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johnfowles · 01-23-2004, 03:06 PM

It is a fact of life in Lightfootfanland that there are two main resources for posting messages
and queries. The oldest being the Newsgroup
which can conveniently be accessed via Google Groups at:- http://www.newsgroup.shorturl.com (which route gives you access to the complete thread archive back to 1995
Many prefer the posibly lighter side of the Corfid Discussion Forum at:- http://www.corfid.shorturl.com
that link takes you directly to the main "Gordon Lightfoot" Forum but there are some pearls to be found on the other "Small Talk" Forum
I am often surprised at how many fans who frequent one of the above are unaware of the existence of the other.I am aware that there are those who do not like looking at the Newsgroup and confine themselves to looking at the corfid only and vice versa. In My Humble Opinion each of these courses of action deprives
them of interesting items on the one they are not visiting.Granted that I am also aware that not many are as fortunate as I am to have the time to keep up with both.
It has occurred to me that as I already advertise the Friday Chat room every Friday I could use that as a convenient place to highlight some of the more interesting threads/topics that have arisen in the previous 7 days
If anyone finds this is too boring please let me know and I wont waste my time and efforts further.)(I'll try to limit the number of tpyos I am bound to make with my enforced single finger typing method!!
Newsgroup highlights w_e 23rd January 2004
Following on from last week's revelation that EMP were onto Ed Mullen for trying to bring pleasure to many Lightfoot fans by hosting the CBC videos and a couple of bootleg concerts on his site are various threads
including many thoughtful expressions of opinion on making such items
available including criticism of those who appear to only want to line their pockets by peddling things on ebay
and
A New Topic...If you got to spend a day with Gord,what would you do?

highlights of the week on corfid
Wed
I brought up the subject of Ed Ringwald a.k.a.Pee Wee Charles and his web site http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001974.html
Also after I had refound and posted the link to a (slightly) amusing IYCRMM parody
Walter Lamont otherwise known to the cognoscenti as "the B" (for Borderstone) presented a parody of a parody of IYCRMM http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001975.html
Thursday/Friday
meanwhile on the "small talk" board a new
Topic: bush's address to the american people!!
is generating a fine verbal sparring match http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000257.html
and now the weekly commercial break
Last Friday the chat Room saw a dozen chatters
Tonight at the same time 9PM EST
and place:- http://www.rikschatroom.shorturl.com

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

01-23-2004, 03:06 PM	#13
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	It is a fact of life in Lightfootfanland that there are two main resources for posting messages and queries. The oldest being the Newsgroup which can conveniently be accessed via Google Groups at:- http://www.newsgroup.shorturl.com (which route gives you access to the complete thread archive back to 1995 Many prefer the posibly lighter side of the Corfid Discussion Forum at:- http://www.corfid.shorturl.com that link takes you directly to the main "Gordon Lightfoot" Forum but there are some pearls to be found on the other "Small Talk" Forum I am often surprised at how many fans who frequent one of the above are unaware of the existence of the other.I am aware that there are those who do not like looking at the Newsgroup and confine themselves to looking at the corfid only and vice versa. In My Humble Opinion each of these courses of action deprives them of interesting items on the one they are not visiting.Granted that I am also aware that not many are as fortunate as I am to have the time to keep up with both. It has occurred to me that as I already advertise the Friday Chat room every Friday I could use that as a convenient place to highlight some of the more interesting threads/topics that have arisen in the previous 7 days If anyone finds this is too boring please let me know and I wont waste my time and efforts further.)(I'll try to limit the number of tpyos I am bound to make with my enforced single finger typing method!! Newsgroup highlights w_e 23rd January 2004 Following on from last week's revelation that EMP were onto Ed Mullen for trying to bring pleasure to many Lightfoot fans by hosting the CBC videos and a couple of bootleg concerts on his site are various threads including many thoughtful expressions of opinion on making such items available including criticism of those who appear to only want to line their pockets by peddling things on ebay and A New Topic...If you got to spend a day with Gord,what would you do? highlights of the week on corfid Wed I brought up the subject of Ed Ringwald a.k.a.Pee Wee Charles and his web site http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001974.html Also after I had refound and posted the link to a (slightly) amusing IYCRMM parody Walter Lamont otherwise known to the cognoscenti as "the B" (for Borderstone) presented a parody of a parody of IYCRMM http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001975.html Thursday/Friday meanwhile on the "small talk" board a new Topic: bush's address to the american people!! is generating a fine verbal sparring match http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000257.html and now the weekly commercial break Last Friday the chat Room saw a dozen chatters Tonight at the same time 9PM EST and place:- http://www.rikschatroom.shorturl.com ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot