With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is
interested in posting on daily or weekly events?


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On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is
interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout
out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal.
RIP nz.general.


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Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is
interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

Yes the News groups are way quieter than they were say 15 years
ago. Binary usenet is still alive and well but text groups like this
have all but died and gone to the likes of facebook. I'm using
Agent version 1.91 for this. Still works on Win 11

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wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >>news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is >>interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout
out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal.
RIP nz.general.

Anyone know what happened to Rich. Did he catch covid and die or
was he fired from the Liebour Party??

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On 22/07/2026 17:44, Crash wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is
interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

Yes things are quiet on nz gen
But .... a couple of other groups I visit have
shown a burst of activity that hasn't been around
for some years.

When is are the nats going to dump Lux?
He is a total dud.
And I don't want to vote for any of the other parties
because they have nothing new to offer. It's the same old
BS for years. NZ is Fcuked, same as EU, UK AUS and USA.

greybeard

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On 2026-07-22, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com> wrote:

wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups >>>now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >>>news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen >>>since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is >>>interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout
out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal.
RIP nz.general.

Anyone know what happened to Rich. Did he catch covid and die or
was he fired from the Liebour Party??

I am sure that a penny to a pound, that he is still around and will turn up someplace else to expel his wisdom to those who are within range.



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On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:07:12 +1200, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com>
wrote:

wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups >>>now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >>>news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen >>>since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is >>>interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout
out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal.
RIP nz.general.

Anyone know what happened to Rich. Did he catch covid and die or
was he fired from the Liebour Party??

Rich simply stopped posting with no indication that this was intended.
So consistent with either a serious cognitive failure or passing away.


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Crash McBash

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2026, greybeard <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Yes things are quiet on nz gen
But .... a couple of other groups I visit have
shown a burst of activity that hasn't been around
for some years.

When is are the nats going to dump Lux?
He is a total dud.
And I don't want to vote for any of the other parties
because they have nothing new to offer. It's the same old
BS for years. NZ is Fcuked, same as EU, UK AUS and USA.

I'm sticking with NZF as the best of a bad bunch. Still, we could
keep this NG going thru the election, anyway.


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On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:40:56 +1200, greybeard wrote:

And I don't want to vote for any of the other parties because they
have nothing new to offer. It's the same old BS for years. NZ is
Fcuked, same as EU, UK AUS and USA.

?The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi
or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction
between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the
distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of
thought) no longer exist.?
? Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:40:56 +1200, greybeard <nobody@nowhere.invalid>
wrote:

On 22/07/2026 17:44, Crash wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and
news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is
interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

Yes things are quiet on nz gen
But .... a couple of other groups I visit have
shown a burst of activity that hasn't been around
for some years.

When is are the nats going to dump Lux?
He is a total dud.

At this point just a few months out from a general election no-one in
National is stupid enough to take Luxon on. They will wait until
after the election. If the next government does not include National
its a sure bet Luxon will be challenged immediately. If the next
government includes National then that challenge will come later.
Either way it is unlikely Luxon will last.

I also get frustrated with National. They made all the right noises
about fixing the problems that Labour bequeathed to them, only to
subsequently tackle 3-waters repeal and changing the direction of our schooling. Luxon lacks the courage to take on other more substantial
issues - probably scared shitless by what ACT and Seymour got dealt to
by opponents of the Treaty Principles Bill.

And I don't want to vote for any of the other parties
because they have nothing new to offer.

Yep. NZF is a vanity party. ACT is a bit too edgy for me.

It's the same old
BS for years. NZ is Fcuked, same as EU, UK AUS and USA.

greybeard

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

At this point just a few months out from a general election no-one in >National is stupid enough to take Luxon on. They will wait until
after the election. If the next government does not include National
its a sure bet Luxon will be challenged immediately. If the next
government includes National then that challenge will come later.
Either way it is unlikely Luxon will last.

He will last, by forging a Grand Coalition with his ideological mates.

Yep. NZF is a vanity party. ACT is a bit too edgy for me.

You have chosen, and shall have Labour.


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On 2026-07-22, greybeard <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

On 22/07/2026 17:44, Crash wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups
now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and
news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen
since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is
interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

Yes things are quiet on nz gen
But .... a couple of other groups I visit have
shown a burst of activity that hasn't been around
for some years.

When is are the nats going to dump Lux?
He is a total dud.

Not a total dud, just not a leader who inspires.

And I don't want to vote for any of the other parties
because they have nothing new to offer.

Well the new thing is solar panels for the roofs, the subsidy of. This has
not been offered before.

It's the same old
BS for years. NZ is Fcuked, same as EU, UK AUS and USA.

NZ is not like the others Countries mentioned.

1) We do not change our MP faster than at elections.
2) NZ has a multi party system, which some others are taking note of.
3)The UK is like USA in that the restructing of society is collasping.
4)Oz likewaise, it has gone woke. While NZ has done so it is only 51/49
5) The EU has gone wokeish it has great interia and is big allowing it to
make offers to the USA that it has trouble refusing.

Look for the differences not the similar aspects.

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On 2026-07-23, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:07:12 +1200, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com>
wrote:

wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups >>>>now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >>>>news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen >>>>since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is >>>>interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout >>>out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal.
RIP nz.general.

Anyone know what happened to Rich. Did he catch covid and die or
was he fired from the Liebour Party??

Rich simply stopped posting with no indication that this was intended.
So consistent with either a serious cognitive failure or passing away.

While those are two reasons, it does not rule out the thid one. He just realised that he was done with nz.general and with stopped posting.

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On 23 Jul 2026 08:09:07 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

On 2026-07-23, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:07:12 +1200, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com>
wrote:

wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups >>>>>now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >>>>>news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen >>>>>since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is >>>>>interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout >>>>out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal. >>>>RIP nz.general.

Anyone know what happened to Rich. Did he catch covid and die or
was he fired from the Liebour Party??

Rich simply stopped posting with no indication that this was intended.
So consistent with either a serious cognitive failure or passing away.

While those are two reasons, it does not rule out the thid one. He just >realised that he was done with nz.general and with stopped posting.

After many decades of posting that would be extremely
uncharacteristic.


--
Crash McBash

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:25:53 GMT, wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

At this point just a few months out from a general election no-one in >>National is stupid enough to take Luxon on. They will wait until
after the election. If the next government does not include National
its a sure bet Luxon will be challenged immediately. If the next >>government includes National then that challenge will come later.
Either way it is unlikely Luxon will last.

He will last, by forging a Grand Coalition with his ideological mates.

Yep. NZF is a vanity party. ACT is a bit too edgy for me.

You have chosen, and shall have Labour.

I might just swallow a rat and party-vote National.

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Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On 23 Jul 2026 08:09:07 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

On 2026-07-23, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:07:12 +1200, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com>
wrote:

wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

With few exceptions, none of us are posting regularly to these groups >>>>>>now. I am using Agent,with news servers news.bbs.nz and >>>>>>news.eternal-september.org and there have been no postings in nz.gen >>>>>>since July 13.

Is there rally nothing of interest, or is there no-one left who is >>>>>>interested in posting on daily or weekly events?

On those rare occasions I post, nobody replies to me anyway -- a shout >>>>>out to Mutley who did reply. Rich would reply but added no signal. >>>>>RIP nz.general.

Anyone know what happened to Rich. Did he catch covid and die or >>>>was he fired from the Liebour Party??

Rich simply stopped posting with no indication that this was intended.
So consistent with either a serious cognitive failure or passing away.

While those are two reasons, it does not rule out the thid one. He just >>realised that he was done with nz.general and with stopped posting.

After many decades of posting that would be extremely
uncharacteristic.

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I agree, he was so entrenched in the group and his beliefs he would find it nearly impossible to voluntarily quit.

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