"Catman" > wrote in message
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> It's just a shame there are so few of us.
> <mode = old man>
> When I create this group, usenet was the way. Then they invented these new
> fangled web forum thingumies.
>
> Now everyone uses them cos most people don't even know what Usenet is.
>
> I must confess that I have searched Alfaowner in the past.
>
> </old man>
> It's nice to see some lurkers, though. SteveH, Zathras and myself seem to
> be the last of the old guard.
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I'm still lurking despite my enforced Frod Fucus sojourn

8 months and counting before I go shopping again!