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![]() From: Kurt Weiske (1:218/700) To: n/a Date: Sat, 26 December 2020 ender's game, books Re: ender's game, books By: Bob Roberts to August Abolins on Sat Dec 26 2020 01:15 pm BR> I read Foundation many many years ago. I still think about it frequently. BR> It's only of those ... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:333/808.7) To: n/a Date: Sat, 31 October 2020 ender's game, books Hi Kurt! 30 Oct 20 07:15, you wrote to me: AA>> How far is it into the book when that phrase is used? I never AA>> finished the book. KW> Fairly early on, while they're in... |
![]() From: Bob Roberts (1:218/840) To: n/a Date: Sat, 26 December 2020 ender's game, books KW>> I'm back to re-reading the Foundation series. It's been KW>> years, apparently one of the media streaming channels is KW>> doing a series about it. AA> The tv series ... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Sat, 26 December 2020 ender's game, books Hello Kurt! ** On Saturday 31.10.20 - 07:33, Kurt Weiske wrote to August Abolins: KW> I'm back to re-reading the Foundation series. It's been KW> years, apparently one of the media st... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Sat, 26 December 2020 did everyone get what they wanted for Christmas? Hello! So.. did everyone get what they wanted under the Christmas tree this year? I think this year is the first time I haven't received a call from anyone on Christmas day. But, I don't ... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:460/58) To: n/a Date: Sat, 26 December 2020 a 2020 Christmas Eve adventure.. [Introduction: Since this story arrived to me via Telegram, I decided to retell it to my fidonet friends via the same mechanism.] Setting the scene.. The two main subjects of this story are a mo... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Mon, 21 December 2020 Ontario lockdown Dec26-Jan23 Hello! It would seem to be that the shitheads who write this stuff up might be having too much coffee - or perhaps something else. Here is an excerpt regarding gatherings: __CITATION BEGIN... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Sun, 20 December 2020 refreshing to see what we used to be worried about back then Hello Kurt! ** On Friday 04.12.20 - 07:01, Kurt Weiske wrote to August Abolins: KW> "The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the KW> Electronic Frontier" by Bruce Sterling... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:460/58) To: n/a Date: Mon, 21 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) ..was a nice production! https://youtu.be/n0OwGSX2IiQ I wonder how many other parts are to it? --- tg BBS v0.6.3 * Origin: Fido by Telegram BBS by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58) ... |
![]() From: Mike Powell (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Sun, 20 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The ret > If I ran a BBS it would lose most of the Users because I would check messages > written by my Users and Edit out any foul words before they left my BBS. There used to be third-party softwa... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Sun, 20 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The ret Hello Ed! ** On Saturday 19.12.20 - 21:54, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins: EV> I can't recommend BBS's to anyone still going to Public EV> Schools because some people write foul words... |
![]() From: Ed Vance (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Sat, 19 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The ret 12-19-20 18:58 August Abolins wrote to All about Back to the BBS - The ret Howdy! August, AA> @MSGID: <5FDE5C8A.3312.klatsch@capitolcityonline.net> AA> https://youtu.be/n0OwGSX2... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Sat, 19 December 2020 Free ebooks, free time, freedom in general Hello Charles! ** On Monday 14.12.20 - 13:56, Charles Pierson wrote to All: CP> An author I like has some boojs as part of a couple of bubdles that are CP> currently free. CP> ht... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Sun, 20 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) On 12/19/2020 8:31 AM, between "Bob Roberts - August Abolins": > AA> Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) > AA> 10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020 > ... |
![]() From: Bob Roberts (1:218/840) To: n/a Date: Sat, 19 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) AA> Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) AA> 10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020 Very exiciting! I wonder who the interviews will be with..... Bob Roberts --- SBBSe... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:460/58) To: n/a Date: Sat, 19 December 2020 Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) https://youtu.be/n0OwGSX2IiQ Back to the BBS - The return to being online (Part One) 10 waiting - Premieres Dec 20, 2020 Preamble :: Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) were what people went online ... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:460/58) To: n/a Date: Tue, 15 December 2020 The million dollar bill is a souvenir bill. :( The highest WvV> Do such bills actually exist? The million dollar bill is a souvenir bill. :( The highest denomination that I am aware of that the Bank of Canada issues is the $1,000 bill. However, eve... |
![]() From: Wilfred van Velzen (2:460/58) To: n/a Date: Tue, 15 December 2020 Do such bills actually exist? Do such bills actually exist? --- tg BBS v0.6.3 * Origin: Fido by Telegram BBS by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58) ... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Wed, 16 December 2020 Goodreads On 12/15/2020 9:32 AM, between "Charles Pierson - August Abolins": > AA> CP> ..it kept giving me a Captcha error, even though there was n > AA> CP> captcha on the p... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (1:153/757.26) To: n/a Date: Tue, 15 December 2020 Goodreads Does anyone use Goodreads website? I was trying to read an article on there I saw in an email, but when I tried to log on, it kept giving me a Captcha error, even though there was no captcha on t... |