-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 12-19-05  06:01 <=-   
      
    NB> critical mass.  I read some of what's left via RIME gating to my main   
    NB> bbs, but I haven't really been able to take part in them.   
      
    MK> I haven't really been a big fan of gating.  I have always preferred   
    MK> Fido over the rest.  Still do despite the drop in traffic.  I honestly   
      
   Likewise... never been a big fan of gating, even when it was the only*   
   way to get some things.  And Fido has always been my preference also.    
   Some of the bbs's over the years have carried any number of other nets,   
   and I've tagged in some of their echoes, but they never got me hooked   
   like Fido... not quite the same milieu... :)   
      
    MK> hope it picks up again.  I am hopeful despite what I may say about it   
    MK> all.    
      
   I hope it does too... and I do my little bit towards maintaining at   
   least what we still have...    And encouraging the moderators and   
   sysops that I have the occasion to work with, as well...  :)   
      
   ttyl     neb   
      
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