On 2025-08-07 21.50, Duncan wrote:
Robin Laing posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2025 22:19:08 -0600 as excerpted:
My issue with the large groups is I don't get onto usenet often enough
to expire article after a few days. Real life. :)
Yeah, real life.
"Real life" is why I -- unfortunately -- haven't really done binary groups
in... it's gotta be well over a decade now. I have... or had, not even
sure of the status it has been that long but in theory I still have...
most of a 1 GB unexpiring block account left. I was already slowing down
on the binaries when I got it but/and figured at my then current usage and
usage-slowdown rate that $100 1 GB block might well last me the rest of my
life... if I didn't ever seriously get back into binaries again. So far
that has been correct, but regardless, the $100 was well-spent, since (as
I predicted) it has turned out to be a "security blanket" of "it's there
if I need it" (well, assuming it still is...).
I've always intended to get back to it, tho, meaning that security blanket
has been nice to have. But "real life"...
Back in the day when I /was/ still doing binaries, tho, "real life"
intruded then too, and as I had alluded to, for many years my news
provider was the then-bundled ISP's news provider account, with sometimes
only hours' retention on the binary groups. That *really* sucked as even
daily downloading often left gaps. Of course that makes me really
appreciate the security blanked of a block account with a real news
provider with (practically for my purposes) unlimited retention, even if I
don't in practice ever actually get around to /using/ it.
OTOH, I can't complain /too/ much about "real life" as (other than the
death of my folks which unfortunately happens to everyone eventually) it
has actually treated me quite well the last decade. Even if it /has/
rather royally screwed up my previous plans over the same period.
[Much longer even abridged version of the story dropped as /wayy/ too far
in the weeds and off topic.]
Your life sounds like mine and probably everyone else over time. Yes,
our parents will all die as we will.
I look at binary groups for stuff that I would never think of, in some
different groups. I like weird/strange movies and have found many
through usenet that don't show up in nzb search tools. Some are even
hard to find reviews about.
Robin
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