is this dead or what?

tmccloud57.TakeThisOut@sprintpcs.com wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:31 -0500, Dan Valleskey
> <valleskey.TakeThisOut@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any
>> old timers still lurking about?
>>
>> -Dan V. in Indy
>
> Ten years and still reading. But you're right, it's pretty dead.
> Didn't I see a post from Myron not long ago? I suspect there are a
> few others who still hope against hope for a live group again.
> Tom in MD

It seems that ISPs are dropping Usenet support. Between that and all the
"competition" with more user-friendly forums, it seems like the
handwriting is on the wall. Usenet will likely die soon. Bummer, it's
been a fun ride.
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Dan Valleskey <valleskey.DeleteThis@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
>I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any
>old timers still lurking about?

I miss Scott (ok, I really don't miss him but sometimes he was entertaining
with his netwit comments...)

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Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn RemoveThis @ripco.com> wrote:
>Dan Valleskey <valleskey RemoveThis @nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
>>I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any
>>old timers still lurking about?

>I miss Scott (ok, I really don't miss him but sometimes he was entertaining
>with his netwit comments...)

I had to go look him up for old times sakes...
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.boats.paddle/browse_thread/thread/2...8406f20

Seems to me he lost the property though and hasn't been back much since...

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On Oct 6, 6:33 pm, Dan Valleskey <valles....TakeThisOut@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
> I miss my RBP.  Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much.  Are there any
> old timers still lurking about?
>
> -Dan V. in Indy

not dead exactly but it seems that no one actually talks much in
summer and fall.
during the winter it seems to pickup a bit.
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On Oct 7, 10:02 am, tmcclou....DeleteThis@sprintpcs.com wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:31 -0500, Dan Valleskey
>
> <valles....DeleteThis@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
> >I miss my RBP.  Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much.  Are there any
> >old timers still lurking about?
>
> >-Dan V. in Indy
>
>  Ten years and still reading.   But you're right, it's pretty dead.
> Didn't I see a post from Myron not long ago?   I suspect there are a
> few others who still hope against hope for a live group again.
>   Tom in MD

Yeah, I posted something as a test balloon, and got no replies.

I miss the old rbp also, and I don't find Boatertalk to be a good
substitute. Too many folks there...too many 'experts' with a narrow
range of experience, and the posting style (content in the header)
seems too much like a group SMS-fest.

I still have some great stuff to share, if rbp wasn't so dead. Summer
of 2006 I ran the first descent of the Delger-Muron river in Outer
Mongolia...I owe Canoe&Kayak magazine an article on it, but I never
got around to writing it...

--riverman
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On Oct 8, 9:43�am, riverman <myronb... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Oct 7, 10:02�am, tmcclou... RemoveThis @sprintpcs.com wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:31 -0500, Dan Valleskey
>
> > <valles... RemoveThis @nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
> > >I miss my RBP. �Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. �Are there any
> > >old timers still lurking about?
>
> > >-Dan V. in Indy
>
> > �Ten years and still reading. � But you're right, it's pretty dead.
> > Didn't I see a post from Myron not long ago? � I suspect there are a
> > few others who still hope against hope for a live group again.
> > � Tom in MD
>
> Yeah, I posted something as a test balloon, and got no replies.
>
> I miss the old rbp also, and I don't find Boatertalk to be a good
> substitute. Too many folks there...too many 'experts' with a narrow
> range of experience, and the posting style (content in the header)
> seems too much like a group SMS-fest.
>
> I still have some great stuff to share, if rbp wasn't so dead. Summer
> of 2006 I ran the first descent of the Delger-Muron river in Outer
> Mongolia...I owe Canoe&Kayak magazine an article on it, but I never
> got around to writing it...
>
> --riverman

I still check in regularly, but have moved mostly to Yahoo activity
specific groups. Usenet was a great forum in its day, but it has a
limited lifetime. Google and Yahoo are working hard to make it go
away. Fewer and fewer ISP provide newsgroup access.

Blakely
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Blakely LaCroix
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

"The best adventure is yet to come"
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:43:02 -0700 (PDT), riverman <myronbuck DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Oct 7, 10:02 am, tmcclou... DeleteThis @sprintpcs.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:31 -0500, Dan Valleskey
>> <valles... DeleteThis @nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
>> >I miss my RBP.  Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much.  Are there any
>> >old timers still lurking about?
>>
>> >-Dan V. in Indy
>>
>>  Ten years and still reading.   But you're right, it's pretty dead.
>> Didn't I see a post from Myron not long ago?   I suspect there are a
>> few others who still hope against hope for a live group again.
>>   Tom in MD
>
>Yeah, I posted something as a test balloon, and got no replies.
>
>I miss the old rbp also, and I don't find Boatertalk to be a good
>substitute. Too many folks there...too many 'experts' with a narrow
>range of experience, and the posting style (content in the header)
>seems too much like a group SMS-fest.
>
>I still have some great stuff to share, if rbp wasn't so dead. Summer
>of 2006 I ran the first descent of the Delger-Muron river in Outer
>Mongolia...I owe Canoe&Kayak magazine an article on it, but I never
>got around to writing it...
>
>--riverman

Terrific! If we've got Riverman back, can Rocky and Oc1canubi be far behind?

Always enjoyed reading your stories, Riverman. Most likely have them saved
someplace. Tom in MD
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:43:02 -0700 (PDT), riverman
<myronbuck.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Oct 7, 10:02 am, tmcclou....DeleteThis@sprintpcs.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:31 -0500, Dan Valleskey
>>
>> <valles....DeleteThis@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
>> >I miss my RBP.  Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much.  Are there any
>> >old timers still lurking about?
>>
>> >-Dan V. in Indy
>>
>>  Ten years and still reading.   But you're right, it's pretty dead.
>> Didn't I see a post from Myron not long ago?   I suspect there are a
>> few others who still hope against hope for a live group again.
>>   Tom in MD
>
>Yeah, I posted something as a test balloon, and got no replies.
>
>I miss the old rbp also, and I don't find Boatertalk to be a good
>substitute. Too many folks there...too many 'experts' with a narrow
>range of experience, and the posting style (content in the header)
>seems too much like a group SMS-fest.
>
>I still have some great stuff to share, if rbp wasn't so dead. Summer
>of 2006 I ran the first descent of the Delger-Muron river in Outer
>Mongolia...I owe Canoe&Kayak magazine an article on it, but I never
>got around to writing it...
>
>--riverman

Last time I was very active I had just sent you a boat. I hope it
didn't sink or anything when you put it together, or, if it did you
were shallow water at least. Is that thing still floating or has it
gone to that great boatyard in the sky?
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Dan Valleskey wrote:
> I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any
> old timers still lurking about?

I check it periodically. Nothing much happening.

Steve
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> tmccloud57 RemoveThis @sprintpcs.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:31 -0500, Dan Valleskey
>> <valleskey RemoveThis @nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there
>>> any old timers still lurking about?
>>>
>>> -Dan V. in Indy
>>
>> Ten years and still reading. But you're right, it's pretty dead.
>> Didn't I see a post from Myron not long ago? I suspect there are a
>> few others who still hope against hope for a live group again.
>> Tom in MD
>
> It seems that ISPs are dropping Usenet support. Between that and all the
> "competition" with more user-friendly forums, it seems like the
> handwriting is on the wall. Usenet will likely die soon. Bummer, it's been
> a fun ride.

Usenet went away and then came back from my ISP - I had been meaning to
bitch, but I shoe horses and summer is my busy (think 70 hour weeks) season,
so apparently someone else did before I got the chance.

The place doesn't seem quite so dead when there are six months worth of old
messages backed up!

Cricket
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Steve Cramer wrote:
> Dan Valleskey wrote:
>> I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there
>> any old timers still lurking about?
>
> I check it periodically. Nothing much happening.


So, where'd everybody go? It's not like kayaking is less popular than
before (just the opposite, IMHO).

Is there a web-based watering hole where everybody gathers now? That's
what happened to the sailing and skiing newsgroups that I participate
in. Where's the rbp web substitute?

//Walt
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Here I am in bored waiting for a call and decide to have a peek at rbp
for the first time in months and what do I find but old familiar
friends like Galen and Tom and Myron.

I miss the old days of RBP, but like many others I've move on. Moved
on a couple of times in fact, first to NPMB and later to P.net.

Nowadays though I'm less and less interested in spending time on
paddling message boards.

But I still miss my old rbp friends.
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