No posts?
--

"cshenk"
===

BOO!

;-)
--

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In article >, cshenk1
@cox.net says...
>
> No posts?

I see them, maybe you have a problem at your end.

Janet UK

Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:22:00 -0600, cshenk wrote:
>
> > No posts?
>
> That's because you pay $12/month for simple text groups through
> Giganews when you could get it for free.
>
> -sw

No, I pay 2.99 and the posts came in. I was just early to test it.

--

On 11/14/2016 9:24 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:01:39 -0600, cshenk wrote:

>>
>> No, I pay 2.99 and the posts came in. I was just early to test it.
>
> Giganews doesn't have any plans under $4.99 (and that's only with 30
> days retention). They used to not even have plans under $15.
>
> Anyway - they're the most expensive usenet provider and not worth the
> price. And the owner is a well-known local asshole and the company is
> a front for the FBI.
>
> -sw
>

Price must have gone up for new subscribers. I'm still paying $2.99.

I tried eternal september and it had problems and did not have some
groups. Don't care about retention. Two days is good enough for me.

On 11/15/2016 12:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> They have all the groups, including
> binaries.
>
> -sw

I have been stuffing my fat little ****ing face again with food I
'borrowed' from:

https://www.austinfoodbank.org/news/...unteer-quarter


OK I admit it, I am eating my way through Texas.

Make me a zip code, or two.

On Tuesday, 15 November 2016 13:16:56 UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
> On 11/15/2016 12:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > They have all the groups, including
> > binaries.
> >
> > -sw
>
> I have been stuffing my fat little ****ing face again with food I
> 'borrowed' from:
>
> https://www.austinfoodbank.org/news/...unteer-quarter
>
>
> OK I admit it, I am eating my way through Texas.
>
> Make me a zip code, or two.


There is a dessert called "Floating Island":

"A floating island is a dessert of French origin, consisting of meringue floating on crème anglaise (a vanilla custard). The meringues are prepared from whipped egg whites, sugar and vanilla extract then quickly poached. The crème anglaise is prepared with the egg yolks, vanilla, and hot milk, briefly cooked..."


From the looks of the above elegant food bank portrait, Steve's dessert would be a "Sinking Island"...!!!


--
Best
Greg

Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:01:39 -0600, cshenk wrote:
>
> > Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:22:00 -0600, cshenk wrote:
> >>
> >>> No posts?
> >>
> >> That's because you pay $12/month for simple text groups through
> >> Giganews when you could get it for free.
> >
> > No, I pay 2.99 and the posts came in. I was just early to test it.
>
> Giganews doesn't have any plans under $4.99 (and that's only with 30
> days retention). They used to not even have plans under $15.
>
> Anyway - they're the most expensive usenet provider and not worth the
> price. And the owner is a well-known local asshole and the company is
> a front for the FBI.
>
> -sw

When Cox stopped usenet, they offered a fir life 2.99 plan. I took it.

--

On 11/15/2016 2:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

>
> I paid $2.50 for my blocknews.net account 5 years ago and I still have
> probably 4 more years to go for that $2.50 (which includes downloading
> all the alt.food.binaries posts). They have all the groups, including
> binaries.
>
> -sw
>

I'll have to look into that. In 6 years I've use 7.4 GB. That would be
$4.40 on blocknews

On 11/15/2016 11:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:52:28 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 11/15/2016 2:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I paid $2.50 for my blocknews.net account 5 years ago and I still have
>>> probably 4 more years to go for that $2.50 (which includes downloading
>>> all the alt.food.binaries posts). They have all the groups, including
>>> binaries.
>>
>> I'll have to look into that. In 6 years I've use 7.4 GB. That would be
>> $4.40 on blocknews
>
> Looking back, I did buy the $4.50 plan back on 4/25/10 (6.5 years ago)
> and I've used a whopping 3.03468 GB. So at this rate that one time
> payment of $4.50 is going to last me about 22 years.
>
> I should probably write the remaining balance into my will.
>
> -sw
>

I signed up last night and cancelled Giganews. Splurged for the $4.50
package. Heckofadeal Thanks for the tip.
http://blocknews.net/

On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:37:33 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 11/15/2016 11:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:52:28 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/15/2016 2:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I paid $2.50 for my blocknews.net account 5 years ago and I still have
> >>> probably 4 more years to go for that $2.50 (which includes downloading
> >>> all the alt.food.binaries posts). They have all the groups, including
> >>> binaries.
> >>
> >> I'll have to look into that. In 6 years I've use 7.4 GB. That would be
> >> $4.40 on blocknews
> >
> > Looking back, I did buy the $4.50 plan back on 4/25/10 (6.5 years ago)
> > and I've used a whopping 3.03468 GB. So at this rate that one time
> > payment of $4.50 is going to last me about 22 years.
> >
> > I should probably write the remaining balance into my will.
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> I signed up last night and cancelled Giganews. Splurged for the $4.50
> package. Heckofadeal Thanks for the tip.
> http://blocknews.net/

I bought a 25GB block for $10 at Astraweb back in 2008 and have used
2.60 GB. I think I need to put the account in my will and bequeath it
to someone at the rate I'm using it.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 11/16/2016 10:59 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:37:33 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> I signed up last night and cancelled Giganews. Splurged for the $4.50
>> package. Heckofadeal Thanks for the tip.
>> http://blocknews.net/
>
> Yeah, I remember that it felt "piddly" to only give them $2.50 so I
> forked over the extra $2 for the $4.50 plan. It breaks down to paying
> $.02/month for 20 years for me. You might pay upwards of $.045/month
> at your usage rate ;-)
>
> You shouldn't have any problems with it. Highwinds Media, the back
> end servers you are connecting to, control about 80% of the world's
> Usenet traffic these days. And they also wrote the majority of the
> software used to transfer and retrieve articles.
>
> http://www.highwinds-software.com/
>
> Giganews was probably their first major customer before writing a
> competing set of software that never went to market (that I know of),
> so they just use it internally themselves.
>
> Anyway - OBFood: Those Phillips brand crabcake balls from Costco are
> pretty good and 35% off this month (under $10/box of 36). They'll
> make great stuffed mushrooms for Thanksgiving.
>
> -sw
>

It takes a lot of $4 accounts to make a week's wage let alone run
servers. I don't know where the profit comes from at the low cost they
are selling time.

No Costco near me so no crab balls.

sf wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:37:33 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> > On 11/15/2016 11:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:52:28 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 11/15/2016 2:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> I paid $2.50 for my blocknews.net account 5 years ago and I still have
> > >>> probably 4 more years to go for that $2.50 (which includes downloading
> > >>> all the alt.food.binaries posts). They have all the groups, including
> > >>> binaries.
> > >>
> > >> I'll have to look into that. In 6 years I've use 7.4 GB. That would be
> > >> $4.40 on blocknews
> > >
> > > Looking back, I did buy the $4.50 plan back on 4/25/10 (6.5 years ago)
> > > and I've used a whopping 3.03468 GB. So at this rate that one time
> > > payment of $4.50 is going to last me about 22 years.
> > >
> > > I should probably write the remaining balance into my will.
> > >
> > > -sw
> > >
> >
> > I signed up last night and cancelled Giganews. Splurged for the $4.50
> > package. Heckofadeal Thanks for the tip.
> > http://blocknews.net/
>
> I bought a 25GB block for $10 at Astraweb back in 2008 and have used
> 2.60 GB. I think I need to put the account in my will and bequeath it
> to someone at the rate I'm using it.

You've turned into Steve. lol

On 11/17/2016 12:23 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

>>> I bought a 25GB block for $10 at Astraweb back in 2008 and have used
>>> 2.60 GB. I think I need to put the account in my will and bequeath it
>>> to someone at the rate I'm using it.
>>
>> You've turned into Steve. lol
>
> I guess she thought she could express my witticism better.
>
> -sw
>

Quicko, better go stalk her.