Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

The Today In History Postings change daily, and recycle yearly. I
had previously suspended the weekly autopostings on the daily ham
radio nets that I run...but these are now ending as well.

In the BBS Ads echoes, I had to enable DUPLICATE CHECKING, as many
BBS's were doing the autoposts of their system several times a day.

To get these posts resumed, I will need a reply from the moderator
of this echo, to state it's OK. Otherwise, they will be on my local
message areas only.

Sorry for any inconvenience...your understanding is appreciated.

Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Sysop, The Thunderbolt BBS, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

Joe Mackey is still listed as moderator of this area although I haven't seen him around in years so I doubt we'll hear from him.

For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

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Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

Joe Mackey is still listed as moderator of this area although I haven't seen him around in years so I doubt we'll hear from him.

For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

Echoing Al's sentiment, I also have no issues with them.

Mike


* SLMR 2.1a * Go ahead, back up to the RAM disk. I dare you!
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Alan,

Due to echo moderators prohibiting autopostings, I have decided to
SUSPEND these...mainly the Today In History Postings (among others).

Joe Mackey is still listed as moderator of this area although I
haven't seen him around in years so I doubt we'll hear from
him.

For what it's worth I have no issue with your autoposts.

Last I heard from Joe, he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
I had gotten out of the networks after my brother's suicide last year,
and the resulting nervous breakdown. But, I've rejoined them now. I just
needed some time away from things.

I'm afraid that Joe may have passed away...and I don't know if one
can change the echolist listing without a password. I don't know how
long it goes without an update, before it notes "this echo one the
backbone has expired".

I will post the Burma Shave ads back in here as soon as possible.

Thanks for the reply.

Daryl

... I am Victor of Borg(e)... Prepare to hear funny music.
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Mike,

Echoing Al's sentiment, I also have no issues with them.

I've put them back on...they should be flowing shortly.

Daryl

... To err is human, to do nothing, benign.
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Alan,

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you and your family the best
over the holdays and beyond.

I'm the last of my line. The only other relatives I know of are out
of state, older than I am, and can't travel anymore.

This is what I have been thinking but I don't know.

My late father was the victim of that. Sadly, by the time it is
discovered, it's usually too late to do anything.

Wherever Joe is now, sitting in his armchair or looking down on
us from above I wish him only the best as well.

Agreed.

One of the echoes other longtime members, Nancy Backus, lost her
battle with stomach cancer awhile back. She was very active in the
message areas.

One day, I had the tagline "I took an IQ test, and the results were negative". Without missing a beat, she replied "That explains a lot",
then added <g,d,r>.

She said "I hope you weren't offended by that", and I told her "Not
at all...I got a good laugh out of it".

Daryl

... Middle Age: When actions creak louder than words.
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Alan,

I'm the last of my line. The only other relatives I know of are out
of state, older than I am, and can't travel anymore.

My late father was the victim of that. Sadly, by the time it is
discovered, it's usually too late to do anything.

Agreed.

One of the echoes other longtime members, Nancy Backus, lost her
battle with stomach cancer awhile back. She was very active in the
message areas.

One day, I had the tagline "I took an IQ test, and the results were negative". Without missing a beat, she replied "That explains a lot",
then added <g,d,r>.

She said "I hope you weren't offended by that", and I told her "Not
at all...I got a good laugh out of it".

Daryl

... Middle Age: When actions creak louder than words.
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Daryl and Alan,

The email address I have for Joe is:

joemackey108@comcast.net

The last email I got from Joe was in December 2021 .

In March of 2022 I began having DSL problems and was suggested I drop DSL and get Fiber internet
I dropped DSL and learned the Fiber Modem didn't work here , so I dropped the Fiber too.

Two years later I got a cellphone plan.
Ed
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Re: Re: Autoposts Stopped
By: Daryl Stout to Alan Ianson on Fri Dec 12 2025 12:14:02

Hi, Daryl.

I will post the Burma Shave ads back in here as soon as possible.

As a Brit I have always been a bit confused by the Burma Shave stuff - are the posts quoting ads that they actually used years ago? They don't make a lot of sense to me, usuallly, but that might just be me being thick! Either way if you or anyone else would like to clue me in it would be appreciated.

Thanks & hope you have had a good weekend.

BobW
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Re: Re: Autoposts Stopped
By: Alan Ianson to Daryl Stout on Sat Dec 13 2025 13:46:18

...looking down on us from above I wish him only the best as well.

How do you know he's looking down? Could be up, or even sideways (Purgatory, ya know).
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Re: Re: Autoposts Stopped
By: Daryl Stout to Alan Ianson on Sat Dec 13 2025 22:35:38

...then added <g,d,r>.

?
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