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Will people please stop replying to the loonies.

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by: Paul Carmichael - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 14:10 UTC

Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
them, I don't see them.

Thanks.

--
Paul.

https://paulc.es

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by: Athel Cornish-Bowden - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 14:22 UTC

On 2024-02-01 14:10:41 +0000, Paul Carmichael said:

> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
> to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
> them, I don't see them.
>
> Thanks.

Yes, but Peter Ross seems to be a brand-new nutcase that I didn't
initially identify as such.

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 36 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

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by: Bertel Lund Hansen - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 14:33 UTC

Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
>> to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
>> them, I don't see them.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Yes, but Peter Ross seems to be a brand-new nutcase that I didn't
> initially identify as such.

Ditto.

--
Bertel, Denmark

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by: Snidely - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 15:32 UTC

Bertel Lund Hansen presented the following explanation :
> Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>
>>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
>>> to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
>>> them, I don't see them.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Yes, but Peter Ross seems to be a brand-new nutcase that I didn't
>> initially identify as such.
>
> Ditto.

There's a clue in the email addy.

-d

--
Who, me? And what lacuna?

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by: occam - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 16:11 UTC

On 01/02/2024 15:22, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2024-02-01 14:10:41 +0000, Paul Carmichael said:
>
>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
>> to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
>> them, I don't see them.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Yes, but Peter Ross seems to be a brand-new nutcase that I didn't
> initially identify as such.
>
>

Peter Ross is 'bozo' by another name.

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by: Bertel Lund Hansen - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 18:48 UTC

Snidely wrote:

>>> Yes, but Peter Ross seems to be a brand-new nutcase that I didn't
>>> initially identify as such.
>>
>> Ditto.
>
> There's a clue in the email addy.

So there is.

--
Bertel, Denmark

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by: Sam Plusnet - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 19:33 UTC

On 01-Feb-24 16:11, occam wrote:
> On 01/02/2024 15:22, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2024-02-01 14:10:41 +0000, Paul Carmichael said:
>>
>>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
>>> to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
>>> them, I don't see them.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Yes, but Peter Ross seems to be a brand-new nutcase that I didn't
>> initially identify as such.
>>
>>
>
> Peter Ross is 'bozo' by another name.

Or possibly vice versa.

--
Sam Plusnet

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by: Blueshirt - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 20:13 UTC

Paul Carmichael wrote:

> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue
> replying to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well.
> If nobody feeds them, I don't see them.

Yeah, but on Usenet how do you separate the loonies from genuine
people with weird ideas?

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by: Paul Wolff - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:25 UTC

On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, at 20:13:45, Blueshirt posted:
>Paul Carmichael wrote:
>
>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue
>> replying to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well.
>> If nobody feeds them, I don't see them.
>
>Yeah, but on Usenet how do you separate the loonies from genuine
>people with weird ideas?

Douglas Adams got there first, with the artefacts of the Sirius
Cybernetics Corporation. Genuine people personalities were their
stock-in-trade.
--
Paul W

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by: Peter Moylan - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:32 UTC

On 02/02/24 10:25, Paul Wolff wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, at 20:13:45, Blueshirt posted:
>> Paul Carmichael wrote:
>>
>>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue
>>> replying to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well.
>>> If nobody feeds them, I don't see them.
>>
>> Yeah, but on Usenet how do you separate the loonies from genuine
>> people with weird ideas?
>
> Douglas Adams got there first, with the artefacts of the Sirius
> Cybernetics Corporation. Genuine people personalities were their
> stock-in-trade.

Meanwhile, Terry Pratchett had some positive things to say about trolls.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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by: Athel Cornish-Bowden - Fri, 2 Feb 2024 07:59 UTC

On 2024-02-01 20:13:45 +0000, Blueshirt said:

> Paul Carmichael wrote:
>
>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue
>> replying to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well.
>> If nobody feeds them, I don't see them.
>
> Yeah, but on Usenet how do you separate the loonies from genuine
> people with weird ideas?

In this group I think it's fairly obvious after a couple of posts.

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 36 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

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by: J. J. Lodder - Fri, 2 Feb 2024 13:55 UTC

Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com> wrote:

> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue replying
> to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well. If nobody feeds
> them, I don't see them.

"Kill-files are for the weak-willed"

Jan

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by: Madhu - Sun, 4 Feb 2024 03:20 UTC

* Athel Cornish-Bowden <l23ln1Fo2mkU1 @mid.individual.net> :
Wrote on Fri, 2 Feb 2024 08:59:29 +0100:
>> Paul Carmichael wrote:
>>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue
>>> replying to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well.
>>> If nobody feeds them, I don't see them.
>> Yeah, but on Usenet how do you separate the loonies from genuine
>> people with weird ideas?
> In this group I think it's fairly obvious after a couple of posts.

I think it is safe to assume that anyone still posting is a nut.

--
Unlike most of you, I am not a nut.
-- Homer Simpson, Homer's Odyssey

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by: Snidely - Sun, 4 Feb 2024 04:20 UTC

On Saturday or thereabouts, Madhu declared ...
> * Athel Cornish-Bowden <l23ln1Fo2mkU1 @mid.individual.net> :
> Wrote on Fri, 2 Feb 2024 08:59:29 +0100:
>>> Paul Carmichael wrote:
>>>> Some of you write stuff that I like to read, but if you continue
>>>> replying to the nutcases, I'll just have to killfile you as well.
>>>> If nobody feeds them, I don't see them.
>>> Yeah, but on Usenet how do you separate the loonies from genuine
>>> people with weird ideas?
>> In this group I think it's fairly obvious after a couple of posts.
>
> I think it is safe to assume that anyone still posting is a nut.

An admission?

-d

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Subject	Author
Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Paul Carmichael
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Athel Cornish-Bowden
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Bertel Lund Hansen
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Snidely
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Bertel Lund Hansen
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	occam
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Sam Plusnet
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Blueshirt
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Paul Wolff
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Peter Moylan
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Athel Cornish-Bowden
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Madhu
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	Snidely
Re: Will people please stop replying to the loonies.	J. J. Lodder