Your computer's calendar is innaccurate. Unless you have a (wooden) time
machine, 8 October 2008 will not happen anywhere on Earth for another 3 to 4
days. A 'mapdude' should know that.

I mentioned wood. Now this posting is On Topic, eh?

Axel
(Yes. I too detest the dirtbag execs who are destroying Usenet access and
thus, degrading the entire Net.)


"mapdude" wrote in message
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Just got the notice today.

So, what are the alternatives to get the newsgroups?