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a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it
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"Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message ... >a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it > please? IIRC rec.food.recipes But it was moderated. IIRC the moderator got tired and left. Dimitri |
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Morebella Morbid > wrote: > a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it > please? rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two posts last Monday. -- Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ http://web.me.com/barbschaller Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures |
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote: >In article >, > Morebella Morbid > wrote: > >> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it >> please? > > >rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two >posts last Monday. that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, it was very active. What happened? Do you know? TY for your reply. |
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 07:42:19 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote: > >"Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message .. . >>a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it >> please? > >IIRC > >rec.food.recipes > >But it was moderated. > >IIRC the moderator got tired and left. > >Dimitri TY |
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"Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message
... > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' > > wrote: > >>In article >, >> Morebella Morbid > wrote: >> >>> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it >>> please? >> >> >>rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two >>posts last Monday. > > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? > > TY for your reply. IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed gifts to the kitchen. Dimitri |
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On Jun 6, 11:40*am, Morebella Morbid >
wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' > > > wrote: > >In article >, > > Morebella Morbid > wrote: > > >> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it > >> please? > > >rec.food.recipes. *It doesn't get much activity, but there were two > >posts last Monday. > > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? > > TY for your reply. There are enough recipes stored there for just about anything you'd want - at least, I have gleaned a ton from it. |
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Morebella Morbid > wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' > > wrote: > > >In article >, > > Morebella Morbid > wrote: > > > >> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it > >> please? > > > > > >rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two > >posts last Monday. > > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? > > TY for your reply. Lazy moderator... -- Peace! Om Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet> Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. --Alex Levine |
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"Morebella Morbid" wrote: > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long > ago, > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? --------------------- It's moderated. Lew |
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Morebella Morbid > wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' > > wrote: > > >In article >, > > Morebella Morbid > wrote: > > > >> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it > >> please? > > > > > >rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two > >posts last Monday. > > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? > > TY for your reply. Here's the information at the bottom of posts to the group - perhaps Tracy will fill you in: "Rec.food.recipes is moderated by Tracy E. Carman at . Only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please allow several days for your submission to appear. Archives: http://www.cdkitchen.com/rfr/ , http://recipes.alastra.com/" -- Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ http://web.me.com/barbschaller Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures |
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"Dimitri" > wrote: > "Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message > ... > > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' > > > wrote: > > > >>In article >, > >> Morebella Morbid > wrote: > >> > >>> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it > >>> please? > >> > >> > >>rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two > >>posts last Monday. > > > > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, > > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? > > > > TY for your reply. > > > IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed gifts > to the kitchen. > > Dimitri It was was it purported to be: a Usenet group where recipes and only recipes could be posted; where one didn't have to wade through a bunch of sick computers, dead cats, political arguments, smack talk, legal threats, or lunatics with an axe to grind in order to find or request a recipe that was just a recipe. It was what was advertised. -- Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ http://web.me.com/barbschaller Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures |
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"Lew Hodgett" > wrote: > "Morebella Morbid" wrote: > > > > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long > > ago, > > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? > --------------------- > It's moderated. That doesn't explain the change in activity level. It's *always* been moderated. -- Dan Abel Petaluma, California USA |
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
... > In article >, > "Dimitri" > wrote: > >> "Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message >> ... >> > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' >> > > wrote: >> > >> >>In article >, >> >> Morebella Morbid > wrote: >> >> >> >>> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it >> >>> please? >> >> >> >> >> >>rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two >> >>posts last Monday. >> > >> > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, >> > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? >> > >> > TY for your reply. >> >> >> IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed >> gifts >> to the kitchen. >> >> Dimitri > > It was was it purported to be: a Usenet group where recipes and only > recipes could be posted; where one didn't have to wade through a bunch > of sick computers, dead cats, political arguments, smack talk, legal > threats, or lunatics with an axe to grind in order to find or request a > recipe that was just a recipe. > > It was what was advertised. > > > -- > Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ Dull...... What is the new SOAR? Recipesource.com Dimitri |
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"l, not -l" > wrote in message ... > > On 6-Jun-2010, "Dimitri" > wrote: > >> >>rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two >> >>posts last Monday. >> > >> > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, >> > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? >> > >> > TY for your reply. >> >> >> IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed >> gifts >> >> to the kitchen. >> >> Dimitri > > Another reason it doesn't get much traffic, IMO, is the requests > degenerated > to mostly copycat request. "Anyone have a recipe for (insert > appetizer/main-dish/dessert) from (insert restaurant name)?" "I'm > looking > for a (whatever) muffin recipe that tastes just like Otis Spunkemeyer" ad > nauseum. And anything that wasn't a copy-cat recipe was copied from one of the million recipe sites that copy each other's content over and over again. There was a chicken recipe that had the same spelling mistake on 50 sites and someone would post it on R.F.R. about every 6 months. I stopped following it after a year or so. Jon |
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Dan wrote on Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:12:23 -0700:
>> "Morebella Morbid" wrote: >> > >> that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups > >> long ago, it was very active. What happened? Do you know? >> --------------------- >> It's moderated. > That doesn't explain the change in activity level. It's > *always* been moderated. Unfortunately, tho' there are some good recipes posted, the group is often the province of people who dump quantities of unrequested and untested recipes and the moderators never stopped that. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:01:09 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote: >In article >, > "Dimitri" > wrote: > >> "Morebella Morbid" > wrote in message >> ... >> > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' >> > > wrote: >> > >> >>In article >, >> >> Morebella Morbid > wrote: >> >> >> >>> a newsgroup that was all recipes? if so, what is the name of it >> >>> please? >> >> >> >> >> >>rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two >> >>posts last Monday. >> > >> > that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, >> > it was very active. What happened? Do you know? >> > >> > TY for your reply. >> >> >> IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed gifts >> to the kitchen. >> >> Dimitri > >It was was it purported to be: a Usenet group where recipes and only >recipes could be posted; where one didn't have to wade through a bunch >of sick computers, dead cats, political arguments, smack talk, legal >threats, or lunatics with an axe to grind in order to find or request a >recipe that was just a recipe. > >It was what was advertised. Yes, that is what it was and was great for that reason. |
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l, not -l wrote:
> On 6-Jun-2010, "Dimitri" > wrote: > >>>> rec.food.recipes. It doesn't get much activity, but there were two >>>> posts last Monday. >>> that is it. Why no activity? Whe I used to be in newsgroups long ago, >>> it was very active. What happened? Do you know? >>> >>> TY for your reply. >> >> IMHO it was just too dry - no banter, no Sheldon, no self proclaimed gifts >> >> to the kitchen. >> >> Dimitri > > Another reason it doesn't get much traffic, IMO, is the requests degenerated > to mostly copycat request. "Anyone have a recipe for (insert > appetizer/main-dish/dessert) from (insert restaurant name)?" "I'm looking > for a (whatever) muffin recipe that tastes just like Otis Spunkemeyer" ad > nauseum. Also the posts of untried recipes. -- Jean B. |
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