On 12/17/2020 10:15 AM, Dan Espen wrote:
" writes:

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 9:40:08 AM UTC-5, wrote:

Arlen has gone completely nuts. I think we're going to have to ignore or killfile
him. A pity. He always was a little OCD, but he seems to have taken a
slide down into dementia.
Cindy Hamilton
That ... and a sock fetish to boot ! :-)

... but he IS trying to save this newsgroup -
so his heart is in the right place ...
John T.

But he sure is going about it in a strange way. He and Peeler should get a room,
so we don't have the off-topic threads bulging with his complaints.

Besides, he _can't_ save this newsgroup. People are going to do what they're
going to do regardless of his whinging. In some cases, it'll make them be
worse.

Your right, people interested in home repair are idiots that can't even
understand the simplest of concepts. They prove it every day.

Come on, this is the simplest of concepts. alt.home.repair.
When I want to read what's posted here, I go to alt.idiocy.on.display.


Real problem is, there are none left. USENET as we knew it was taken
over by Google Groups. The old USENET servers are gone from the big
ISPs like ATT and Verizon.

Check some of the other newsgroups that used to have moderate
participation and they go MONTHS with no posts now. They are dead. At
least the off topic posts here keep this group alive for when a real
home repair question does come up, sparse as they are.

The typical home internet user is now on Facebook, Twitter and the like.
Very few know we exist. If we all leave and stay on topic, this group
may die and be totally dead too. I removed some groups from my list as
they have been dead for over a year.

This morning there were some home repair related posts, but they are
just some old topics dug up from months ago. It is a lame attempt to
keep on topic, rehash old stuff by some old people.