Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21107 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2001 23:06:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by extortion.plus.net with SMTP; 24 Jan 2001 23:06:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 15432 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2001 23:09:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 24 Jan 2001 23:09:36 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14LYxN-0001Pk-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:04:01 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from d06lmsgate-3.uk.ibm.com ([195.212.29.3]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14LYxA-0001Pa-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:03:48 +0000 Received: from d06relay02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06relay02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.166.84.148]) by d06lmsgate-3.uk.ibm.com (1.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA178896 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:54:24 GMT Received: from usa.net (ss1.bld.socks.ibm.com [9.14.4.66]) by d06relay02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.8.8m3/NCO v4.95) with ESMTP id XAA95908 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:02:55 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3A6F5EC9.F7311E5A@usa.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:01:29 +0100 From: "Alberto di Bene" Organization: Undisclosed X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: Reality check... References: <008701c0864a$3cc020a0$0301a8c0@steve> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Steve Olney wrote: > [snip] > I sympathise with those feeling the pressure of the modern age as they grow > older. This is because I too feel this pressure (although in Amateur terms > I am a spring chicken at 51), but in my case I have decided it is of no use > longing for the "good ol' days". It is a sad fact of life that CW is on > life support as it is abandoned by authorities around the world. Quoting > single instances to the contrary will not change this. > [snip] Steve, Amen ! 73 Alberto I2PHD