Thread: How do you do it?

"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful
> life?


You have to *prioritize*.

I skim, look at threads that have an answer for me (highlighted with
yellow and red, thanks to Xnews), and then just skim everything else. If
something catches my eye, and fancy, I'll post to that thread. Otherwise,
it all gets dumped.


>
> I can't do it.



Obviously, you never learnt time management. Too bad.


> My time required of other things is just too much. When
> I open up this newsgroup, and see 16,000 posts, 14,999



I open it up (usually) daily, sometimes every couple of days, and there
are only *100's*, not tens of thousands.

You're doing something wrong, or you're full of ****.



> Follow endless threads to their extinction. Argue about the price of
> green beans in Minnesota vs. Kansas.



Well, you were obviously interested enough to read it.


>
> Gossip (a big chunk)
>
> Bitch. (another big chunk)


Like this post?


>
> I'm sorry. I just have to pass. I've got too much other life going on.
>


Too bad, soo sad. There's the door....... don't let it hit you in the ass
on the way out.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Fact of Life:

After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says... W T F ?

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:31:34 -0700, "Steve B"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?

Easy - I don't attempt to keep up with all group activity...

As you say - is it even possible to keep up and have a meaningful
life? I have less time now for Usenet than I've ever had before, so I
skip a lot of threads... a LOT. If they don't sound interesting to me,
I skip 'em.

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:31:34 -0700, Steve B wrote:

> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?

You could stop by trolling and spamming, you piece of ****.
(bye Kajkit!)

> When I open up this newsgroup, and see 16,000 posts,
> 14,999 by the usual suspects,

And when you sensationalize and exaggerate the facts, you can
pretty much write off any chance of people taking you seriously (I
know I stopp3ed several months ago - the others are a little
slow).

> visit my blog at http://cabgbypasanddie.com

So you're finally done spamming the group, and are now going to
move. Good. We won't see you here again.

-sw

On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:26:43 +1000, Jeßus wrote:

> As you say - is it even possible to keep up and have a meaningful
> life? I have less time now for Usenet than I've ever had before, so I
> skip a lot of threads... a LOT. If they don't sound interesting to me,
> I skip 'em.

I do believe there are people here who read every thread and post,
but I skip over 80% of them according to the last 200 threads not
started by Googlers (or Foodbanterers).

I can't imagine reading all the posts. Or even half of them.

-sw

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:31:34 -0700, "Steve B"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?
>
> I can't do it. My time required of other things is just too much. When I
> open up this newsgroup, and see 16,000 posts, 14,999 by the usual suspects,
> I just wonder what you people must do all day. Well, I don't wonder,
> because I can see what it is you do all day.
>
> Follow endless threads to their extinction. Argue about the price of green
> beans in Minnesota vs. Kansas.
>
> Gossip (a big chunk)
>
> Bitch. (another big chunk)
>
> I'm sorry. I just have to pass. I've got too much other life going on.
>
> Good luck, and my condolences.
>
<shrug> That's why I think it's silly to download more than the last
24 hours worth of posts when you haven't read RFC for a while.
There's no point in replying to anything older in a news group this
active. However, if you'd read everything posted in the last few
days, you'd have seen that there are some people here who vehemently
disagree with my POV.

--

Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

In article <[email protected]>,
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?
>
> I can't do it.

I retired about five years ago. My children are grown, and we have no
grandchildren. I add to my killfile, and skip posts and entire threads
sometimes. I still can't always keep up. When I come back from a trip,
I look at a few threads that I was participating in, and then just mark
everything as read and start over.

I participate in a few other newsgroups, but they have nothing like the
activity of this group.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?
>
> I'm sorry. I just have to pass. I've got too much other life going on.
>
> Good luck, and my condolences.
>
> Steve
>

Don't let the screen door hit ya on the way out

Jill

On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:35:54 -0700, sf wrote:

> <shrug> That's why I think it's silly to download more than the last
> 24 hours worth of posts when you haven't read RFC for a while.
> There's no point in replying to anything older in a news group this
> active.

That's because you rarely post about food. So yes, of course
heated discussions are useless about 5 hours after initiation, but
actual FOOD posts are timeless.

You should try it some time.

-sw

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 23:04:48 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>> Good luck, and my condolences.
>>
>
> Don't let the screen door hit ya on the way out

Screen door? He has one of those flapping rubber doors with the
weak magnetic rim to keep blowing leaves out of the kitchen.

-sw

In article <[email protected]>,
Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?
>>
>> I can't do it.
>
>I retired about five years ago. My children are grown, and we have no
>grandchildren. I add to my killfile, and skip posts and entire threads
>sometimes. I still can't always keep up. When I come back from a trip,
>I look at a few threads that I was participating in, and then just mark
>everything as read and start over.
>
>I participate in a few other newsgroups, but they have nothing like the
>activity of this group.

Even back in the Old Days when people Mostly Talked About Food, I only
read about a third of the threads. I killfiled some people for being
drama queens and some xposts, but then I sorted by subject line and zapped
the ones not interesting to me. Bread machine? People bitching at
Sheldon again? Buh-bye.

I wish people would change the subject line when the thread shifts wildly.

Sticking as much as possible to "talking about food" and "avoiding drama"
does help with the time management.

If I've been away for a while, I might do a "mark all as read".

Charlotte

--

On Aug 8, 6:31*pm, "Steve B" <pittmanpir...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?
>
> I can't do it. *My time required of other things is just too much. *When I
> open up this newsgroup, and see 16,000 posts, 14,999 by the usual suspects,
> I just wonder what you people must do all day. *Well, I don't wonder,
> because I can see what it is you do all day.
>
> Follow endless threads to their extinction. *Argue about the price of green
> beans in Minnesota vs. Kansas.
>
> Gossip (a big chunk)
>
> Bitch. *(another big chunk)
>
> I'm sorry. *I just have to pass. *I've got too much other life going on.

Maybe if you could resist the urge to read every thread, your life
would be freed-up. What was the point of adding your two cents' worth
to a thread started by fake Peter Lucas re the sexual desirability of
an AIDS patient? Learn to pick and choose. If you click on something
distasteful, "Mark thread read" and move on.

"Sqwerpz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:11nmj9ahxmgky$.[email protected]..
> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:35:54 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> <shrug> That's why I think it's silly to download more than the last
>> 24 hours worth of posts when you haven't read RFC for a while.
>> There's no point in replying to anything older in a news group this
>> active.
>
> That's because you rarely post about food. So yes, of course
> heated discussions are useless about 5 hours after initiation, but
> actual FOOD posts are timeless.
>
> You should try it some time.
>
> -sw

Morphed again, did you, little puke. You wear out one name, then change it
like I change socks. Well, no, I change socks daily or more often.

Steve

visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

"spamtrap1888" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Aug 8, 6:31 pm, "Steve B" <pittmanpir...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I mean, keep up with this newsgroup, and have any sort of meaningful life?
>
> I can't do it. My time required of other things is just too much. When I
> open up this newsgroup, and see 16,000 posts, 14,999 by the usual
> suspects,
> I just wonder what you people must do all day. Well, I don't wonder,
> because I can see what it is you do all day.
>
> Follow endless threads to their extinction. Argue about the price of green
> beans in Minnesota vs. Kansas.
>
> Gossip (a big chunk)
>
> Bitch. (another big chunk)
>
> I'm sorry. I just have to pass. I've got too much other life going on.

Maybe if you could resist the urge to read every thread, your life
would be freed-up. What was the point of adding your two cents' worth
to a thread started by fake Peter Lucas re the sexual desirability of
an AIDS patient? Learn to pick and choose. If you click on something
distasteful, "Mark thread read" and move on.

reply: Will you be my poster boy on this thread? I made no such comment.

I rest my case, your honor.

Steve

visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:39:52 -0700, Steve B wrote:

> "Sqwerpz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:11nmj9ahxmgky$.[email protected]..
>> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:35:54 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> <shrug> That's why I think it's silly to download more than the last
>>> 24 hours worth of posts when you haven't read RFC for a while.
>>> There's no point in replying to anything older in a news group this
>>> active.
>>
>> That's because you rarely post about food. So yes, of course
>> heated discussions are useless about 5 hours after initiation, but
>> actual FOOD posts are timeless.
>>
>> You should try it some time.
>
> Morphed again, did you, little puke. You wear out one name, then change it
> like I change socks. Well, no, I change socks daily or more often.

Here you are nit-picking about a post not even referring to you,
in an OPT thread started by you, complaining about not having
enough time to read food related posts.

I thought you got the hell out of here? Just go, little man. You
pretty much already nailed your own coffin shut with this thread.

-sw

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:41:29 -0700, Steve B wrote:

> I rest my case, your honor.

And now he comes back to yell at everybody he didn't like before
he said goodbye to all of us for wasting his time.

Classic Kook.

Next he's going to threaten to post naked pictures of our children
to porn sites.

-sw

Swwektz <[email protected]> wrote:

> -sw


No matter how many ways you immaturely choose to nick yourself you'll
always be "little Stevie Warts" at rfc.

Andy

Il 09/08/2010 03:31, Steve B ha scritto:

> Follow endless threads to their extinction. Argue about the price of green
> beans in Minnesota vs. Kansas.
>
> Gossip (a big chunk)
>
> Bitch. (another big chunk)

And your post fits perfectly in that cathegory, ROTFL
--
Vilco
and the Family Stone

Steve wrote to sf:

>> <shrug> That's why I think it's silly to download more than the last
>> 24 hours worth of posts when you haven't read RFC for a while.
>> There's no point in replying to anything older in a news group this
>> active.
>
> That's because you rarely post about food. So yes, of course
> heated discussions are useless about 5 hours after initiation, but
> actual FOOD posts are timeless.
>
> You should try it some time.

What are you talking about? She has lively discussions going about her
mushroom ravioli and her new pasta maker. Granted, she's involved in some OT
discussions as well, but then again so are you and I.

Bob

Jill wrote to Steve B.:

>> I'm sorry. I just have to pass. I've got too much other life going on.
>>
>> Good luck, and my condolences.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
> Don't let the screen door hit ya on the way out

I guess he wasn't getting as many hits on his web site as he'd hoped. It had
to be disheartening for him to hear that Chester was getting so much more
traffic, when Chester's site is so ****ty.

Bob