It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean silent >keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up someone on
facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate
flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
In message <ml1tgaFohrlU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean silent >keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up someone on
facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate >flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
He wasn't at the Braehead Rally in May. He usually puts in an
appearance being on his doorstep . Galashiels is on the 26th but he's
not a frequent visitor. I can't make that one this year.
With my stalking/genealogy hat on, Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley age 72 in 2024. Age and middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
However it is a common name in Scotland. There's nothing in the
local newspapers.
It would be a shame. I've met himself and Carol a few times and found
him to be an agreeable chap.
In message <ml1tgaFohrlU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean silent >keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up someone on
facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate >flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
He wasn't at the Braehead Rally in May. He usually puts in an
appearance being on his doorstep . Galashiels is on the 26th but he's
not a frequent visitor. I can't make that one this year.
With my stalking/genealogy hat on, Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley age 72 in 2024. Age and middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
However it is a common name in Scotland. There's nothing in the
local newspapers.
It would be a shame. I've met himself and Carol a few times and found
him to be an agreeable chap.
With˙ my stalking/genealogy hat on,˙˙ Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley˙ age 72 in 2024. Age and middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With˙ my stalking/genealogy hat on,˙˙ Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley˙ age 72 in 2024. Age and middle
initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
As for Jimbo... isn't 2024 about the right amount time that STC
suggested he go toes-up after a liver transplant?
On 13/10/2025 12:46, AndyW wrote:reports
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With˙ my stalking/genealogy hat on,˙˙ Scotland's People
the death of a James M Stewart in Paisley˙ age 72 in 2024. Age and
middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still
on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
The Chippenham guy is regularly seen touting his immense PDP-11
assembler experience and asking questions design to provoke old-timer responses on the RSGB-workshop forum. He's still having a pop at FL's
but he knows the moderator knows his form and is watching him.
On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:44:23 +0100
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 13/10/2025 12:46, AndyW wrote:
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With my stalking/genealogy hat on, Scotland's People reports
the death of a James M Stewart in Paisley age 72 in 2024. Age and
middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still
on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
The Chippenham guy is regularly seen touting his immense PDP-11
assembler experience and asking questions design to provoke old-timer
responses on the RSGB-workshop forum. He's still having a pop at FL's
but he knows the moderator knows his form and is watching him.
He's already started hitting the repeat phase of his repertoire; I
wonder how long it will take for his new audience to notice?
On 13 Oct 2025 at 19:12:25 BST, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:44:23 +0100
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 13/10/2025 12:46, AndyW wrote:
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With my stalking/genealogy hat on, Scotland's People reports
the death of a James M Stewart in Paisley age 72 in 2024. Age
and middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still
on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
The Chippenham guy is regularly seen touting his immense PDP-11
assembler experience and asking questions design to provoke
old-timer responses on the RSGB-workshop forum. He's still having
a pop at FL's but he knows the moderator knows his form and is
watching him.
He's already started hitting the repeat phase of his repertoire; I
wonder how long it will take for his new audience to notice?
I think they've noticed alright - they're just a generally polite
bunch of people.
On 13 Oct 2025 18:28:45 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 13 Oct 2025 at 19:12:25 BST, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:44:23 +0100
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 13/10/2025 12:46, AndyW wrote:
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With my stalking/genealogy hat on, Scotland's People reports
the death of a James M Stewart in Paisley age 72 in 2024. Age
and middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still
on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
The Chippenham guy is regularly seen touting his immense PDP-11
assembler experience and asking questions design to provoke
old-timer responses on the RSGB-workshop forum. He's still having
a pop at FL's but he knows the moderator knows his form and is
watching him.
He's already started hitting the repeat phase of his repertoire; I
wonder how long it will take for his new audience to notice?
I think they've noticed alright - they're just a generally polite
bunch of people.
Quite a few of them encountered our esteemed polymath on this very
group, back in the day. And it shows, with some of them.
Quite a few of them encountered our esteemed polymath on this very
group, back in the day. And it shows, with some of them.
All the more impressive that people largely ignore provocation.
On 13 Oct 2025 21:12:36 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
Quite a few of them encountered our esteemed polymath on this very
group, back in the day. And it shows, with some of them.
All the more impressive that people largely ignore provocation.
Perhaps they just feel sorry for him.
On 13/10/2025 22:28, Brian Morrison wrote:
On 13 Oct 2025 21:12:36 GMTNo more likely they find the group useful and don't want to get banned
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
Quite a few of them encountered our esteemed polymath on this very
group, back in the day. And it shows, with some of them.
All the more impressive that people largely ignore provocation.
Perhaps they just feel sorry for him.
as the admins do have some powers unlike on here.
On 14 Oct 2025 at 16:47:10 BST, "mm0fmf" <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 13/10/2025 22:28, Brian Morrison wrote:
On 13 Oct 2025 21:12:36 GMTNo more likely they find the group useful and don't want to get banned
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
Quite a few of them encountered our esteemed polymath on this very
group, back in the day. And it shows, with some of them.
All the more impressive that people largely ignore provocation.
Perhaps they just feel sorry for him.
as the admins do have some powers unlike on here.
I find it somewhat sad that you think people's normal reaction should be to want to be offensive unless they are constrained by moderation.
On 14 Oct 2025 at 16:47:10 BST, "mm0fmf" <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 13/10/2025 22:28, Brian Morrison wrote:[...]
On 13 Oct 2025 21:12:36 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
[...]
No more likely they find the group useful and don't want to get
Perhaps they just feel sorry for him.
banned as the admins do have some powers unlike on here.
I find it somewhat sad that you think people's normal reaction should
be to want to be offensive unless they are constrained by moderation.
On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:46:24 +0100
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
In message <ml1tgaFohrlU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean silent
keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up someone on
facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate
flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
He wasn't at the Braehead Rally in May. He usually puts in an
appearance being on his doorstep . Galashiels is on the 26th but he's
not a frequent visitor. I can't make that one this year.
With my stalking/genealogy hat on, Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley age 72 in 2024. Age and middle
initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Last edit of his QRZ page was on 10th August 2024, but of course it's
hardly compulsory to edit it frequently.
However it is a common name in Scotland. There's nothing in the
local newspapers.
A common name perhaps, but with the same middle initial and in the
Paisley area with the same age?
In message <20251013113940.2ccbe7a7@deangelis.fenrir.org.uk>, Brian
Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> writes
On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:46:24 +0100
brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
In message <ml1tgaFohrlU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> writes
It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean silent
keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up someone on
facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate
flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
He wasn't at the˙ Braehead˙ Rally in May. He usually puts in an
appearance being on his doorstep . Galashiels is on the 26th but he's
not a frequent visitor. I can't make that one this year.
With˙ my stalking/genealogy hat on,˙˙ Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley˙ age 72 in 2024. Age and middle
initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Last edit of his QRZ page was on 10th August 2024, but of course it's
hardly compulsory to edit it frequently.
However it is a common name in Scotland. There's nothing˙ in the
local newspapers.
A common name perhaps, but with the same middle initial and in the
Paisley area with the same age?
Yes˙ it all points to him. He shunned radio clubs; too many hammy˙ men .
I don't think he was in the RSGB , so there will be nothing there. His
wife was Geraldine , Carol ran the cake shop in Paisley .
Another bit of info from Scotland's People I have confirms his middle
name with another record .
So time to raise a glass of shandy in memory.
Brian
Who is going to tell Ofcom they have a desirable G4 call to put into
the system for issue in a few years time?
It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean silent keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up someone on
facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate
flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
On 13/10/2025 12:46, AndyW wrote:
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With˙ my stalking/genealogy hat on,˙˙ Scotland's People reports the
death of a James M Stewart in Paisley˙ age 72 in 2024. Age and middle
initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
The Chippenham guy is regularly seen touting his immense PDP-11
assembler experience and asking questions design to provoke old-timer responses on the RSGB-workshop forum. He's still having a pop at FL's
but he knows the moderator knows his form and is watching him.
As for Jimbo... isn't 2024 about the right amount time that STC
suggested he go toes-up after a liver transplant?
On 12/10/2025 15:49, Bernie wrote:
It's Jimbo's birthday tomorrow (73). But he seems to have bean
silent keyboard for over a year and Googling his call turns up
someone on facebook earlier this year asking if he's SK.
So, is he deeeeed? Has he launched his last wave? Done the ultimate flounce? Tapped out the fullest of full stops?
He normally used to go to the Galashiels Rally and I didn't see him
there. OK it's often easy to miss people at larger rallies but Gala
is not the biggest of venues.
In article <10civnn$27r1l$1@dont-email.me>, mm0fmf <none@invalid.com>le reports
wrote:
On 13/10/2025 12:46, AndyW wrote:
On 13/10/2025 08:46, brian wrote:
With˙ my stalking/genealogy hat on,˙˙ Scotland's Peop
the death of a James M Stewart in Paisley˙ age 72 in 2024. Age
and middle initial tie up so he could well have gone 10-zero
Another one bites the dust?
There are very few URA users left. Is out Chippenham member still
on the perch or has he fallen off as well?
AndyW
The Chippenham guy is regularly seen touting his immense PDP-11
assembler experience and asking questions design to provoke
old-timer responses on the RSGB-workshop forum. He's still having a
pop at FL's but he knows the moderator knows his form and is
watching him.
As for Jimbo... isn't 2024 about the right amount time that STC
suggested he go toes-up after a liver transplant?
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
So it goes.
On 13 Oct 2025 21:12:36 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
Quite a few of them encountered our esteemed polymath on this very
group, back in the day. And it shows, with some of them.
All the more impressive that people largely ignore provocation.
Perhaps they just feel sorry for him.
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his more successful and more popular older brother.
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his more successful and more popular older brother.
Poor Old Burt.
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his more
successful and more popular older brother.
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's
battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate change,
asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the
workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his
more successful and more popular older brother.
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
[...]
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:53:56 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
[...]
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's
battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the
workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
A win for whom? MM0FMF or GM4LLD perhaps.
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his more successful and more popular older brother.
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's
battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate change,
asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the
workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:53:56 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
I reckon he'll contact Andy in private and inform him about "National security concerns".
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:53:56 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his
more successful and more popular older brother.
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's
battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the
workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
I reckon he'll contact Andy in private and inform him about "National security concerns".
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:53:56 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
[...]
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's
battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on the
workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
A win for whom? MM0FMF or GM4LLD perhaps.
In article <mq28l9Fk3qbU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:15:04 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
=20
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-to.......
=20
So it goes.
Yeah, time ticks on for all of us.
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time and
lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
We're lucky that Burt's body is
still holding up. He could easily have gone the same way as his
more successful and more popular older brother.
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz. He's battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
Is he just trolling, or does he actually believe all that old shit?
That's the thing I could never really get to the bottom of about
Burt. Most of the time, I figured he was just doing all he could to
wind people up, but latter-day/post-Brexit Burt did seem to more go
all-in.
On 12 Dec 2025 at 15:22:07 GMT, "Brian Morrison" <news@fenrir.org.uk>
wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:53:56 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:33 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mpbiotFpr04U4@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
[...]
Indeed. Life is short, but Jim seemed to have enjoyed his time
and lived the life he wanted to, the way he wanted to.
Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
Poor Old Burt.
Burt's a front line combatant in The Culture wars, these dayz.
He's battling Muslims, bicycles, the BBC, EVs, Sadiq Khan, climate
change, asylum seekers... he's keeping active.
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number on
the workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
A win for whom? MM0FMF or GM4LLD perhaps.
In my case it would be a win for idle curiosity. But I don't really
care. After all, the only penalty the persistently anonymous posters
have been threatened with is pre-moderation; and the moderators have
not yet cracked down on tedious boastful reminiscences.
In article <mq2hrvFlkcpU2@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:53:56 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 12/12/2025 10:21, Bernie wrote:
And Andy's just asked him for his name rank and serial number
on the workshop group, too.
Busy times for Burt.Indeed. Perhaps we'll get a name. Or a call. Or maybe he'll stop
posting there if he is forced to ID himself and refuses. Whichever
way it goes it may be construed as a win ;-)
I reckon he'll contact Andy in private and inform him about
"National security concerns".
Don't forget, Burt single-handedly beat the Nazis (while still in
nappies).
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:24:11 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
Is he just trolling, or does he actually believe all that old shit?
That's the thing I could never really get to the bottom of about
Burt. Most of the time, I figured he was just doing all he could to
wind people up, but latter-day/post-Brexit Burt did seem to more go
all-in.
I don't think it's trolling, he does seem genuinely unhinged. If you
look in uk.rec.cycling you'll see that Burt and Reay have bonded over a shared interest in cycling.
Personally I think that the social media restrictions that are being
applied to the under 16s should also be applied to the over 70s.There's little doubt that online exposure to far right ideologies is causing an explosion in the numbers of radicalised pensioners.
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:24:11 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
Is he just trolling, or does he actually believe all that old
shit? That's the thing I could never really get to the bottom of
about Burt. Most of the time, I figured he was just doing all he
could to wind people up, but latter-day/post-Brexit Burt did seem
to more go all-in.
I don't think it's trolling, he does seem genuinely unhinged. If you
look in uk.rec.cycling you'll see that Burt and Reay have bonded
over a shared interest in cycling.
Personally I think that the social media restrictions that are being applied to the under 16s should also be applied to the over
70s.There's little doubt that online exposure to far right
ideologies is causing an explosion in the numbers of radicalised pensioners.
It's all poisonous, no question, and I've no doubt unregulated social
media will be looked back on in a decade or two as the stupidest self-inflicted mistake we made this century, along with smartphones.
I do hope that eventually some level of control is brought in to make
it less easy for kids to have their brains curdled by it all. The age verification law for porn sites seems to have worked well enough,
non-UK sites have adopted it to keep away the threat of fines or geo-blocking, can't see any reason why it wouldn't work in the same
way for Facebook and all the other shit - I'm not saying a determined
kid couldn't circumvent it, but the majority wouldn't bother and
would simply move on to whatever the next interesting thing is. The
hope, then, would be that the power and reach of these bastard
companies becomes diluted and, with luck, eventually some of them
would go pop.
No doubt B.Morrison will object because he doesn't want the state
telling him what to do, though.
Did you used to work for Symbionics in Cambridge?
I'm not saying a determined kid couldn't circumvent
it,
On 14/12/2025 08:57, scole wrote:
I'm not saying a determined kid couldn't circumvent
it,
AIUI if a service provider has provided age verification for country
A and under age people in country A get around the age block for
country A by using a VPN then the service provider has a get out "we
tried to protect the children but they cheated and lied so we are not responsible for them seeing things they're not mature enough to grok".
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:48:07 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 14/12/2025 08:57, scole wrote:
I'm not saying a determined kid couldn't circumvent
it,
AIUI if a service provider has provided age verification for country
A and under age people in country A get around the age block for
country A by using a VPN then the service provider has a get out "we
tried to protect the children but they cheated and lied so we are not
responsible for them seeing things they're not mature enough to grok".
There is some evidence that the government/Ofcom want to force
registration for VPNs. Now, that may be entirely crazy, although not unexpected for the hard-of-thought types that inhabit the authoritarian organisations, but it reinforces my opinion that everyone should resist everything that governments try to do on general principles.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
No doubt B.Morrison will object because he doesn't want the state
telling him what to do, though.
You should all take that same view. Government has increasingly been
about telling people what they should think instead of people deciding
for themselves.
All taxation is theft, vote Libertarian!
On 14/12/2025 08:57, scole wrote:
I'm not saying a determined kid couldn't circumvent
it,
AIUI if a service provider has provided age verification for country A
and under age people in country A get around the age block for country A
by using a VPN then the service provider has a get out "we tried to
protect the children but they cheated and lied so we are not responsible
for them seeing things they're not mature enough to grok".
Happy to be proved wrong about this.
In article <20251214180821.1591bb48@deangelis.fenrir.org.uk>, bdm@fenrir.org.uk wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
No doubt B.Morrison will object because he doesn't want the state
telling him what to do, though.
You should all take that same view. Government has increasingly been
about telling people what they should think instead of people
deciding for themselves.
When has it ever been any different, in the whole of human history?
All taxation is theft, vote Libertarian!
I'd love to not pay any tax, but I'd quickly be pretty pissed off
about my bins not getting collected because the country then can't
afford to hire binmen. We don't live in Monaco or some Arab
petro-state, we (the people) have got to pay our way.
Thatcher could have done what Norway did with the North Sea oil
revenue and invested it in a State Wealth Fund and our country'd be
in a better condition than it is now, but she chose to piss it up the
wall instead.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:24:11 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
Is he just trolling, or does he actually believe all that old
shit? That's the thing I could never really get to the bottom of
about Burt. Most of the time, I figured he was just doing all he
could to wind people up, but latter-day/post-Brexit Burt did
seem to more go all-in.
I don't think it's trolling, he does seem genuinely unhinged. If
you look in uk.rec.cycling you'll see that Burt and Reay have
bonded over a shared interest in cycling.
Personally I think that the social media restrictions that are
being applied to the under 16s should also be applied to the over 70s.There's little doubt that online exposure to far right
ideologies is causing an explosion in the numbers of radicalised pensioners.
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought when I
was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:24:11 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
Is he just trolling, or does he actually believe all that old
shit? That's the thing I could never really get to the bottom of
about Burt. Most of the time, I figured he was just doing all he
could to wind people up, but latter-day/post-Brexit Burt did
seem to more go all-in.
I don't think it's trolling, he does seem genuinely unhinged. If
you look in uk.rec.cycling you'll see that Burt and Reay have
bonded over a shared interest in cycling.
Personally I think that the social media restrictions that are
being applied to the under 16s should also be applied to the over
70s.There's little doubt that online exposure to far right
ideologies is causing an explosion in the numbers of radicalised
pensioners.
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought when I
was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a good
guide, to anything, really.
On 18 Jan 2026 at 13:16:47 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:24:11 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
Is he just trolling, or does he actually believe all that old
shit? That's the thing I could never really get to the bottom of
about Burt. Most of the time, I figured he was just doing all he
could to wind people up, but latter-day/post-Brexit Burt did
seem to more go all-in.
I don't think it's trolling, he does seem genuinely unhinged. If
you look in uk.rec.cycling you'll see that Burt and Reay have
bonded over a shared interest in cycling.
Personally I think that the social media restrictions that are
being applied to the under 16s should also be applied to the over
70s.There's little doubt that online exposure to far right
ideologies is causing an explosion in the numbers of radicalised
pensioners.
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought when
I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a
good guide, to anything, really.
And it does rather depend on what sort of people one mixed with in
the 60s and 70s. My experience of those decades definitely differs
from his.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought when I
was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a good
guide, to anything, really.
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a
good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some of
the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a
good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some of
the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those violent and lawless leftists.
Love thy neighbour
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a
good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some of
the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those violent
and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons on the Internet half a century later? Not.
On 18/01/2026 15:50, Bernie wrote:
Love thy neighbour
Nina Baden-Semper. :-)
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a
good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some of
the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those violent
and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons on the
Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not
a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some
of the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons on
the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often
not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were
of course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't
really want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour
of some of the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons
on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought
when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not
a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some
of the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons on
the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:58:17 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought >>>>>>>>> when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often
not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were
of course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't
really want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour
of some of the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons
on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
Doesn't work with the Brother phone app, though. But, but, the app
reviews say that's pretty standard. So, it's still a win.
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:17:11 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 18/01/2026 15:50, Bernie wrote:
Love thy neighbour
Nina Baden-Semper. :-)
Same age as Burt. :-(
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000[...]
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
[...]
[...][...]
[...]
[...]
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often not a
good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were of
course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't really
want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour of some of
the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those violent
and lawless leftists.
On 19 Jan 2026 at 11:09:11 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:58:17 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people
thought when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often
not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were
of course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't
really want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour >>>>>>> of some of the strikers was dreadful even by today's
standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons
on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
Doesn't work with the Brother phone app, though. But, but, the app
reviews say that's pretty standard. So, it's still a win.
my HP works with an Android phone with no additional software at all;
it's eery!
On 19/01/2026 10:33, Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:17:11 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 18/01/2026 15:50, Bernie wrote:
Love thy neighbour
Nina Baden-Semper. :-)
Same age as Burt. :-(She wasn't back then then. Ah, yes she was, damn!
OK, when I was young and she was young she looked very nice. I don't
know if Burt looked nice back then.
On 19 Jan 2026 12:36:45 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 11:09:11 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:58:17 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people
thought when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often >>>>>>>>>> not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were >>>>>>>>> of course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't >>>>>>>>> really want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour >>>>>>>>> of some of the strikers was dreadful even by today's
standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons
on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
Doesn't work with the Brother phone app, though. But, but, the app
reviews say that's pretty standard. So, it's still a win.
my HP works with an Android phone with no additional software at all;
it's eery!
I can print a PDF from Cx file explorer on Android, no problem. But my
new printer has scanner capabilities that I hoped to be able to use
without firing up a PC, and for that I need the phone app to work.
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:37:07 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 19/01/2026 10:33, Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:17:11 +0000She wasn't back then then. Ah, yes she was, damn!
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 18/01/2026 15:50, Bernie wrote:
Love thy neighbour
Nina Baden-Semper. :-)
Same age as Burt. :-(
OK, when I was young and she was young she looked very nice. I don't
know if Burt looked nice back then.
He didn't look great in that picture of him from when he was a young, gun-toting trainee spy.
On 20 Jan 2026 at 09:24:12 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 12:36:45 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 11:09:11 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:58:17 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie"Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie >>>>>>>>>>>> <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people
thought when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often >>>>>>>>>> not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there
were of course differing opinions but it was clear that you >>>>>>>>> didn't really want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the >>>>>>>>> behaviour of some of the strikers was dreadful even by
today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with
loons on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
Doesn't work with the Brother phone app, though. But, but, the app
reviews say that's pretty standard. So, it's still a win.
my HP works with an Android phone with no additional software at
all; it's eery!
I can print a PDF from Cx file explorer on Android, no problem.
But my new printer has scanner capabilities that I hoped to be able
to use without firing up a PC, and for that I need the phone app to
work.
Ok, that does sound harder! Can't you do it from a control panel on
the printer?
On 20/01/2026 09:27, Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:37:07 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 19/01/2026 10:33, Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:17:11 +0000She wasn't back then then. Ah, yes she was, damn!
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 18/01/2026 15:50, Bernie wrote:
Love thy neighbour
Nina Baden-Semper. :-)
Same age as Burt. :-(
OK, when I was young and she was young she looked very nice. I
don't know if Burt looked nice back then.
He didn't look great in that picture of him from when he was a
young, gun-toting trainee spy.
Was that the one with the Harry Palmer thick black plastic framed
glasses, leather jacket and a Sterling sub machine gun?
On 20 Jan 2026 09:50:58 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 20 Jan 2026 at 09:24:12 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 12:36:45 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 11:09:11 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:58:17 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie"Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie >>>>>>>>>>>> <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people >>>>>>>>>>> thought when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are
often not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there >>>>>>>>> were of course differing opinions but it was clear that
you didn't really want to be on the Grunwick picket line >>>>>>>>> as the behaviour of some of the strikers was dreadful
even by today's standards.
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those >>>>>>>> violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with
loons on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
Doesn't work with the Brother phone app, though. But, but, the
app reviews say that's pretty standard. So, it's still a
win.
my HP works with an Android phone with no additional software at
all; it's eery!
I can print a PDF from Cx file explorer on Android, no problem.
But my new printer has scanner capabilities that I hoped to be
able to use without firing up a PC, and for that I need the phone
app to work.
Ok, that does sound harder! Can't you do it from a control panel on
the printer?
I believe so (there's a button marked scan), but I'd still need to get
the resulting file to my phone. I haven't had much of a chance to play
with any of it yet. I may yet get the app to work - seems to be a
Wi-Fi problem.
On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:03:38 +0000
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 20/01/2026 09:27, Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:37:07 +0000Was that the one with the Harry Palmer thick black plastic framed
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 19/01/2026 10:33, Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:17:11 +0000She wasn't back then then. Ah, yes she was, damn!
mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
On 18/01/2026 15:50, Bernie wrote:
Love thy neighbour
Nina Baden-Semper. :-)
Same age as Burt. :-(
OK, when I was young and she was young she looked very nice. I
don't know if Burt looked nice back then.
He didn't look great in that picture of him from when he was a
young, gun-toting trainee spy.
glasses, leather jacket and a Sterling sub machine gun?
That's the bunny.
On 19 Jan 2026 at 11:09:11 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:58:17 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 10:45:49 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 10:31:51 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>Yeah, new year, a break from the past...
wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 09:42:29 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 19 Jan 2026 at 08:32:15 GMT, "Bernie"
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:16:47 +0000
Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:08:21 +0000
Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +0100[...]
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
In article <mq545pF44j4U1@mid.individual.net>, Bernie
<bernie.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
[...]
Far right ideologies. Oh, you mean what normal people thought >>>>>>>>>> when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, possibly. "normal people" whoever they are, are often
not a good guide, to anything, really.
The sort of people you met pretty much everywhere, there were
of course differing opinions but it was clear that you didn't
really want to be on the Grunwick picket line as the behaviour >>>>>>>> of some of the strikers was dreadful even by today's standards. >>>>>>>>
Yes, thank goodness we had the SPG to protect us from those
violent and lawless leftists.
And what fun it would be to debate employment rights with loons
on the Internet half a century later? Not.
Oh, c'mon! Where's your sense of adventure?
I suppose we could talk about Amateur Radio?
Mind you, it's never worked before.
I've just finished setting up a printer, and, AND it's working!
As expected!! Eventually.
Doesn't work with the Brother phone app, though. But, but, the app
reviews say that's pretty standard. So, it's still a win.
my HP works with an Android phone with no additional software at all; it's eery!
On 18 Jan 2026 14:14:10 GMT
Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
On 18 Jan 2026 at 13:16:47 GMT, "Bernie" <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
Great TV, though: Love thy neighbour, It ain't half hot mum, Are you
being served, Curry and chips... The good old dayz when you could stick
the boot into ethnic, religious, or sexual minorities without the
loony left making you feel guilty about it.
And some of the Lucas/Walliams shit
from the 2000s is pretty repulsive - their airport show (was it called Airport?) with Matt Lucas in blackface felt racist as fuck even at the
time in the edgelord turn-of-the-millennium cultural period.
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:02:12 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
And some of the Lucas/Walliams shit
from the 2000s is pretty repulsive - their airport show (was it called Airport?) with Matt Lucas in blackface felt racist as fuck even at the
time in the edgelord turn-of-the-millennium cultural period.
It's quite odd that this sort of thing crept through the cracks given
that all of this was looked down on very heavily even in the late 70s.
I never found the Little Britain stuff very funny, it was pretty
unpleasant as you say.
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:02:12 +0100
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:
And some of the Lucas/Walliams shit
from the 2000s is pretty repulsive - their airport show (was it called
Airport?) with Matt Lucas in blackface felt racist as fuck even at the
time in the edgelord turn-of-the-millennium cultural period.
It's quite odd that this sort of thing crept through the cracks given
that all of this was looked down on very heavily even in the late 70s.
I never found the Little Britain stuff very funny, it was pretty
unpleasant as you say.
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