Hi everyone,

I get a netmail out of the blue from Michiel van der Vlist, who is in zone
2, trying to tell me my nodelist entry is wrong. He has no buisness doing that, especially across zones. It amazes me the stones on these Europeans. What is it about some of these Dutch sysops thinking they're right about everything? You know if I did that to him, he'd be making a policy complaint about me the minute after he got my message.

I've been begging Andrew for a twit filter for MBSE. LOL

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Hi digimaus,
In a message to All you wrote:

I've been begging Andrew for a twit filter for MBSE. LOL

That dos one you told me about works great if MBSE is using
squish. I have it in the dosbox-x autoexec.bat hahahaha

Shawn

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digimaus wrote to All <=-

I get a netmail out of the blue from Michiel van der Vlist, who is in
zone 2, trying to tell me my nodelist entry is wrong. He has no
buisness doing that, especially across zones. It amazes me the stones
on these Europeans. What is it about some of these Dutch sysops
thinking they're right about everything? You know if I did that to
him, he'd be making a policy complaint about me the minute after he got
my message.

I'd bet it's about the 'ICM' flag... If you're flying that, do you have another non-internet method of connecting, such as POTS/ISDN or
anything? Trust me, I'm about the last to defend the Euro-commies, but
that's the purpose of the ICM flag, as I understand it, meaning that you
are not 'CM' for the non-internet connection ability. <SHRUG>



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Hello Shawn!

16 Nov 24 07:47, you wrote to Digimaus:

That dos one you told me about works great if MBSE is using
squish. I have it in the dosbox-x autoexec.bat hahahaha

MBSE uses JAM.

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Hello Gamgee!

16 Nov 24 07:55, you wrote to digimaus:

I'd bet it's about the 'ICM' flag... If you're flying that, do you
have another non-internet method of connecting, such as POTS/ISDN or
anything? Trust me, I'm about the last to defend the Euro-commies,
but that's the purpose of the ICM flag, as I understand it, meaning
that you are not 'CM' for the non-internet connection ability.
<SHRUG>

The point is that someone in Zone 2 should not be sending out netmail blasts (it wasn't just me) interzone about an issue that is none of their business. If he is worried, he has to get my RC involved, not me directly, as it is my RC who approves my nodelist segment. I could technically file a policy complaint but I'm not going to because Fidonet isn't worth the trouble. I mainly still carry Fidonet for a long-time caller of mine (he's 84). When he stops calling, I'm going to drop Fidonet completely as anyone I care about is also in Micronet.

Besides, no one but him has said anything to me in 28 years about that flag. It's much ado about nothing and Michiel is just a shitstirrer at heart.

Andrew Leary, who's been in Fidonet much longer than Michiel and serves as the FTSC administrator, told my my use of the flag is the common usage.

Michiel van der Vlist is a bitter old man who uses Fidonet as something to validate his existence, much like Ward does.

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Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

I'd bet it's about the 'ICM' flag... If you're flying that, do you
have another non-internet method of connecting, such as POTS/ISDN or
anything? Trust me, I'm about the last to defend the Euro-commies,
but that's the purpose of the ICM flag, as I understand it, meaning
that you are not 'CM' for the non-internet connection ability.
<SHRUG>

The point is that someone in Zone 2 should not be sending out netmail blasts (it wasn't just me) interzone about an issue that is none of
their business. If he is worried, he has to get my RC involved, not me directly, as it is my RC who approves my nodelist segment. I could technically file a policy complaint but I'm not going to because
Fidonet isn't worth the trouble. I mainly still carry Fidonet for a long-time caller of mine (he's 84). When he stops calling, I'm going to drop Fidonet completely as anyone I care about is also in Micronet.

100% agreement about not being his business.

Besides, no one but him has said anything to me in 28 years about that flag. It's much ado about nothing and Michiel is just a shitstirrer at heart.

Understood and again I agree completely.

Andrew Leary, who's been in Fidonet much longer than Michiel and serves
as the FTSC administrator, told my my use of the flag is the common
usage.

Could be, but doesn't really seem to be all that common. I guess I'm
not understanding why you would use it, if you don't have another
non-internet connection method to access your system. Isn't that what
it is supposed to be used for? It doesn't give me any heartburn that
you do use it, but it actually doesn't seem to make much sense, either.

Michiel van der Vlist is a bitter old man who uses Fidonet as something
to validate his existence, much like Ward does.

I know, and once again agree. I've found that for me the best thing to
do is just laugh at them. ;-) Cheers!


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Hello Gamgee!

16 Nov 24 19:16, you wrote to me:

I know, and once again agree. I've found that for me the best thing
to do is just laugh at them. ;-) Cheers!

I just ignore them these days, except when they're trying to play schoolmarm.

They'll all be dead someday.

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Hi Sean,
In a message to Gamgee you wrote:

I just ignore them these days, except when they're trying to play schoolmarm.

Laugh, I have never understood why some people love to examine
the nodelist in such detail for fun.

I hope my nodelist entry is incorrect somewhere. I'm going to ask
Nick if he could use a flag I shouldn't have to make them crazy. ;)

As for Micronet.... Can you add my phone number to it? Just select
whatever the number for the police is where what's his name lives.

Shawn


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Besides, no one but him has said anything to me in 28 years about that flag. It's much ado about nothing and Michiel is just a shitstirrer at heart.

Pretty sure he is one of the ones who eventually ran off Daryl Stout. :(

Mike


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Shawn Highfield wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Laugh, I have never understood why some people love to examine
the nodelist in such detail for fun.

They have nothing else to do with their time. They're so miserable they
don't have a social life except online.

I hope my nodelist entry is incorrect somewhere. I'm going to ask
Nick if he could use a flag I shouldn't have to make them crazy. ;)

Just make up a flag...

As for Micronet.... Can you add my phone number to it? Just select whatever the number for the police is where what's his name lives.

LOL

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Pretty sure he is one of the ones who eventually ran off Daryl Stout. :(

He very nearly ran me off but I can't resist trolling him. Daryl had a lot
of personal issues going on that were not public and those played a major
part of his eventual disappearance.

As for Michiel, he's just another member of the Eurotrash(tm).

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Hi digimaus,
On <Mon, 17 Nov 24>, you wrote me:

They have nothing else to do with their time. They're so miserable
they don't have a social life except online.

Yeah I suppose... but why fidonet nodelist's of all things!?

Shawn


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On 17 Nov 24 13:39:30, Digimaus said the following to Shawn Highfield:

Laugh, I have never understood why some people love to examine
the nodelist in such detail for fun.

They have nothing else to do with their time. They're so miserable they don't have a social life except online.

All of it began when I refused to take their marching orders.

Nick

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Yeah I suppose... but why fidonet nodelist's of all things!?

Because they're Dutch pedants.

-- Sean



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Pretty sure he is one of the ones who eventually ran off Daryl Stout. :(

He very nearly ran me off but I can't resist trolling him. Daryl had a lot of personal issues going on that were not public and those played a major part of his eventual disappearance.

Yes he did. I think he and I were the last two GT Power sysops left and I hated to see him go. His board is still up so I try to drop in there every
so often.

As for Michiel, he's just another member of the Eurotrash(tm).

Indeed.

Mike

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