🚀 go-pugleaf

argh, now I get it. We scammed 'wa" before the Washingtonians got their paws
on it!
har har har!
I've never been able to find a Sydney newsgroup. There's ones for most other
places....

ant

"Michael Justice" <liberty@eskimo.com> wrote in message
news:9mj067$di9$1@eskinews.eskimo.com...
> In article <Xns910CCBDBA8C92paulmccutcheoncom@203.134.67.67>,
> Paul McCutcheon <paul@mccutcheon.co-m> wrote:
> >Ray Haddad <rhaddad@iexpress.net.au> wrote in
> ><7c9pots8r2abg059b5ddgfu4kbrtt0clvt@4ax.com>:
> >>I am cross posting this to wash.general and the other groups since
> >>your discussion affects them more than us.
> >
> >It barely affects them at all. wash.general is for discussion concerning
> >the State of Washington in the US of A; and wa.general is for discussion
> >concerning the State of Western Australia in Australia.  Anything that
> >would concern _both_ would obviously be better in an entirely different
> >newsgroup.
>
> I have a better idea -- why don't you guys abandon "wa.general" and
> create a new newsgroup, say, something like "westernaustralia.general"?
>
> Or better yet, create a hierarchical system for you Aussies -- something
> like "au.wa.general", "au.victoria.general", "au.queensland.general",
> and so on.
>
> It would clear up your worst nightmare ("The Americans are invading!  To
> arms!  To arms!  Oh, SHIT, we outlawed all arms!  To forks!  To spoons!
> To broken-off beer bottles!"), give you folks an easier time of finding
> related newsgroups ("I'm moving to Sydney, what's the bloody newsgroup
> for it??"), and promote world harmony ("Haven't heard a peep out of those
> sodding Washingtonians in years!").
>
> We'll even throw in a few lattes and a dozen boxes of "Aplets&Cotlets".
>
> -- Michael.
> --
> Michael A. Justice | "A day without rain is like a day without sunshine."
> liberty@eskimo.com |                      -- famous Seattle proverb.