BigWallop wrote:
"Phil Addison" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:29:05 GMT, "BigWallop"
wrote:

"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2009-08-09, BigWallop wrote:
A real D.I.Y group again?

Out of all the postings I have just downloaded, only around 100 of
545
posts
are about real DIY subjects. The rest of the shi***** is about mail
order
brides, buying fake watches and political garbage about the Big
Nutjobs
Party.
Get a better killfile. I haven't seen any of the things you complain
of.

That'll just be me, then. :-)
You and me both, loads of fake watches etc. It seems if you want
Branstons 50mb/s (haha) you have to take his raw newsfeed. Well, you
don't have to, but its convenient if you are on his cable network and it
is fast, and certainly makes you learn how to craft neat filters. I use
Forte agent for news, I like its filters, and Mailwasher for email
filtering.

BTW, I had a look at the uk.d-i-y statistics today
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.d-i-y/about and see we peaked at
around 13k posts/month in 2004, now its around 6k and falling in spite
if the efforts of the spammers

Phil


That's what it is, Phil. Virginmedia have a motto that goes something like
"If the customer wants it, then why don't they do it themselves". :-)

As for the drop in postings to the group, that's just down to all the
regulars having finished their own home renovations over these past years.
lol We'll have to wait on the new generation of B&Qer to grow up a little
more before we see it peak again.

We might be the last of a fading generation... those that would even
countenance the idea that you don't have to "get a man in".

--
Cheers,

John.

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