Top Thrill 2 is down for...something.

HoliWood Nights just happened (although I wasn't there 'cause I got
frozen out by the whole ticketing amesso)

CoasterMania 2024 is about to happen (although I won't be at the
event; I might be in the park)

...and there's not a word about it on rec.roller-coaster.

Is there anyone still here? I've never seen it this quiet.

--Dave Althoff, Jr

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On Jun 6, 2024, Dave Althoff, Jr. wrote
(in article <v3rgc5$1c9o9$1@dont-email.me>):

...and there's not a word about it on rec.roller-coaster.

Is there anyone still here? I've never seen it this quiet.

I think the end of Usenet access through Google Groups may have at last
killed the group. I think the most telling disappearance is Surf Dance Chris’s opening/closing reports, since he was perhaps the very last
reliable poster. Also, I was still getting most of my news about less-talked-about closings from him!

For what it’s worth, I am still intermittently checking in. I have never
used Google to access Usenet.

--
Heather, the Carousel Rabbit

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Heather Kendrick <bunnyhugger@ameritech.net> wrote:
: On Jun 6, 2024, Dave Althoff, Jr. wrote
: (in article <v3rgc5$1c9o9$1@dont-email.me>):
:
: > ...and there's not a word about it on rec.roller-coaster.
: >
: > Is there anyone still here? I've never seen it this quiet.
:
: I think the end of Usenet access through Google Groups may have at last
: killed the group. I think the most telling disappearance is Surf Dance
: Chris???s opening/closing reports, since he was perhaps the very last
: reliable poster. Also, I was still getting most of my news about
: less-talked-about closings from him!
:
: For what it???s worth, I am still intermittently checking in. I have never
: used Google to access Usenet.

That makes two of us, at least!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:13:22 -0000 (UTC), "Dave Althoff, Jr." <rideman@davealthoff.com> wrote:

Heather Kendrick <bunnyhugger@ameritech.net> wrote:
: On Jun 6, 2024, Dave Althoff, Jr. wrote
: (in article <v3rgc5$1c9o9$1@dont-email.me>):
:
: > ...and there's not a word about it on rec.roller-coaster.
: >
: > Is there anyone still here? I've never seen it this quiet.
:
: I think the end of Usenet access through Google Groups may have at last
: killed the group. I think the most telling disappearance is Surf Dance
: Chris???s opening/closing reports, since he was perhaps the very last
: reliable poster. Also, I was still getting most of my news about
: less-talked-about closings from him!
:
: For what it???s worth, I am still intermittently checking in. I have never >: used Google to access Usenet.

That makes two of us, at least!

Three! ;-)
I do miss the community here!

On a side note, I'm planning to try to get tickets for both HWN and CM next year.! Wish me luck!
How bad was it last year?

Also, I think that the waves of spam helped kill the group. I was going to
say that at least they seem to have died down, but I don't want to jinx it.
You know things have gotten bad when even the spammers and scammers don't bother with usenet any more!


"With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured,
the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us
all irrevocably." -Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
"The Drumhead", _Star Trek: The Next Generation_

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