Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
On 21/10/2025 14:31, Bill Davy wrote:
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile
phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Which NGs? This one has a select following, and is far from dead.
Have you tried updating the list of NGs available to Easyusenet recently?
On 21/10/2025 15:01, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 21/10/2025 14:31, Bill Davy wrote:
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile >>> phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Which NGs? This one has a select following, and is far from dead.
Have you tried updating the list of NGs available to Easyusenet recently?
I used to use News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET but they are
getting out of the game.
When I moved laptop, I asked Thunderbird to download the list of
newsgroups and there were very many, many childish.
I see the newsgroups are there, but the useful traffic is limited.-a In
this newsgroup (uk.rec.gardening) for example, a few threads a week, typically.
Or am I missing something?
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
In article <nnd$4ff4cfee$735c9cd1@d3bf4872bc3d26ff>,and more of us just lurking, reading and learning
Bill@XchelSys.co.uk says...
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile
phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
There are three or four posters on this usenet group,
who have been posting here since last century.
Janet
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
On 21/10/2025 15:35, Bill Davy wrote:
I see the newsgroups are there, but the useful traffic is limited.-a In
this newsgroup (uk.rec.gardening) for example, a few threads a week,
typically.
Or am I missing something?
No. There are simply better web based fora for discussion of specific >topics.
In article <10d86fa$3vp1s$7@dont-email.me>,
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 21/10/2025 15:35, Bill Davy wrote:
I see the newsgroups are there, but the useful traffic is limited.-a In
this newsgroup (uk.rec.gardening) for example, a few threads a week,
typically.
Or am I missing something?
No. There are simply better web based fora for discussion of specific
topics.
Oh, really? I have searched for them and come up blank. No, I am
NOT interested in ones where I would be entirely explaining the basics
to newcomers and correcting idiots. I don't expect my queries to be
answered effectively, because they are ones that I can't answer from
my books and Web searches, but I have never had any responses beyond
posting (usually fallacious) simplifications at me.
If you claim that there are any, please provide links.
Regards,--
Nick Maclaren.
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
On 21/10/2025 14:31, Bill Davy wrote:
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile
phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
Many thanks for all the input. Seems there is nowhere better than here
in general, but there is just not much traffic.
It seems to be a bit like recipe books. I gave all almost all of mine
to the Red Cross recently, in small lots as they said they received far
too many.
As a matter of interest which is the best search engine that is run for
the public interest? I've been using DuckDuckGo quite happily, or are
search engines another dying breed?
On 21/10/2025 14:31, Bill Davy wrote:
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my
mobile phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
Many thanks for all the input.-a Seems there is nowhere better than here
in general, but there is just not much traffic.
It seems to be a bit like recipe books.-a I gave all almost all of mine
to the Red Cross recently, in small lots as they said they received far
too many.
As a matter of interest which is the best search engine that is run for
the public interest?-a I've been using DuckDuckGo quite happily, or are search engines another dying breed?
Bill--
are
search engines another dying breed?
On 21/10/2025 14:31, Bill Davy wrote:
Where, if anywhere, have they gone? I do not like squinting at my mobile
phone (still waiting for the large print version).
Sadly missed.
Bill
For example there use to be a brilliant one for us old Landrover drivers >called alt.fan.landrover. Learnt so much about maintainance, but they
all went of to various Forums over quite a short time. I tried some but
just not the same. Think that has been the cause together with the
difficulty of getting to Ngs whewn everything else is automatic these days.
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