I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt
--
³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²
‹ Aaron Levenstein

On 8/9/15 12:42 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt


Sorry to see you go.

FWIW, the Newsreader part of Mozilla's Thunderbird has worked quite
well for me for years on my Mac mini w/Yosemite, watching about 25 NGs.

On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:42:54 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

I am not sure what Yosemite is (Apple?) but Agent is a pretty easy
news reader if it will run on your machine. I suppose you could use
.... gag... Google Groups.

On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:42:54 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

Hate to see you go. It is getting sparse out here with sensible
people
How about trying Thunderbird? Free, easy to use.

On 08/09/2015 1:00 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
....

Hate to see you go. It is getting sparse out here with sensible
people
How about trying Thunderbird? Free, easy to use.

+1 (twice't)...

--

"dpb" wrote in message ...

Don't let the screen door bump you in the ass on the way out, dip****.
LOL

On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 11:42:54 -0500, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

Sea Monkey has a newsgroup reading feature if it helps.


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"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.

Well, that sucks, you lazy SOB. Can't be bothered to learn something new to
keep hanging with your buds? I always suspected you were a lazy Luddite
with no sense of loyalty!!!

³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²

How many years have you been wearing your "bikini" sig line? I think it's
warn out by now. Just wanted to let you know before you go. (-:

At least you've confirmed the old saying:

"The Upgrade giveth and the Upgrade taketh away."

Well, seriously I hope you can find a replacement reader that isn't too
taxing. I know how you feel about not wanting to have to learn new stuff.
It's been that way since DOS 1.13 and Cobol. As in why did the rename
"FIND" into "SEARCH?"

Maybe one last "threat" will convince you to look harder. Since you're
leaving I'll have to reactivate all the threads where I let you have the
last word and claim all the last words for me! I think I have over 25 in
the draft folder. The last being a lengthy rebuttal to defense of your
counting abilities and your ambiguous use of the words "kind" and "type"
when describing the contraceptives banned by the Hobby Lobby. There's also
the issue of whether Hobby Lobby's incorrect classification of a
contraceptive as an abortificant affects your or the Court's taxonomy.

Arguing with you can get strenuous for at times, as the Lampoon once said,
"you are slipperier than an eel in a barrel of Vaseline." (-:

You should reconsider. The last thing this group needs is to lose yet
another voice of sanity.

P.S. Speaking of Yosemite, they just found someone with the Plague!!! that
they believe acquired it from rodents where they were camping.

--
Bobby G.

On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:42:54 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

Sad news if you leave. NNTP Usenet readers essentially function the
same, using basic protocols, it may take you a little time to adjust
for how a new reader works. Don't give up just yet. I've never had a
Mac machine, so I cannot help in that respect.

Yosemite Park is in California. A great place to visit

_Comparison of Usenet newsreaders_

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders

wrote in message

I am not sure what Yosemite is (Apple?)

Yes, OS-X

http://www.apple.com/osx/

but Agent is a pretty easy news reader if it will run on your machine. I
suppose you could use ... gag... Google Groups.

Gag indeed. In addition to how clunky it is to use, you pretty much have to
give them Javascript access to perhaps 20 different scripts/urls. Deja-Vu
wasn't great but Google turned it into pure garbage. Google Groups makes
Google Glass seem the greatest thing since electricity. And what really
burns is that they KEEP making it worse. Even Zune MP3 software wasn't that
bad. Did I say how much I dislike Google Groups? I don't block GG users
(not sure why others do) and in fact I quite admire them for being willing
to put up with that user-unfriendly POS.

We'll find Kurt a new newsreader - somewhere. He can't quit so easily. (-:

--
Bobby G.

On 8/9/15 1:13 PM, Retired wrote:
On 8/9/15 12:42 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt


Sorry to see you go.

FWIW, the Newsreader part of Mozilla's Thunderbird has worked quite well
for me for years on my Mac mini w/Yosemite, watching about 25 NGs.
+1
Works with my mini w/Yosemite, too. I never did learn to use it because
it just works.

In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:42:54 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

I agree with everyone else. Hate to see you go. etc.

Maybe after you learn Yosemite you'll have the inclination to learn
Thunderbird. I tried to use a web forum, but it took 10 times as much
effort to do anything.

Bobby wrote:
P.S. Speaking of Yosemite, they just found someone with the Plague!!! that
they believe acquired it from rodents where they were camping.

I didn't know rodents called it camping.

On 08/09/2015 03:47 PM, J Burns wrote:
On 8/9/15 1:13 PM, Retired wrote:
On 8/9/15 12:42 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt


Sorry to see you go.

FWIW, the Newsreader part of Mozilla's Thunderbird has worked quite well
for me for years on my Mac mini w/Yosemite, watching about 25 NGs.
+1
Works with my mini w/Yosemite, too. I never did learn to use it because
it just works.



I agree....Thunderbird works great for me.

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 4:13:58 PM UTC-4, Robert Green wrote:

Well, seriously I hope you can find a replacement reader that isn't too
taxing. I know how you feel about not wanting to have to learn new stuff.
It's been that way since DOS 1.13 and Cobol. As in why did the rename
"FIND" into "SEARCH?"

To manage the user's expectations. You can SEARCH, but there's no
guarantee that you'll FIND.

Cindy Hamilton

On 8/9/2015 7:21 PM, philo wrote:
On 08/09/2015 03:47 PM, J Burns wrote:
On 8/9/15 1:13 PM, Retired wrote:
On 8/9/15 12:42 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I
say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt


Sorry to see you go.

FWIW, the Newsreader part of Mozilla's Thunderbird has worked quite well
for me for years on my Mac mini w/Yosemite, watching about 25 NGs.
+1
Works with my mini w/Yosemite, too. I never did learn to use it because
it just works.



I agree....Thunderbird works great for me.


Me too.

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 4:34:00 PM UTC-6, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:42:54 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

I agree with everyone else. Hate to see you go. etc.

Maybe after you learn Yosemite you'll have the inclination to learn
Thunderbird. I tried to use a web forum, but it took 10 times as much
effort to do anything.

Bobby wrote:
P.S. Speaking of Yosemite, they just found someone with the Plague!!! that
they believe acquired it from rodents where they were camping.

I didn't know rodents called it camping.

I thought that rodents weren't allowed to camp at Yosemite as they
were leaving too much garbage around.
===

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 11:42:58 AM UTC-5, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

Kurt, nice if you could stay, but if you do leave, please take E.D. Burka-Jerkagerkin with you. Thanks!

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:19:26 -0700 (PDT), Roy
wrote:

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 4:34:00 PM UTC-6, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:42:54 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

I agree with everyone else. Hate to see you go. etc.

Maybe after you learn Yosemite you'll have the inclination to learn
Thunderbird. I tried to use a web forum, but it took 10 times as much
effort to do anything.

Bobby wrote:
P.S. Speaking of Yosemite, they just found someone with the Plague!!! that
they believe acquired it from rodents where they were camping.

I didn't know rodents called it camping.

I thought that rodents weren't allowed to camp at Yosemite as they
were leaving too much garbage around.

Maybe they have subrodents to eat their garbage.

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 11:42:58 AM UTC-5, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt
--

You'll get bored and install Thunderbird like everyone seems to be recommending and come back. I won't place any bets on how long it will take you to return but I took a vacation from Usenet for quite a while before I wound up here at the center and decided I would go completely bonkers if I didn't interact with intelligent and interesting people. I'm stuck with Google Groups because all I have is this cute little Chromebook. Come back soon we need you. ٩(͡�̯͡�)۶

[8~{} Uncle Usenet Monster

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
...

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 4:13:58 PM UTC-4, Robert Green wrote:

Well, seriously I hope you can find a replacement reader that isn't too
taxing. I know how you feel about not wanting to have to learn new stuff.
It's been that way since DOS 1.13 and Cobol. As in why did the rename
"FIND" into "SEARCH?"

To manage the user's expectations. You can SEARCH, but there's no
guarantee that you'll FIND.

Cindy Hamilton

So long and thanks for all the fish.

On 08/09/2015 09:42 AM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt


Ta ta for now

"bob_villa" wrote in message
...

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 11:42:58 AM UTC-5, Kurt Ullman wrote:
I find myself having to upgrade to Yosemite on my computer and that no
longer supports MT_Newswatcher and I haven't found anything to replace
it because I have neither the time nor the desire to learn a new one at
this stage. So, afte rhangin around Usenet for around 25 years, I say so
long. It has been fun. Be cool.
Kurt

Kurt, nice if you could stay, but if you do leave, please take E.D.
Burka-Jerkagerkin with you. Thanks!


Bob, you know you can't do without me, you old softie, you.