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  1. What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew

  2. "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew

    Good one.

    I'm in the UK but I'm from Wales.

    Newsgroups - comp.sys.sinclair, alt.horology, uk.tech.home-automation

    Now there's a mix!!

  3. "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    news:uk.legal news:alt.uk.law news:uk.t**spot news:uk.driving news:uk.finance
    news:alt.internet.providers.uk news:alt.internet.providers.uk.aaisp

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    wurzel country

  4. Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    alt.good.morning rec.cats.pets.anecdotes alt.support.headaches.migraine

    Quoted message said:

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    running??? Can't do that - the items held in the overshoulderboulderholder would give me black-eyes
    ;-) Climbing - did it once on a rock face in the cheviots - never again 🙂 Walking - I like Rambling

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Deepest rural Norfolk but a Geordie lass 🙂

    Quoted message said:

    Regards,

    Andrew

    Cheers, helen s

    ~~~~~~~~~~
    Flush out that intestinal parasite and/or the waste product before sending a reply!

    Any speeliong mistake$ aR the resiult of my cats sitting on the keyboaRRRDdd
    ~~~~~~~~~~

  5. Andrew B wondered:

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    Shouldn't reply, can't resist. alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent rec.juggling rec.sport.unicycling
    uk.local.bath uk.local.bristol

    Although I now mark most threads as ignored - the only groups I still read in any detail are
    rec.sport.unicycling and uk.rec.cycling.

    I recently stopped subscribing to comp.databases.pick, uk.rec.camping and uk.people.parents, because
    I wasn't getting enough out of them to justify the time spent reading the headers.

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Tunbridge Wells, but now living in Bristol.

    --
    Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( juggler.netdanny ) Recumbent cycle page:
    speedy5.freeserve.co.ukrecumbents "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -
    Thomas Paine

  6. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    rec.bicycles.marketplace rec.bicycles.tech rec.bicycles.misc rec.bicycles.racing

    rec.photo.digital microsoft.public.excel.misc

    And some more at work that I can't remember!

    --
    Mark
    ______________________________________

    "Just ask yourself: What would Scooby Doo?"

  7. Andrew B said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    uk.rec.naturist uk.local.south-wales wales.talk uk.rec.scouting uk.rec.camping rec.scouting.issues
    uk.rec.cars.classic uk.sport.motorsport alt.fan.heinlein uk.rec.driving uk.rec.cycling

  8. Andrew B said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    Having read the rest of the replys I'm not sure I should say but ...

    2 comp.lang.c.moderated 1242 sci.math 271 comp.programming -> 81 uk.rec.cycling 1405
    comp.lang.c++ 187 comp.unix.programmer 72 comp.lang.c 37 comp.os.linux.security 103
    comp.std.c++ 38 comp.std.c 358 comp.lang.c++.moderated 7 btinternet.chatter.technical 21
    btopenworld.broadband.chat 71 btopenworld.broadband.technical.cha 2 btinternet.linux 227
    btinternet.support 256 btopenworld.broadband.support 555 comp.text.tex 1475 fa.linux.kernel
    132 uk.comp.os.linux 544 uk.telecom.broadband 51 microsoft.public.sqlserver.odbc (The last
    one is an aberation - I had a problem at work and I couldn't connect to the microsoft server
    from work)

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?


    Inside M25

    Regards,

    Tim.

    --
    God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light.

    tjw.hn.orgtjw.hn.org locofungus.btinternet.co.uklocofungus.btinternet.co.uk

  9. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Andrew B said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I suppose that you really want to know?

    alt.fan.countires.canada - not a spelling error alt.sport.snooker alt.travel.greece
    alt.travel.uk.marketplace comp.sys.acorn.announce comp.sys.acorn.apps comp.sys.acorn.hardware
    free.uk.airports.abbotsinch free.uk.airports.prestwick freeserve.help.acorn mail.pluto-l mail.tvlist
    news.announce.newusers rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated rec.food.veg rec.food.veg.cooking
    rec.sport.curling scot.announce scot.environment scot.legal uk.adverts.cars uk.gov.local
    uk.gov.social-security uk.local.ayrshire uk.local.scot-highlands uk.net.news.announce
    uk.net.news.management uk.people.support.arthritis uk.politics.electoral uk.rec.aquaria.misc
    uk.rec.boats.power uk.rec.cycling uk.rec.rights-of-way uk.rec.sailing uk.sport.cricket uk.sport.golf
    uk.sport.misc uk.tech.tv.sky

    Quoted message said:

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Millport

    --
    A T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village sandymillport.fsnet.co.uksandymillport.fsnet.co.uk

  10. In message <[email hidden]>, Andrew B
    <[email hidden]> writes

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    Transport-Health cyclingdoctors moulton ancmed Arthurnet trikes talk.origins

    Quoted message said:


    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Darkest England. Presently resident in Wales.

    Quoted message said:


    Regards,

    Andrew

    Any other doctors here who use the bike at work, or who would like to? Join cyclingdoctors
    topica.comcyclingdoctors and give us the benefit of your experience!

    --
    Richard Keatinge

    keatinge.netkeatinge.net

  11. First three are work related:

    comp.lang.tcl comp.lang.vhdl comp.arch.fpga rec.photo.digital uk.comp.home-networking

    Niv.

    "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew

  12. Andrew B said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    uk.community,firefighting (where I am a visiting troll - ID withheld) alt.folklore.military (where I
    am a resident troll - ID withheld) us.military.army (where I've been a resident troll for four years
    - ID withheld) uk.rec.cycling (where I try to behave) uk.rec.driving (where I am a visiting troll -
    roadrunner) uk.transport (where I am a visiting troll - roadrunner)

    Plus several others where either I try to behave or I actively wind up other users, but I'm not
    going to publicise the groups or the ID I use in those places.

    Quoted message said:

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew

    --
    remove remove to reply

  13. rec.bicycles.misc rec.bicycles.tech

    and I live in Sacramento, California

    I lived in England for two years, thirty years ago. Pleasant memories of a great people.

    "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew

  14. Hi All

    this group is always my first port of call but I'm also often in:

    alt.os.windows2000 alt.os.windows-xp uk.comp.os.win2000 uk.comp.training Microsoft.public.....oooh
    loads of them. Guess what my job is!

    Outside of work: rec.bicycles.racing rec.bicycles.tech uk.music.alternative
    alt.sports.baseball.chicago.cubs alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers

    and recently the always entertaining uk.transport

    I prefer newsgroups to the web, I must be strange 🙂 All the best

    Stan Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew B" <[email hidden]>
    Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:12 PM Subject: A quick poll ...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew


    "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew

  15. Replying to my own post again! Since posting this oooh 2 minutes ago and reading another post in
    this thread I have just subscribed to 4 ntl specific groups as well 🙂 Oh and by the way I'm in
    Brighton, on holiday and will be out on my summer bike again in about half an hour. All the best

    Stan Cox "Stan Cox" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Hi All

    this group is always my first port of call but I'm also often in:

    alt.os.windows2000 alt.os.windows-xp uk.comp.os.win2000 uk.comp.training Microsoft.public.....oooh
    loads of them. Guess what my job is!

    Outside of work: rec.bicycles.racing rec.bicycles.tech uk.music.alternative
    alt.sports.baseball.chicago.cubs alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers

    and recently the always entertaining uk.transport

    I prefer newsgroups to the web, I must be strange 🙂 All the best

    Stan Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew B" <[email hidden]>
    Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:12 PM Subject: A quick poll ...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew


    "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Regards,

    Andrew


  16. Andrew B said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    I'm guilty of the last two there, also rec.ski.backcountry, rec.games.board and uk.games.board, plus
    the shell that is uk.rec.boats.paddle gets the odd scan.

    Then, if you can imagine such a thing, I do use news on a professional basis to help get Actual Work
    done too (how I originally came across
    it). comp.unix.solaris, comp.protocols.dicom, comp.lang.idl-pvwave and comp.os.netware.misc

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Originally from Bexley (SE London, right on the border with Kent).

    Pete.
    --
    Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
    Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden]
    dundee.ac.uk~pjclinch

  17. In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc, uk.rec.running, uk.rec.climbing &
    uk.rec.walking.

    the hierarchies very but roughly: running orienteering yorkshire archers (not archery!)
    food+drink.indian crosswords and numerous comp.lang, comp.object and comp.software groups relating
    to the day job.

    Quoted message said:

    Out of curiosity, what parts of the country are people from ?

    Durham.

    Colin

  18. The message <[email hidden]> from Richard Keatinge <[email hidden]>
    contains these words:

    Quoted message said:

    Any other doctors here who use the bike at work, or who would like to? Join cyclingdoctors
    topica.comcyclingdoctors and give us the benefit of your experience!

    I did until my MS got too bad.

    I get uk.rec.sheds uk.religion.jewish uk.people.support.mult-sclerosis uk.transport.london
    uk.transport.buses

    & a few zetnet groups

    Gave up uk.tosspot when I got too wond up.

    --
    Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.

  19. "Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    "Andrew B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What other newsgroups do people belong to ?

    I sure I recognise a few names from both uk.food+drink.misc,


    uk.rec.running,

    Quoted message said:

    uk.rec.climbing & uk.rec.walking.

    Other than u.r.c, I occasionally pop up on other cycling ng's, and some scienctific ones for
    PhD-related stuff. I'm a regular on uk.railway, sharing my obscure knowledge (or lack of it) of that
    mode of transport with the rest of the ng, as well as uk.rec.models.rail, and occasionally drop in
    on uk.transport.london for Tube-related stuff.

    Quoted message said:


    Born, bread (&butter), Wolverhampton (love it to bits)

    Same here (well, Wednesfield to be precise), but based in Yorkshire almost all of my adult life for
    academic reasons. Still pop back home to see Mum & Dad, though, making very infrequent pilgrimages
    to Molineux (due to ticket prices seemingly having gone through the roof).

    Quoted message said:

    but relocated for love to Willenhall (5 miles down t'road)

    Famous/infamous for its bye-law allowing pubs to open as early as 9:30
    a.m. on market days! Also (apparently) had, by a long chalk, the highest concentration of pubs per
    head in South Staffs. (and possibly further afield) for many years!

    David E. Belcher

    Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

  20. my partner and I do 2 or three days or part days a week by bike. hills, weihgt to carry, distances
    and time pressures vary and have to be accommodated. We think its an important duty to be seen doing
    it.The fact we enjoy it is a bonus.i think it's really odd that it's not the norm for most GP's to
    do some cycling thanks for the anderson paper which is now on display around the surgeries.It has
    immediately reduced the time I spend explaining my choice of transport.

    terry Jones

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