That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago) but
nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
somewhere else?

Martin S

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Martin S wrote:

> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago) but
> nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
> somewhere else?

I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was dead
then. So it's not something that just happened.


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Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Martin S wrote:
>
>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago)
>> but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
>> somewhere else?
>
> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was dead
> then. So it's not something that just happened.

That's too bad
Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this subject
there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I was hoping
though that the fairly large community (back then anyway) simply had
migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.

Still hoping someone knows where....
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On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Martin S wrote:
>>
>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years
ago)
>>> but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something
similar
>>> somewhere else?
>>
>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was
dead
>> then. So it's not something that just happened.
>
> That's too bad
> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
subject
> there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I was hoping
> though that the fairly large community (back then anyway) simply had
> migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.
>
> Still hoping someone knows where....

rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by Cox. The
last post was dated June 14, 2008.

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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>
>>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years
> ago)
>>>> but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something
> similar
>>>> somewhere else?
>>>
>>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was
> dead
>>> then. So it's not something that just happened.
>>
>> That's too bad
>> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
> subject
>> there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I was hoping
>> though that the fairly large community (back then anyway) simply had
>> migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.
>>
>> Still hoping someone knows where....
>
> rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by Cox.
> The last post was dated June 14, 2008.

And how much of that is usenet spam?
What is the last message? just checking if my newsserver is ok because 95%
of recent posts is spam on my server.

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Martin S wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>
>>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years
>> ago)
>>>>> but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something
>> similar
>>>>> somewhere else?
>>>>
>>>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was
>> dead
>>>> then. So it's not something that just happened.
>>>
>>> That's too bad
>>> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
>> subject
>>> there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I was hoping
>>> though that the fairly large community (back then anyway) simply had
>>> migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.
>>>
>>> Still hoping someone knows where....
>>
>> rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by Cox.
>> The last post was dated June 14, 2008.
>
> And how much of that is usenet spam?

And how far back is that retention that has those eleven hundred posts?


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On Sun 10 Aug 2008 11:06:57p, Martin S told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>
>>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years
>>>>> ago) but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is
>>>>> something similar somewhere else?
>>>>
>>>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was
>>>> dead then. So it's not something that just happened.
>>>
>>> That's too bad
>>> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
>>> subject there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I
>>> was hoping though that the fairly large community (back then anyway)
>>> simply had migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.
>>>
>>> Still hoping someone knows where....
>>
>> rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by Cox.
>> The last post was dated June 14, 2008.
>
> And how much of that is usenet spam?
> What is the last message? just checking if my newsserver is ok because
95%
> of recent posts is spam on my server.
>

I only noticed a handful of SPAM posts. Most posts are from long time
posters with names I recognize.

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On Sun 10 Aug 2008 11:13:21p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Martin S wrote:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...
>>>
>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years
>>>>>> ago) but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is
>>>>>> something similar somewhere else?
>>>>>
>>>>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was
>>>>> dead then. So it's not something that just happened.
>>>>
>>>> That's too bad
>>>> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
>>>> subject there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I
>>>> was hoping though that the fairly large community (back then anyway)
>>>> simply had migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.
>>>>
>>>> Still hoping someone knows where....
>>>
>>> rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by Cox.
>>> The last post was dated June 14, 2008.
>>
>> And how much of that is usenet spam?
>
> And how far back is that retention that has those eleven hundred posts?
>
>

Without going back and checking exactly, the date range is from sometime in
2005 through June, 2008.

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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 11:13:21p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>
>> Martin S wrote:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years
>>>>>>> ago) but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is
>>>>>>> something similar somewhere else?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was
>>>>>> dead then. So it's not something that just happened.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's too bad
>>>>> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
>>>>> subject there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I
>>>>> was hoping though that the fairly large community (back then anyway)
>>>>> simply had migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone knows about.
>>>>>
>>>>> Still hoping someone knows where....
>>>>
>>>> rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by Cox.
>>>> The last post was dated June 14, 2008.
>>>
>>> And how much of that is usenet spam?
>>
>> And how far back is that retention that has those eleven hundred posts?
>>
>>
>
> Without going back and checking exactly, the date range is from sometime in
> 2005 through June, 2008.

So perhaps a post a day, average. That reads: dead. It was probably
spam or kookery, too.


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"Martin S" > wrote in message
.. .
> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago)
> but
> nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
> somewhere else?
>
> Martin S
>

I think Terry Byrd posted there and made everyone sick to death.

On Sun 10 Aug 2008 11:46:31p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 11:13:21p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>
>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:42:10p, Martin S told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Martin S wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many
>>>>>>>> years ago) but nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is
>>>>>>>> something similar somewhere else?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it
>>>>>>> was dead then. So it's not something that just happened.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's too bad
>>>>>> Well, for what it's worth, and if there is no other place for this
>>>>>> subject there is a forum on my site (www.theoldecookerybook.com). I
>>>>>> was hoping though that the fairly large community (back then
>>>>>> anyway) simply had migrated to a web forum somewhere that someone
>>>>>> knows about.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still hoping someone knows where....
>>>>>
>>>>> rec.food.historic shows 1170 posts on the newsgroups supported by
>>>>> Cox. The last post was dated June 14, 2008.
>>>>
>>>> And how much of that is usenet spam?
>>>
>>> And how far back is that retention that has those eleven hundred
>>> posts?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Without going back and checking exactly, the date range is from
>> sometime in 2005 through June, 2008.
>
> So perhaps a post a day, average. That reads: dead. It was probably
> spam or kookery, too.
>
>

Okay, dead. However, most did not look like spam or kookey.

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On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:22:02 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Martin S wrote:
>
>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago) but
>> nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
>> somewhere else?
>
> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was dead
> then. So it's not something that just happened.

i don't think he implied it was 'something that just happened.' can you
account for your whereabouts at that time?

your pal,
inspector blake

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:46:31 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>
>> Without going back and checking exactly, the date range is from sometime in
>> 2005 through June, 2008.
>
> So perhaps a post a day, average. That reads: dead. It was probably
> spam or kookery, too.

did the kook spam back in historic times?

your pal,
blake

cybercat wrote:

>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago)
>> but
>> nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
>> somewhere else?
>>
>> Martin S
>>
>
> I think Terry Byrd posted there and made everyone sick to death.

I'm possibly happy not knowing this guy then.
No one with an idea where people went?


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blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:22:02 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Martin S wrote:
>>
>>> That was a pretty active group last time i looked (many, many years ago) but
>>> nowadays seems abandoned. Anyone knows if there is something similar
>>> somewhere else?
>>
>> I can only provide this datapoint: I checked it last year and it was dead
>> then. So it's not something that just happened.
>
> i don't think he implied it was 'something that just happened.' can you
> account for your whereabouts at that time?

I did not imply that he implied that; I only placed the demise of the
group to a time earlier than the last year.


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blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:46:31 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> Without going back and checking exactly, the date range is from sometime in
>>> 2005 through June, 2008.
>>
>> So perhaps a post a day, average. That reads: dead. It was probably
>> spam or kookery, too.
>
> did the kook spam back in historic times?

There an image of someome spamming on the Bayeaux Tapestry. Naturally,
they had a different name for it back then. That era marked the beginning
of very heavy French influence on the English language, but it would be
centuries before the language picked up any borrows from the Hormelians.


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Martin S wrote:
> I'm possibly happy not knowing this guy then.
> No one with an idea where people went?
>
>
I don't have the impression that they defected to anywhere else.
If we want to see some posts there, why don't we start some
threads. You could do that.... :-)

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blake murphy > wrote:

> did the kook spam back in historic times?

Vikings did.

Victor