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   -=> Doug Cooper wrote to Dennisk <=-   
      
    DC> Haha, that works too ... After 4 kids, 3 I've raised, I'm numb to the   
    DC> tantrums or disappoitning looks they stomp away with.  No often is the   
    DC> only answer they must learn as they'll hear it moreoften then not as an   
    DC> adult.   
      
    De> Donating to the food pantry sounds like a great idea.  My wife has   
    De> suggested quite a few times we should during christmas, donate old toys   
    De> and go help/volunteer, but it hasn't actually happened yet.  Need to   
    De> step up here.   
      
    DC> I don't know about where you are, but here not all pantries take toys   
    DC> and clothees, so if you do it, you'll wanna call around.  I avoid   
    DC> giving to Goodwill as they mark them up to and sell them.  I prefer the   
    DC> pantries as they give them to kids 100% free.  They are funded by our   
    DC> city government via grants and public donations.   
      
   Melbourne is a pretty big city, geographically speaking, but I don't think   
   there is much like that around my part.  There are toy libraries and charity   
   run second hand stores, and there are charities which act like a food bank, but   
   I don't know of any that take food and toys and other items.  I don't think   
   things like that are as established in Australia.  Perhaps there is less of a   
   need.  I have noted that there are far more homeless in the city centre camped   
   out at night, bit in the capitals you don't see the tent cities and poverty   
   like you see in the USA.   
      
    De> Just out of interest, why are you in Fidonet?   
      
    DC> Should I not be?  lol!  I joined FidoNet for diversity of topics to   
    DC> discuss as opposed to many networks that only focus on SysOp support   
    DC> and or Computer tech topics.  While I do subscribe to other networks,   
    DC> Fido is the only I have that has seperate categories of conversation to   
    DC> keep the people relatively on track.  I would  be open to others as   
    DC> well.  I really want to start an National Football League echo, but I'm   
    DC> unclear on how to add it in mystic. So ... until I figure that out, I'm   
    DC> reading recipes, this dad board, and a few others.   
      
    DC> You?   
      
    DC> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)   
    DC>  * Origin: The Underground BBS (1:227/702)   
      
   A few reasons.  Firstly, it's kind of cool to still be able to use BBSs on a   
   486, and I like simple technology with few demands and requirements.   
      
   Secondly, I had known about FidoNet for ages, but when I was using dial up   
   BBS's I never really considered it.  They never used it and maybe I thought it   
   was some subscription deal.   
      
   Thirdly, I dislike so called social media and the way that these Californian   
   companies act and thing.  They act reprehensibly, it is often toxic and   
   discussion is too noisy and shallow and the platform sucks.  There are   
   alternatives like Minds, but the solution is still flawed.  I know that BBS's   
   are redundant, there is still value in the model.  A simple technology that   
   anyone can deploy and own, with a very low barrier of entry, that can serve a   
   community.  A system that the community can own, and be moderated by people   
   held accountable.  So in part I'm here to use a model I advocate.  I think   
   Diaspora was trying to do something like this.   
      
   Lastly, I figured there would be more shared interests here, than on say, Tik   
   Tok.   
      
      
   ... Dennis Katsonis   
   --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52   
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