suggestions for alternative sim forum?

I think I still have the phone bills somewhere! They can easily be
mistaken for hospital bills...

-Larry

"Ed Medlin" > wrote in message
et...
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> "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:00:52 GMT, Ed Medlin wrote:
>>>
>>> "Larry" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Left turns only
>>>>
>>>> We had a lot of fun at those tracks, and since it's been such a long
>>>> time
>>>> it should be fun to do it again for a day
>>>>
>>>> We could certainly toss in the Glen and Sonoma though!
>>>>
>>>> -Larry
>>>>
>>>
>>> We could call it Hawaii for all us older folks so we can imagine all the
>>> money we are saving.........:-)
>>
>> I see you tickled some old lurkers there back into action with your
>> suggestion ;-)
>>
>> Cheers, uwe
>>
>
> That was my intentions Uwe........... Damn that was a long time
> ago........:-)
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>
> Ed
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"Larry" > wrote in message
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>I think I still have the phone bills somewhere! They can easily be
>mistaken for hospital bills...
>
> -Larry

LOL....you kept those?.......yikes. I got rid of the evidence long
ago........:-)


Ed

RSC's forum style is recently updated, it might take time to adjust
but check it out to see if it is something for you

All the best,

Tim Stelten
RaceSimCentral

Those with Wives had no choice

-larry

"Ed Medlin" > wrote in message
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>
> "Larry" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I think I still have the phone bills somewhere! They can easily be
>>mistaken for hospital bills...
>>
>> -Larry
>
> LOL....you kept those?.......yikes. I got rid of the evidence long
> ago........:-)
>
>
> Ed
>

Quite possibly the opposite will happen, that is ~if~ you think the UN has
anything to do with it...
http://www.infowars.com/articles/nwo...l_internet.htm

For those dip****s who cant see what they are after, THE US goes out of its
way to promote protect the freedoms given out by the "net" and when they
wrestle it away, I guarantee you it will be censored, in the name of
politically correct, & praize allah, and all that... usnet my be the only
place left when the dipS's get done.

"Larry" > wrote in message
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>I doubt usnet never dies, because there is no way one person can kill it.
>
> Which is exactly the point
>
> As long as everyone has there Mitch-The-Bitch filters on, it's not so bad
> around here other than a general aire of bordome about. Hopefully we'll
> have new things to talk about some day
>
> -Larry
>
> "Tim Epstein" > wrote in message
> .uk...
>> Uwe,
>>
>> Many thanks for your reply - much appreciated.j
>>
>> Whilst I agree with most of your points (and Andrew's) - especially:
>>
>>> I'm simply tired of wading through millions of bouncing smileys,
>>> flamewars, incomprehensible forum layout and non-existent threading, or
>>> being able to use the newsreader of my choice
>>
>> I unforutnately have very good reasons to believe they are in vein :-(
>>
>> 25 years ago I flicked the 'auto-answer' switch on my 300 baud modem on
>> evening and set up a BBS. Soon I was to join Fidonet, a global amateur
>> network for email and forums that grew to around 10,000 systems by the
>> early 1990s. In 1995-6 the rise of the Internet saw an 90% decline in the
>> number of text based Fidonet systems, and the widespread adoption of
>> broadband saw the demise of most of the remainder. However, there are
>> still some die hards out there, and Fidonet still lives on. It is almost
>> a zombie experience. Each week, an autogenerated copy of 'fidonews' the
>> official newsletters comes out, mostly with zero human content for that
>> week. The official newsletter site www.fidonews.org. hasn't been updated
>> for longer than Racing Legends!
>>
>> I walked away from Fidonet 10 years as I saw the decline become terminal.
>> I didn't want to become one of the living dead that couldn't adapt to new
>> technology. Yes, the Internet didn't seem to be so friendly and communal,
>> but I adapted and didn't look back. I looked to experience the future
>> rather than be locked in the past. Now I again have my small groups of
>> real friends on Facebook, and enjoy a very rich and rewarding experience
>> sharing my life with friends all over the world.
>>
>> USENET is dying, and its time to move on. Many ISPs are turning off their
>> newsgroups servers, and this trend is bound to accelerate now that the
>> RIAA is in court trying to shut down usenet.com
>>
>> http://www.informationweek.com/blog/...e_riaa_cl.html
>>
>> I am personally willing to assist in setting up a 'home away from home'
>> for R.A.S. on the web, as I wouldn't like to suddenly lose contact with
>> the people such as yourselves whose messages I've been enjoying for so
>> many years. Let's focus on the experience and the community, not the
>> technology platform.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>>
>> p.s. Please contact me eppy a t pobox dotcom if you would like to take up
>> my suggestion.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> However,
>> "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:36:42 GMT, Tim Epstein wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> After 10 or so years as a regular reader (if not contributor) on R.A.S,
>>>> I
>>>> think the time has come to abandon USENET for a web based forum. The
>>>> usage
>>>> of R.A.S is in decline, and most Internet users these days wouldn't
>>>> know
>>>> what a newsgroup was.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate some suggestions of where I can find a friendly,
>>>> reasonably mature, sim racing forum on the web. I am familiar with
>>>> RaceSimCentral, but find the compartmentalised forum structure
>>>> frustrating.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> while I agree that RAS participation has been better in the past, the
>>> popularity of "web forums" are a blessing and a curse at the same time.
>>> I'm simply tired of wading through millions of bouncing smileys,
>>> flamewars, incomprehensible forum layout and non-existent threading, or
>>> being able to use the newsreader of my choice.
>>>
>>> Several good people still lurk here, and whenever I have a question I
>>> usually get some helpful and good replies within a couple of days.
>>>
>>> Maybe you should point other interested simracers here and educate them
>>> about usenet, the decentralised structure is a big plus as is the lack
>>> of the all powerful mods stroking their egos in several forums (of
>>> course, that also has a downside as we've all seen a few times, but
>>> that's what killfiles have been invented for).
>>>
>>> I don't think usenet is going away anytime soon. As they saying goes,
>>> the whole internet thing went downhill after they added pictures. ;-)
>>>
>>> All the best, uwe
>>>
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