I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.


It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Not much point to this is there?

alexander.keys1 goes:

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.

It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Stroking your own always works, even when the girls -- erm, I mean
Google -- let you down.

Not much point to this is there?

You could take five minutes and learn how to read newsgroups properly.
Google Groups is what AOL used to be: a repository for the clueless.

It's meant to be an archive, not an interface. Even Outlook Express is
preferable, they say.


--
Alan Hope
http://sour-grapes.tumblr.com/

In article .com,
alexander.keys1 wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.


It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Not much point to this is there?

(Crossposts removed)

Why bother with Google for newsgroups anyway? It's hardly the best way to
read them.

--
*If vegetable oil comes from vegetables, where does baby oil come from? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 13 Mar, 23:51, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.

It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Not much point to this is there?

It's a bit ****, so sometimes the posts you make just don't appear.
Hence, I've learned that whenever I use GG, I highlight and copy the
text first, then wait until it shows up (doesn't take long) before
making another post.

On 13 Mar 2007 16:51:17 -0700, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.


It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Not much point to this is there?

Well the original posting IS there ...well I can see it on PlusNet's
server using Agent .
Stuart

On 13 Mar 2007 16:51:17 -0700, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.


It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Not much point to this is there?

Get yourself a "proper" Newsreader ..like Free Agent or Outlook
Express or some of the others .

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
alexander.keys1 wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:

I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

I just replied to my own to see if it would work.


It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Not much point to this is there?

(Crossposts removed)

Why bother with Google for newsgroups anyway? It's hardly the best way to
read them.

Before you respond to someone it's a very handy way of catching up on what
people have been posting (petrol additives, Global warming). where they've
been posting (uk.d-i-y, uk.tech.broadcast, uk.tech-digital-tv) and what sort
of contributions they make.

On Mar 14, 1:06 am, Stuart B wrote:


Get yourself a "proper" Newsreader ..like Free Agent or Outlook
Express or some of the others .

Then convince your employer to open up NNTP to allow lunchtime access
etc.

Once you've done that tell me how you did it and we can all do the
same and stop the endless debate once and for all.

In the meantime Google Groups it will have to be...

Mathew

On Mar 14, 8:30 am, "Mathew Newton" wrote:
On Mar 14, 1:06 am, Stuart B wrote:



Get yourself a "proper" Newsreader ..like Free Agent or Outlook
Express or some of the others .

Then convince your employer to open up NNTP to allow lunchtime access
etc.

Quite.

Once you've done that tell me how you did it and we can all do the
same and stop the endless debate once and for all.

In the meantime Google Groups it will have to be...

It's far from perfect (and the latest version is another two steps
back), but it does the job. There's certainly been a problem in the
last day or two with groups not updating for ages, and I'm sure I've
lost a couple of posts of mine.

--
"Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom"

On 14 Mar 2007 03:43:00 -0700, John Laird wrote:

On Mar 14, 8:30 am, "Mathew Newton" wrote:


In the meantime Google Groups it will have to be...

It's far from perfect (and the latest version is another two steps
back), but it does the job. There's certainly been a problem in the
last day or two with groups not updating for ages, and I'm sure I've
lost a couple of posts of mine.

There appear to be alot of people using it, judging from my website
traffic. Noticeable delay in them visiting the site though compared to
those coming direct from usenet.
Holly (using Dialog)

--
A couple of properties for sale in Dordogne
http://www.la-plaine.com

On Mar 14, 12:36 am, Alan Hope wrote:
alexander.keys1 goes:

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.
What's happened to Google Groups?
I just replied to my own to see if it would work.
It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Stroking your own always works, even when the girls -- erm, I mean
Google -- let you down.

Not much point to this is there?

You could take five minutes and learn how to read newsgroups properly.
Google Groups is what AOL used to be: a repository for the clueless.

And the *really* clueless don't understand why some of us use Google
Groups.

MBQ

On 14 Mar 2007 05:54:51 -0700, "
wrote:

On Mar 14, 12:36 am, Alan Hope wrote:
alexander.keys1 goes:

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.
What's happened to Google Groups?
I just replied to my own to see if it would work.
It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Stroking your own always works, even when the girls -- erm, I mean
Google -- let you down.

Not much point to this is there?

You could take five minutes and learn how to read newsgroups properly.
Google Groups is what AOL used to be: a repository for the clueless.

And the *really* clueless don't understand why some of us use Google
Groups.

MBQ

You are at work skiving on the computer when you should be working
?????

On Mar 14, 2:06 pm, Stuart B wrote:
On 14 Mar 2007 05:54:51 -0700, "





wrote:
On Mar 14, 12:36 am, Alan Hope wrote:
alexander.keys1 goes:

On Mar 13, 11:49 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
On Mar 13, 11:45 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.
What's happened to Google Groups?
I just replied to my own to see if it would work.
It does now, but not before when I took a lot of time to write an
informative reply.

Stroking your own always works, even when the girls -- erm, I mean
Google -- let you down.

Not much point to this is there?

You could take five minutes and learn how to read newsgroups properly.
Google Groups is what AOL used to be: a repository for the clueless.

And the *really* clueless don't understand why some of us use Google
Groups.

MBQ

You are at work skiving on the computer when you should be working
?????

Being at work is part of it, but skiving? At 12:54pm? No, it was
lunchtime. At other times, let's call it an alternative fag break as I
don't smoke.

MBQ

In article , Stuart B
writes
Get yourself a "proper" Newsreader ..like Free Agent or Outlook
Express or some of the others .


I think this must be the first time I've ever seen Outhouse Distress
mentioned in the same sentence as "proper" newsreader without some form
of negative.


Adrian
--
To Reply :
replace "news" with "adrian" and "nospam" with "ffoil"
Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops
Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies.

On 13 Mar, 23:45, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

Remember: Google Groups uses Ajax, which is in the habit of sending
your posts to the toilet if you're not careful. Example, you hit the
send button, but unlike traditional webforms which divert you to a
confirmation page after posting, this asynchronous technology lets you
continue browsing the page you were on while it attempts to post your
message in the background. The downside is that, should you navigate
away from the page while it's still trying to post your message (and
if there are network problems, this can run into minutes), you will
lose it forever.

Unless you've disabled certain dialog messages, IE7 and FF2 should
warn you about this, giving you the option not to leave the page.

If your ISP provides a Usenet news server, use that instead.
Also, do a poo in an envelope and send it to the guy who recommended
you use Outlook Express. Lawl. xD

On 14 Mar 2007 11:09:25 -0700, "LJM" wrote:

On 13 Mar, 23:45, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

Remember: Google Groups uses Ajax

Really? I'd have said Cillit Bang, myself.

Daniel Lincoln wrote:

Remember: Google Groups uses Ajax

Really? I'd have said Cillit Bang, myself.

I thought it was AGOVV Appledoorn.
Cheers
Jeff
--
Travels in Peru - December 2006
http://home.orange.nl/jeff.lawrence/index.htm

On 14 Mar, 19:08, Daniel Lincoln wrote:
On 14 Mar 2007 11:09:25 -0700, "LJM" wrote:

On 13 Mar, 23:45, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:
I just wrote an informative reply to the thread "Grandmothers fuse-
box", and also posted it to other NG's of interest, but it vanished
into thin air when I sent it, and has not appeared on any of the
groups, even the original thread has now disappeared from uk.d-i-y.

What's happened to Google Groups?

Remember: Google Groups uses Ajax

Really? I'd have said Cillit Bang, myself.

LOL. IF YOU WERE BARRY SCOTT, YOU'D HAVE SHOUTED IT. xD

On 14 Mar, 19:14, "Jeff Lawrence" wrote:
Daniel Lincoln wrote:
Remember: Google Groups uses Ajax

Really? I'd have said Cillit Bang, myself.

I thought it was AGOVV Appledoorn.

Non-drinking footballers? I bet they don't roast much either. =D

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:35:59 +0000, Adrian Simpson
wrote:

In article , Stuart B
writes
Get yourself a "proper" Newsreader ..like Free Agent or Outlook
Express or some of the others .


I think this must be the first time I've ever seen Outhouse Distress
mentioned in the same sentence as "proper" newsreader without some form
of negative.


Adrian

Yeah .Thats what I was thinking as I wrote it but it's more proper
than Google is anyway . lol