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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Behind the Frame
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:21:41 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:


> >> My Usenet provider has been a bit flakey, but we won't let that stop
> >> us from posting these announcements.


> >Mine was really quiet yesterday. Today had tons of new posts!

> Yeah, Usenet seemed to be a bit constipated for the past few days.
> Posts went in, but almost nothing was coming out. 

> But now we've got a flood of backlogged posts, all at once and in a
> messy torrent that's better just flushed away than analyzed. ;-)

Better late than never!


> (I hear they applied they juiced the server with a  "Post Retention
> Update: New Enhancement" patch. That always seems to get things
> flowing again, in my experience. ;-)

> Sorry. I'll stop it with these shitty jokes. 

Maybe the servers' rodents died and needed to be replaced.

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