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|    jimmy anderson to Mortar M.    |
|    Re: My Thursday Nets    |
|    19 Nov 25 07:45:42    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 233.fido_amateurr@1:105/7 2d831d0f       REPLY: 1145.fido_amateurr@1:124/5016 2d7b550c       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/efc0fbb26 Nov 09 2025 GCC 13.3.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.31-Linux master/efc0fbb26 Nov 09 2025 GCC 13.3.0       BBSID: DIGDIST       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       -=> Mortar M. wrote to Alexander Grotewohl <=-               MM> Re: Re: My Thursday Nets        MM> By: Alexander Grotewohl to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu Nov 13 2025        MM> 09:17:55               > i don't check in to those very often because it's BO-RING. much better        > talking to the people who get on every day or so and actually chat               MM> As a lurker, I actually prefer nets to most one-on-one QSOs. They tend        MM> to spend a lot of time on the frequency, but really don't say that        MM> much; One person will say something, then there's this long pause        MM> before the otheer replies because they're also doing something else, so        MM> the attention isn't always there. And if both are doing this, it makes        MM> for a raher tedious listening experience.               MM> My favorite nets are the themed variety, a specific purpose or topic        MM> for getting together. I also like listening to contests; I like the        MM> rapid-fire exchanges. --- SBBSecho 3.31-Linux        MM> * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)              There's a nightly one in Memphis that I will hit when I can - it's a        GREAT test of the equipment.                                   ... Internal Error: The system has been taken over by sheep at line 19960       --- MultiMail/Mac v0.52        * Origin: Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com (1:105/7)       SEEN-BY: 105/7 10 11 44 45 81 500 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/110 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 200 206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 426 428 470 616 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5075/35       PATH: 105/7 81 229/426           |
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