stuck at home...etc...We are
 PC> at least with each other and not driven nuts ,so something can be 
 PC> said. 

Condolences there, and may the rest of the year be better!  :)

 PC>  BlueWave really saved the experiment as far as I can see
 PC> as the alternative to our planners lack of a phone line or telnet
 PC> so we'll see what happens in the middle of this month, and a
 PC> submission date I have of the 8th to them.    YES or NO  to it, and
 PC> then well your tagline says it all....
 PC> Thanks everyone as well the moderator....but it is true "BlueWave"
 PC> did help.    I am glad this conference is alive and well.  Somewhere

I really couldn't imagine trying to be active in the messages without
the BlueWave Offline... even in today's much less active areas... I need
the time to figure out what I want to say... and can't always really
think, so packets pile up for a few days sometimes... like now... 

 PC> ... BBS: a method to triple your phone bill.

Only if you are a sysop... or are calling longdistance...  

ttyl     neb

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