Ms Leebee wrote:

> So not to detract or steal from your own very worthy NG ... but it
> would be great to have your support. Maybe you want to ask an
> Australian about a new wine that has come on your O/S market. Maybe
> you are planning to visit relatives and are curious if you can buy
> soy-bread in the grocers while you are here. Maybe you'd just like
> to chat ( or lurk ) in another country, cyber-style.
>
> Whatever your reason, I urge you to support aus.food.
> The CFD ( Call for Discussion ) has been posted in here by our
> aus.administrator.

Suggestion: Also post a notice in rec.travel.australia+nz.

I'm in favor of the new group. It's not going to split anything; there
are numerous local food-discussion newsgroups in the US, and probably
elsewhere.

Note: There's a set of newsgroups devoted to nostalgia about rock
music, beginning with alt.culture.us.1960s and going up through the
decades. If I recall correctly, alt.culture.us.1990s was created in
1995. There were people whose high school years were just a bit too
late for alt.culture.us.1980s, and already they were noticing that
today's kids didn't appreciate _real_ music.

"The golden age of science fiction is twelve." Pete Graham.
I asked a rock musician what the golden age of rock was, and he
estimated it as sixteen.


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Ms Leebee > wrote:

> The Brits have a food group, as do the Merkins

Eh... which one? You don't mean rec.food.cooking by any chance? If you
do, I'd say you do no favours to your cause by posting misleading and
unhelpful information. rfc, like every other Big-8 newsgroup, is an
international English-language newsgroup quasi by definition. If "the
Merkins" had a food newsgroup, it would be located in the us.*
hierarchy. There are currently no food newsgroups in that hierarchy.

Victor

Dan Goodman wrote:

> Suggestion: Also post a notice in rec.travel.australia+nz.

ahh - good idea thanks
( missed your post, replying via Google... )


> I'm in favor of the new group. It's not going to split anything; there
> are numerous local food-discussion newsgroups in the US, and probably
> elsewhere.

thanks for your support.

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Vote YES aus.food

augie wrote:
> said...

> || I am here writing for your support for a new newsgroup we are trying to set
> || up.
> ||
> || The group is aus.food.

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>
> Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssss
> ssssssssssss


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