So, did dejanews - or whatever its latest incarnation was - disappear? I was wandering around google's site, but didn't find it. I can find a few fractured bits of some posts by doing general web searches, but not the ancient bit I just thought I'd look for.
Not that it's important. And it's actually kind of cool to discover that some of that stuff actually, perhaps, for real disappears. But I was generally curious.
In other news, I still haven't checked the functionality of my laundered thumb drive, but I did find out how to do CPR on a cat today.
Allison Turner- wrote: > So, did dejanews - or whatever its latest incarnation was - disappear? I was > wandering around google's site, but didn't find it. I can find a few fractured > bits of some posts by doing general web searches, but not the ancient bit I just > thought I'd look for.
Well, hhmmm. If I go to Google, then click on "More" and choose "groups" I get the ability to search groups. If I search for soc.singles.moderated, yours is the first hit. I can also see some of the other recent activity.
If I type in "BoNBoink" I get hits for BoN going back to...like 2001. But, oddly enough, the thread "BoNboink Countdown" shows up, my post of that title isn't available as part of the thread. I have to type in "BoNboink countdown" to find it.
Otherwise, I can't find "squirrels don't like garlic bread" or "I prefer lenny w/o squiggy". Maybe if I tried harder they would turn up.
> Not that it's important. And it's actually kind of cool to discover that some > of that stuff actually, perhaps, for real disappears. But I was generally > curious.
I'm sure the proper TLA agencies have copies <g>. And sure, it's always a WTF moment when I go back and see I did something such as using "their" instead of "they're".
> In other news, I still haven't checked the functionality of my laundered thumb > drive,
Well, let it dry out for a week or two if you can afford to. We had a girl spill water into her laptop last month. It was off. So, of course she had to turn it on to see if it still worked. Which it did, but only for several milliseconds, after which it became an ex-laptop.
but I did find out how to do CPR on a cat today.
Sounds interesting. Hope everything is all right...
I was actually thinking of you today while I was sorting through some BoN pictures. It seems so long ago now, the only bright spot I had in "the second consecutive bad summer".
-- PB "I suspect you're an arrogant little pissant who grew up in the Red Bull generation." - CJW
In article <ha8rvj01...@drn.newsguy.com>, Allison Turner- <beton...@sover.net> wrote:
>So, did dejanews - or whatever its latest incarnation was - disappear?
groups.google.com is still there, but it's on life support. (That is, it has been getting increasingly difficult to find Usenet posts.) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> "....Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail..." --Siobhan
On 3 Oct 2009 20:58:41 -0400, Allison Turner- <beton...@sover.net> wrote:
>So, did dejanews - or whatever its latest incarnation was - disappear? I was >wandering around google's site, but didn't find it. I can find a few fractured >bits of some posts by doing general web searches, but not the ancient bit I just >thought I'd look for.
>Not that it's important. And it's actually kind of cool to discover that some >of that stuff actually, perhaps, for real disappears. But I was generally >curious.
I have noticed recently that finding old stuff is difficult, if not impossible. I don't know if some of it isn't there, or if it's poorly indexed. On another froup, I was able to find some of what I wanted by searching through thread headers by hand when searching on key words got no hits.
>In other news, I still haven't checked the functionality of my laundered thumb >drive, but I did find out how to do CPR on a cat today.
Oh, I hope the kitty was ok! Was it a fire?
Penelope
-- You have proven yourself to be the most malicious, classless person that I've encountered in years. - "pointed" <poppypur...@yahoo.com>
>On 3 Oct 2009 20:58:41 -0400, Allison Turner- <beton...@sover.net> >wrote: >>In other news, I still haven't checked the functionality of my laundered thumb >>drive, but I did find out how to do CPR on a cat today.
>Oh, I hope the kitty was ok! Was it a fire?
Oh - sorry. Should have specified: I took a first aid / CPR class for pets. It was pretty interesting, although I think they should create one for those of us who are already EMTs, as much of the information was stuff we knew. Still, it was pretty fascinating. I also now know how to muzzle a dog with a long bootlace (always muzzle a dog before you work on it, assuming it's not having difficulty breathing and not vomiting) and we went through things like heart rates of dogs and cats, and that ferrets will "grin" at you when you scruff them.
On 4 Oct 2009 17:11:27 -0400, Allison Turner- <beton...@sover.net> wrote:
>on 4 Oct 2009 10:06:02 -0400, Penelope stated:
>>On 3 Oct 2009 20:58:41 -0400, Allison Turner- <beton...@sover.net> >>wrote:
>>>In other news, I still haven't checked the functionality of my laundered thumb >>>drive, but I did find out how to do CPR on a cat today.
>>Oh, I hope the kitty was ok! Was it a fire?
>Oh - sorry. Should have specified: I took a first aid / CPR >class for pets.
Oh, that would be cool.
> It was pretty interesting, although I think >they should create one for those of us who are already EMTs, >as much of the information was stuff we knew. Still, it was >pretty fascinating. I also now know how to muzzle a dog with >a long bootlace
*nods*
A hasty muzzle, also easily made with a bit of gauze or a bandana.
In article <P8mdnfbjoNuPY1rXnZ2dnUVZ_r6dn...@earthlink.com>, Plague Boy <plague_...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Allison Turner- wrote: >> In other news, I still haven't checked the functionality of my laundered thumb >> drive, >Well, let it dry out for a week or two if you can afford to.
Or until you're sure it's completely dry (a little heat is fine, maybe 110 or so).
But before that, rinsing it with distilled water might help, just in case the laundry water left something conductive behind.
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