Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 19 08:10PM -0800

On Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 9:30:41 AM UTC-8, suzn wrote:
> > with cash, but I still don't like the idea of paying to shop in someone's
> > store . . .
> They take debit cards Tock, if you have one.

Suzn was still posting in 2005

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Friday, February 16, 2024

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Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 16 01:50PM -0800

On Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 2:13:29 PM UTC-8, Lenona wrote:

> > She needs a sugar daddy. But modeling (and acting, being a musician, any sort of creative arts) is expensive and if it doesn't pay the bills it's just a hobby. This was part of my roommate's downfall, he was California to the core and just couldn't see himself doing anything for a living not within the entertainment industry.
> So what did he end up doing instead - besides becoming homeless, maybe?

> Btw, the trouble with "sugar daddies," I suspect, is that they tend to lose interest in any particular young person after a short while.

Then you keep trading in like they do. Between 20 and 29 is still young and you can lie about your age if you keep your looks into your 30's. LOTS of people in the entertainment industry turn tricks on the way up, or out.

He helped someone get the hoarder house in order. It's a 40 year plus bachelor pad that he is couching on and doing occasional maintenence like on rainy days while I "foster" his cat. Original last ditch plan was to go back to his home state somewhere in the midwest and mooch off family members.

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

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Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com>: Feb 14 03:59PM -0800

I can only assume this so-called adult's parents weren't much better than she.

Or else they didn't really TEACH her anything about saving...

And, as some pointed out, anyone will save a LOT by not eating out - IF you have the half a brain that it takes to shop the sales at the Right Stores.

There are 1,700 comments.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/20-old-model-wants-spend-113900747.html

"This 20-year-old model wants to 'spend, spend, spend,' believes groceries are a 'scam' and maxed out credit cards at 30.49% interest for a beauty pageant. Caleb Hammer responds"

Thursday, February 8, 2024

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The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Feb 07 10:00PM -0800

On 2/7/24 12:59 PM, David LaRue wrote:

> Hi Bev,

> I never liked the terms of service for social media and thus you'll just
> find me on email and USENET.

What, you actually read them? I figure the condensed version is "We can
do whatever we want and you can't stop us." No point in worrying about
it. I use facebook because the people I "knew" from usenet migrated
there. I've made it as much like usenet as possible and very unlike
what I assume most people use it for. The bad thing about it is that
you can't carry on discussions and useful functions suddenly disappear.

We take what we can get.

--
Cheers, Bev
"Tough? We drink our urine and eat our dead!"
-- N. Heilweil

Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>: Feb 08 09:26AM -0500

David LaRue wrote:

> Hi Bev,

> I never liked the terms of service for social media and
> thus you'll just find me on email and USENET.

Same here.

Compared to the constant ads, tracking, and moderating
on the commercial [anti]social networks, it's much more
peaceful and often thought-provoking here on Usenet.

I find myself spending less and less time online over
the past few years with Usenet taking up most of my
time.

Since there's less on Usenet, I spend less time online
overall. Email takes up a pittance of time since
my email provider has good spam filters. I rarely see
more than one spam email per week.

I'll add one more rant:
Companies that *only* have social media methods of contact.
"Contact us on Facebook or Twitter/X" simply doesn't cut it.
No email address, no phone number, or even no snail mail
address equals me not being your customer.

Nyssa, who has been anti-Google for many years too

Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 08 12:38PM -0800

On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 12:59:10 PM UTC-8, David LaRue wrote:
> lookig elsewhere, I don't see anything more than shallow thinkers.

> It has been great knowing you over the years.

> I've used a few nyms myself. The email address is good.

I am on Reddit a lot and a lot of good exchange of information and interaction but also too fleeting and overloaded to build any actual communities.

It's not just Usenet but a lot of music fan forums and lifelong friends were made and a lot of that dried up when it just flipped over to social media.

I do enjoy it though. I remember reading how a lot of people feel inferior in comparison to their friend's profiles. I decided to be the one to make people feel that way. My feed is pretty much just this concert or that concert and downtime filled with remembrances of past events or upcoming with the occasional meme or cat photo, etc.

Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 08 12:40PM -0800

On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 6:25:19 AM UTC-8, Nyssa wrote:
> No email address, no phone number, or even no snail mail
> address equals me not being your customer.

> Nyssa, who has been anti-Google for many years too

I mostly agree with you and I hate the fact that so many family members and friends can only be reached thru Facebook. However I have gotten laid on Facebook and if that's a good enough reason to destroy lives and even civilizations, I can fork a little privacy over to Pimp Supreme Marky Z

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Feb 07 07:44AM -0800

On 2/6/24 12:09 AM, David LaRue wrote:
> news:8a0c37a2-7773-4062-9f04-807da561a0acn@googlegroups.com:

>> Come on people, time is running out, let's make the most of this place
>> before Google shuts it down.

Google was a parasite, not a creator.

> Server to get/post content.

> This group has existed for many years.

> Why is Google needed for this? It isn't.

It wasn't even helpful, and it allowed more loons free access.

> I recognize your name (Beaver Fever) from the past, likely before Google
> News existed. Hello.

Some of us check in regularly. I wonder which was the bigger
usenet-killer, facebook or google groups. I think it has something to do
with declining literacy due to inadequate education in the US. People
aren't interested in conversation any more -- just pronouncements.

--
Cheers, Bev
"I'm sorry I ever invented the Electoral College."
Al Gore 11/08/00

David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com>: Feb 07 08:59PM

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in news:uq08ga$1g1o2$1@dont-
email.me:

snip
> usenet-killer, facebook or google groups. I think it has something to do
> with declining literacy due to inadequate education in the US. People
> aren't interested in conversation any more -- just pronouncements.

Hi Bev,

I never liked the terms of service for social media and thus you'll just
find me on email and USENET.

Article on DINKS - just found it

Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com>: Feb 07 12:44PM -0800

By Juliana Kaplan and Bartie Scott.

"The sweet, sweet life of America's DINKs: Couples with two incomes and no kids are living it up like never before."

https://www.businessinsider.com/parents-dinks-winning-childfree-economy-finances-income-vacation-retirement-kids-2024-2

Excerpt:

...Of course, not all DINKs are raking in six-figure incomes and investing in real estate. Alex Killingsworth is a 25-year-old entrepreneur building a content-writing business, and his wife is a full-time graduate student. She makes $14,000 a year as a teaching assistant, while his business earned them $84,000 in 2023. Not having kids has allowed them to invest in his startup and her higher education, both of which they believe will pay off.

"I'm 'investing' in the work I'm doing," Killingsworth said. "Likewise for my wife, almost all of her income is going into research, so our actual take-home pay is quite a bit lower."...

More on it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/1al4exg/this_article_on_dinks_is_a_breath_of_fresh_air/

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

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Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 05 09:55PM -0800

Come on people, time is running out, let's make the most of this place before Google shuts it down.

David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com>: Feb 06 08:09AM

Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com> wrote in

> Come on people, time is running out, let's make the most of this place
> before Google shuts it down.

It will still exist after Google News shuts down. Just use a real News
Server to get/post content.

This group has existed for many years.

Why is Google needed for this? It isn't.

I recognize your name (Beaver Fever) from the past, likely before Google
News existed. Hello.

Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 06 11:41AM -0800

On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 12:10:01 AM UTC-8, David LaRue wrote:

> Why is Google needed for this? It isn't.

> I recognize your name (Beaver Fever) from the past, likely before Google
> News existed. Hello.

Hello. This nym has existed for 10 years or so, there are others going back to the 1990's but I can't remember them.

It doesn't matter, this group is dead regardless of what is used to access it and by most it was Google Groups.

Still a bittersweet moment. The internet opened a whole world for me and this group might have been my first time actually interacting with real adults and the perspectives of people outside my circle. And without this group specifically I don't think I would be the man I am today, especially without the frugal living perspectives which allowed me to survive better in the wild with limited financial resources.

David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com>: Feb 06 08:59PM

Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com> wrote in
> without this group specifically I don't think I would be the man I am
> today, especially without the frugal living perspectives which allowed
> me to survive better in the wild with limited financial resources.

I understand. I've been on the internet and USENET since its inception.
Funds are short here too. I never joined the "social media" crowd or the
many web sites over the years. The lack of activity is saddening. But
lookig elsewhere, I don't see anything more than shallow thinkers.

It has been great knowing you over the years.

I've used a few nyms myself. The email address is good.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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