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johnfowles · 08-13-2004, 02:29 PM

There was really nothing of great import on the Newsgroup this past week except for one fellow Brit who said in a rather uncalled for comment on my posting about corfid ghighlights last week
"A wonderful advertisement for someplace call Corfid.

Just wondering John why those of us who use a proper usenet newgroup called
alt.music.lightfoot would wish to use this corfid"
I cannot give you the URL as for some reason although I was able to read the original using Outlook Express and two free Newsreaders when my OE was out of action
and silverheels alerted me to it on saturday morning when she saw it on the AOL Newsreader
it has never even after 6 days appeared on the Newsgroup as viewed via Google Groups which happens occasionally.
Now I realise that there are many Lightheads who enjoy both boards and those who for various reasons choose to ignore one or the other so I am not trying to insist that they patronise the other board.
But my intention is purely to try to ensure that Newsgroupers do not miss out on topics here at corfid
and vice versa (for those who like their vice versa of course)
In the same vein I have fairly recently discovered the interesting Small Talk Forum here.
This often provides some much needed light relief such as a link I gave to
an article linked from a Windows XP newsletter which described important research into "squirrel fishing" by pair of dedicated nutcases at Harvard University see:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000401.html
As a change this week I think I know a number of very touching threads on the Newsgroup so in quiet moments as now I'll fish out their URLs.First as we begin to joyfully anticipate the strong possibility of another chance for a convention at Massey Hall Toronto

Here is an account by one good friend of her experiences at the first one in November 1999.
I hope dj this does not embarrass you too much:- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...002.remarq.com
OK finally the chat advert
Last week's chat in adition to the debut of Laurel (LSH) attracted a further 4 fans including I was most pleased to see Laurel's
near neighbour the honourable chat room founder Rik Stevens. I now see that they are possibly only about 10 miles apart (in my mind it was more like 200 but I now see that they actually live in cities on opposite banks of the Columbia River. You learn something new every day!!
I'm sorry but this evening I rather doubt that Susan and I will make it to the chat room as we plan to watch the Athens Olympics
opening ceremony which is on NBC from 8pm till 12 (obviously not live)(we'l try tpo drop in sometime) but anyone who can go to the room at 9pm EST, can click
on my new easier to remember (notlong) link at:- http://lightfootchat.notlong.com

------------------
My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

[This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 13, 2004).]

08-13-2004, 02:29 PM	#13
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	There was really nothing of great import on the Newsgroup this past week except for one fellow Brit who said in a rather uncalled for comment on my posting about corfid ghighlights last week "A wonderful advertisement for someplace call Corfid. Just wondering John why those of us who use a proper usenet newgroup called alt.music.lightfoot would wish to use this corfid" I cannot give you the URL as for some reason although I was able to read the original using Outlook Express and two free Newsreaders when my OE was out of action and silverheels alerted me to it on saturday morning when she saw it on the AOL Newsreader it has never even after 6 days appeared on the Newsgroup as viewed via Google Groups which happens occasionally. Now I realise that there are many Lightheads who enjoy both boards and those who for various reasons choose to ignore one or the other so I am not trying to insist that they patronise the other board. But my intention is purely to try to ensure that Newsgroupers do not miss out on topics here at corfid and vice versa (for those who like their vice versa of course) In the same vein I have fairly recently discovered the interesting Small Talk Forum here. This often provides some much needed light relief such as a link I gave to an article linked from a Windows XP newsletter which described important research into "squirrel fishing" by pair of dedicated nutcases at Harvard University see:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000401.html As a change this week I think I know a number of very touching threads on the Newsgroup so in quiet moments as now I'll fish out their URLs.First as we begin to joyfully anticipate the strong possibility of another chance for a convention at Massey Hall Toronto Here is an account by one good friend of her experiences at the first one in November 1999. I hope dj this does not embarrass you too much:- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...002.remarq.com OK finally the chat advert Last week's chat in adition to the debut of Laurel (LSH) attracted a further 4 fans including I was most pleased to see Laurel's near neighbour the honourable chat room founder Rik Stevens. I now see that they are possibly only about 10 miles apart (in my mind it was more like 200 but I now see that they actually live in cities on opposite banks of the Columbia River. You learn something new every day!! I'm sorry but this evening I rather doubt that Susan and I will make it to the chat room as we plan to watch the Athens Olympics opening ceremony which is on NBC from 8pm till 12 (obviously not live)(we'l try tpo drop in sometime) but anyone who can go to the room at 9pm EST, can click on my new easier to remember (notlong) link at:- http://lightfootchat.notlong.com ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 13, 2004).]