On 20/04/2023 08:17, GeoffC wrote:
> Tim+ wrote:
>
>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>> uk.rec.sheds uk.rec.motorcycles
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a reason why I answer two half-page and one
>>> full-page ads for installing solar panels and the guff for
>>> connecting them to my supply, and have had zilch response?
>>
>> Possibly because they have more orders than they can deal with,
>> especially with a world shortage of panels, inverters and batteries.
>> (Or more accurately, all those available to the world outside China).
>>
>
> No shortage here in NL. 3 estimates last december, panels installed end
> of february.
>
> <lights blue touch paper>
>
> I blame Brexit.
>
> <retreats>
>
>
>> Begs the question why they continue to advertise though..
>
> Quite

I blame Brexit for a lot of thingsh, but not that.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 20/04/2023 11:23, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> On 19/04/2023 13:17, RustyHinge wrote:
>> uk.rec.sheds   uk.rec.motorcycles
>>
>> Can anyone suggest...
>
> ...how, in Thunderbird*, having read an item in one of these groups, it
> will also mark it as read in the other?
> At the moment I am having to go through them all twice!
> I can't see anything obvs in settings but shurely it is do-able?
> Chz
> Chris
>
> *I wish Gravity worked in linux :-(

Might it work in an emulator?

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

In article <u1stcn$uv1j$2@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar
..girolle.co.uk> on Fri, 21 Apr 2023 at 03:45:43 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 20/04/2023 11:23, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
>> On 19/04/2023 13:17, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> uk.rec.sheds   uk.rec.motorcycles
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest...
>>
>> ...how, in Thunderbird*, having read an item in one of these groups, it
>> will also mark it as read in the other?
>> At the moment I am having to go through them all twice!
>> I can't see anything obvs in settings but shurely it is do-able?
>> Chz
>> Chris
>>
>> *I wish Gravity worked in linux :-(
>
>Might it work in an emulator?
>
As I reported in another thread, it still seems to work in the real
world. Ouch
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 07:24:32 -0700, Stephen Packer wrote:

> On Thursday, 20 April 2023 at 13:37:59 UTC+1, Champ wrote:
>
>> No need to retreat. I doubt you'll find anyone now (certainly on here)
>> that thinks brexit was a good idea
>
>
> [1] Difference being Sunak wanted brexit and wants to make it work
> whereas Johnson believes in nothing and just wanted to be PM.

Not convinced which of those positions is the better - I'd question the
judgement of the first view point probably more than the second

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:41:24 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>[1] an equivalent rate - see BMW

BMW? Curses these automatic fingers

I of course meant BMA
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:58:36 +0100, Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net>
wrote:

>What is Gravity?

Not a bad movie
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On 20/04/2023 13:36, Sn!pe wrote:
> chrisnd@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> On 20/04/2023 11:58, Chris Elvidge wrote:
>>> What is Gravity?
>>>
>> My newsreader of choice in my windoze past - and still the one I use in
>> my rare visits to that OS. Now 13 years since the last update but...
>> https://mpgravity.sourceforge.net
>> HTH
>>
>
> Steve Gibson of GRC is maintaining Gravity now, see:-
>
> <https://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm>
>
> "Gravity Setup (v3.0.11) Gravity Newsgroups Client."
>
> "Gravity is THE BEST newsgroups (NNTP USENET) client for Windows.
> STEVE DID NOT WRITE IT. But it stopped working and it had been
> abandoned. So Steve obtained the open source, fixed it, added a
> few features, rebuilt and signed the executable... and he'll be
> maintaining it from now on."
>
> Download link: <https://www.grc.com/files/GravitySetup.zip>
>
That is Good Gnus indeed.

Chris D

On 21/04/2023 03:45, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 20/04/2023 11:23, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
>> On 19/04/2023 13:17, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> uk.rec.sheds   uk.rec.motorcycles
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest...
>>
>> ...how, in Thunderbird*, having read an item in one of these groups,
>> it will also mark it as read in the other?
>> At the moment I am having to go through them all twice!
>> I can't see anything obvs in settings but shurely it is do-able?
>> Chz
>> Chris
>>
>> *I wish Gravity worked in linux :-(
>
> Might it work in an emulator?

Probably. I do have Win7 running via VMbox for some legacy progs but
after shifting to Ubuntu I am trying really hard to stay with linux for
the rest of my natural...

Maybe I'll try it though <nostaligia mode> - it was so good </nostaligia
mode>

Chris D

On 21/04/2023 14:17, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:58:36 +0100, Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net>
> wrote:
>
>> What is Gravity?
>
> Not a bad movie

Agreed. Watched it twice.

Also a great song by York local trio White Sail.

https://whitesailband.bandcamp.com/track/gravity

Tone

On 20/04/2023 13:00, Andy Burns wrote:
> chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
>
>> ...how, in Thunderbird*, having read an item in one of these groups,
>> it will also mark it as read in the other?
>> At the moment I am having to go through them all twice!
>
> No, thunderbird doesn't deal with cross-posts
>
> For short threads I normally ignore the duplication, if it's clear that
> a thread is going to drag-out for a bit, I chose which group it's most
> relevant to, and hit 'k' to it in the others

Yes, that's probably the most simple plan.
After all, its the first time it's even approached being an issue in the
year or two I've been running Tbird.

Chris D
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 21/04/2023 14:16, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:41:24 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> [1] an equivalent rate - see BMW
>
> BMW? Curses these automatic fingers
>
> I of course meant BMA

I did wonder.
A sign of the times, no one cared?

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 21/04/2023 14:17, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:58:36 +0100, Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net>
> wrote:
>
>> What is Gravity?
>
> Not a bad movie

or the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its
center.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 19 Apr 2023 20:14:45 GMT, Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> wrote:

>RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>> uk.rec.sheds uk.rec.motorcycles
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a reason why I answer two half-page and one full-page
>> ads for installing solar panels and the guff for connecting them to my
>> supply, and have had zilch response?
>
>Possibly because they have more orders than they can deal with, especially
>with a world shortage of panels, inverters and batteries. (Or more
>accurately, all those available to the world outside China).
>
>Begs the question why they continue to advertise though..

Even marketeers have to eat.

--

-Pip

On 21-Apr-23 19:40, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 21/04/2023 14:17, Champ wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:58:36 +0100, Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What is Gravity?
>>
>> Not a bad movie
>
> or the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its
> center.

If two bodies are drawn together often enough, one of them may become
gravid.

--
Sam Plusnet