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   From: Moog    
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   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
   Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:48:21 +0000 (UTC)   
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   Bernard Peek illuminated the devils arse on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:53:32   
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   >>Turnpike is a bag of shite fella (my opinion of course). I've   
   >>purposefully stayed out of this thread, but I dumped it after   
   >>alternatives arrived. I only used it initially 'cos it was free with my   
   >>Demon account.   
   >    
   > Was that TP 6 or one of the earlier versions?   
      
   6   
      
   >>I use a dedicated newsgroup program. And three email programs.   
   >>   
   >>You won't like any of them though. They're NOT Turnpike. If you want   
   >>Turnpike....stick with Windows.   
   >    
   > As I said, I may have to if I can't find a usable native Linux one.   
      
   It may sound "wacky" and a little "out there", but how about learning    
   another program and its strengths/inadequacies. Just a thought like. I    
   wouldn't want to queer your pitch. Turnpike was certainly inadequate for    
   me.   
       
   >>Enjoy. Have you also got an Austin Healey (for the arduous trudge to   
   >>work) and a Triumph Sprite (solely for the weekend) ;-)   
   >    
   > Looking at Tbird, Claws and Balsa I'd say that they were more akin to a   
   > 2CV or Beetle. They do the job, but were never intended to be easy on   
   > the eye. I'd rate Turnpike as a Rolls Silver Shadow by comparison.   
   > Solid, reliable and very well - built, but long in the tooth and very   
   > definitely not a modern vehicle.   
      
   Turnpike is actually like a Ford Anglia. Nice shape, but rather pants. No    
   intuition, but a little bit of power under the hood. Unless you're used    
   to it, whereby you just pretend that the "go-faster stripes" along the    
   wings actually make a difference.   
      
   In other words...everyone just laughs at you when you drive it.   
      
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