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From: Kommienezuspadt on 29 Oct 2009 07:49

<bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:39:33 -0400, "Kommienezuspadt"
> <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is an idea. Are there not forums on the internet like
>>>>>www.4gea.com
>>>>>or www.golfwrx.com where you can set up a forum with subfolders. For
>>>>>example, subfolders like golf equipment, golf courses, and politics.
>>>>>Why don't we dissolve RSG, set up a new web based group in its place,
>>>>>and allow a subfolder for political or other non-golf discussions.
>>>>
>>>> That might work, but getting people to go there would be the problem.
>>>>
>>>> BK
>>> Would save me $13 at individual.net. Yes I acutally PAY to get
>>> usenet</shame>.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>So do I - my provider dropped it.
>>
> Verizon?
> bk

No -- locally owned phone co -- pretty much the only option here.


From: John van der Pflum on 29 Oct 2009 08:13
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:45 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>
><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54:02 -0700 (PDT), The Hammer
>> <GaGolfer2009(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Oct 28, 8:48 pm, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:29:28 -0400, "Frank Ketchum"
>>>>
>>>> <nos...(a)thanksanyway.com> wrote:
>>>> >Why don't we solve all of the bitching right here and now?
>>>>
>>>> >Somebody form a second group called rec.sport.golf.19th.hole and then
>>>> >those
>>>> >of use who wish to talk about golf interlaced with non-golf topics
>>>> >(politics, current events, what I did last weekend, etc) can go there
>>>> >and
>>>> >hang.
>>>>
>>>> >When we only want advice that will wreck our game, we can pop back in
>>>> >here.
>>>>
>>>> The problem there is getting a new newsgroup on Usenet. So many ISPs
>>>> are dumping Usenet, and others are cutting the ones they had to a
>>>> minimum. This would work as a Google Group though. In a quick check
>>>> I found a few golf forums there, but most are for local areas. The
>>>> few general golf groups are very small and hard to find.
>>>>
>>>> For Usenet, RSG is about it.
>>>>
>>>> BK
>>>
>>>Here is an idea. Are there not forums on the internet like www.4gea.com
>>>or www.golfwrx.com where you can set up a forum with subfolders. For
>>>example, subfolders like golf equipment, golf courses, and politics.
>>>Why don't we dissolve RSG, set up a new web based group in its place,
>>>and allow a subfolder for political or other non-golf discussions.
>>
>> That might work, but getting people to go there would be the problem.
>>
>> BK
>Would save me $13 at individual.net. Yes I acutally PAY to get
>usenet</shame>.

Yeah, so do I.

I really don't want to go to another forum. The truth is I like the
camaraderie of the folks I know [1] here and I really don't want to
spend the time required to get to develop that somewhere else.

[1] Granted many of them I have never met and only know by their
handles.
--
jvdp
Hey Annika, you'll never hold these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockpyle/3940732311/

http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
From: MNMikeW on 29 Oct 2009 10:03

"John van der Pflum" <nowhammymyspammy(a)bite.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:45 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>>news:o3qhe590pfngqsrf5rhjcsge7p22hl33ch(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54:02 -0700 (PDT), The Hammer
>>> <GaGolfer2009(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Oct 28, 8:48 pm, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:29:28 -0400, "Frank Ketchum"
>>>>>
>>>>> <nos...(a)thanksanyway.com> wrote:
>>>>> >Why don't we solve all of the bitching right here and now?
>>>>>
>>>>> >Somebody form a second group called rec.sport.golf.19th.hole and then
>>>>> >those
>>>>> >of use who wish to talk about golf interlaced with non-golf topics
>>>>> >(politics, current events, what I did last weekend, etc) can go there
>>>>> >and
>>>>> >hang.
>>>>>
>>>>> >When we only want advice that will wreck our game, we can pop back in
>>>>> >here.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem there is getting a new newsgroup on Usenet. So many ISPs
>>>>> are dumping Usenet, and others are cutting the ones they had to a
>>>>> minimum. This would work as a Google Group though. In a quick check
>>>>> I found a few golf forums there, but most are for local areas. The
>>>>> few general golf groups are very small and hard to find.
>>>>>
>>>>> For Usenet, RSG is about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> BK
>>>>
>>>>Here is an idea. Are there not forums on the internet like www.4gea.com
>>>>or www.golfwrx.com where you can set up a forum with subfolders. For
>>>>example, subfolders like golf equipment, golf courses, and politics.
>>>>Why don't we dissolve RSG, set up a new web based group in its place,
>>>>and allow a subfolder for political or other non-golf discussions.
>>>
>>> That might work, but getting people to go there would be the problem.
>>>
>>> BK
>>Would save me $13 at individual.net. Yes I acutally PAY to get
>>usenet</shame>.
>
> Yeah, so do I.
>
> I really don't want to go to another forum. The truth is I like the
> camaraderie of the folks I know [1] here and I really don't want to
> spend the time required to get to develop that somewhere else.
>
> [1] Granted many of them I have never met and only know by their
> handles.
> --
Likewise John. Been hanging around this dump since 1997. :-)



From: Tom Yost on 29 Oct 2009 10:47
Horvath(a)net.net wrote:
>
> My provider charges extra for usenet, so I use freenews.netfront.net.
>

Well, here's a big fat thank you to freenews.netfront.net.


From: Frank Ketchum on 29 Oct 2009 17:57

"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message
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>
> Why not accept RSG for what it is?
>

I do. I am not the one complaining about it. I am just offering a
suggestion knowing full well nobody who bitches about it will lift a finger
to do anything about it.


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