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Re: RFD: balt.eats newsgroup

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From: Paul Riddle
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 18:53
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In article <2nhe1bINNhuk@jhunix3.hcf.jhu.edu>,
Matthew Trieb <mtrieb@jhunix3.hcf.jhu.edu> wrote:
>In article <31MAR199417072662@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu> ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Resistance is futile) writes:
>>So we can have another group that every single article is cross posted to
>>dc.insert-dc-group-here? Why bother?
>
>Oh c'mon Tom, some of us (especially on the north side of town), don't 
>care at all about the DC area dives, and don't want to slog through the
>DC newsgroups to find a place to go out to eat! (not that I go out to eat
>very often, *sigh*)

Of course, he _is_ right, you know.  I haven't counted them, but I'd
say that a good 90% of all articles I've seen on balt.* have been
crossposted to some dc.* newsgroup.

Sorta defeats the purpose of having a separate hierarchy,
unfortunately...

Paul
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From: paulr@sonata.acs.umbc.edu (Paul Riddle)
Newsgroups: balt.config,balt.general,dc.dining
Subject: Re: RFD: balt.eats newsgroup
Date: 1 Apr 1994 13:53:22 -0500
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