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|    August Abolins to Rob Mccart    |
|    Re: the offline way..    |
|    28 Aug 25 16:15:20    |
      Trying the mypoint php system from my Samsung a70 with this one. Not bad.                     --- Original Message ---       From: Rob Mccart       Date: 2025-08-25 08:45:32       Subject: the offline way..              > AA>Yeah.. the current popular social sites are not really designed       > >for dialog. They mostly seem to attract posts, rants, shares,       > >#tags.       > Yes, I figured that. I guess youcan follow #tags to sort of       > see and join a conversation. (?) That's a guess since, believe       > it or not, I've never even visited Facebook or any other of the       > popular onlive social media sites.       > RM> [...] Then the Global BBS feeds came out where you could       > RM> talk to people all over the world and it was amazing at       > RM> the time.       > AA>I was already familiar with a global outreach with Compuserve,       > >and even newsgroups back in the 90s - it seemed amazing to get       > >read and get replies by people from all over the world.       > Yes, I actually had people I knew from the BBS come and visit me       > here from Australia. Quite exciting at the time, and it was really       > early in the spring and very lucky that they could drive in and       > not have to walk the last mile through the snow.       > Funny, the critters were just starting to come out and they freaked       > out when they saw a 'Real!' Chipmunk. It seemed strange to me but       > I suppose it would be like us visiting there and seeing a Kangaroo..       > ---       > * SLMR Rob * He's descended from a long line his mother once heard       > * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       --- BinktermPHP v1.0        * Origin: myPoint System (1:153/149.42)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14 305 134/100 153/143       SEEN-BY: 153/148 149 151 153 757 6809 7715 154/30 110 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 275 300 307 317 426 428 470       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 705 240/1120 280/464 5003 291/111 292/854 8125       SEEN-BY: 301/1 310/31 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 396/45 423/120 460/58       SEEN-BY: 460/256 1124 5858 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 2320/105 5015/46       SEEN-BY: 5020/400 8912 5054/30 5075/35 5080/102       PATH: 153/149 757 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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