Farewell everyone

[Bob Seago]

Hi there,

As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.

I wish you all well. I will be on Twitter as @Lepimann

Bob

[Tim Lamb]

In message <***@gmail.com>, Bob Seago <***@gmail.com>
writes

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.

Sorry to read that, Bob. It has been interesting to read views on the
environment from someone not directly connected to agriculture.

I am still avoiding up to date communication systems. Even the *fora*
seem too frenetic for my comfort.

[David B]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

If it's a financial thing then http://www.eternal-september.org/
is a free usenet provider.

Regards

David

[Bob Seago]

Post by David B

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

If it's a financial thing then http://www.eternal-september.org/
is a free usenet provider.
Regards
David

Thanks for that. I may just do it though in all honesty it has only cost
5 euros a year. I am mostly sad that there is so little traffic and so
much of what there is, is started by trolls.

[Christina Websell]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by David B

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

If it's a financial thing then http://www.eternal-september.org/
is a free usenet provider.
Regards
David

Thanks for that. I may just do it though in all honesty it has only cost
5 euros a year. I am mostly sad that there is so little traffic and so
much of what there is, is started by trolls.
--

I use news.individual.net as a newsreader, costs 8.43/year (10 euros) and I
see no spam or trolls on my newsgroups as they filter them out.

[Liz]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

Bob, you can use the free NNTP server at news.aioe.org. Free to read and also to post. I've been using it for years
and it's been excellent.
No need to pay a thing :-)

Liz

[Bob Seago]

Post by Liz

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

Bob, you can use the free NNTP server at news.aioe.org. Free to read
and also to post. I've been using it for years and it's been
excellent. No need to pay a thing :-)
Liz

Ooh! Another free one. I reckon I may end up staying. I guess ther will
be more free indoor time in the winter :-)

Thanks

[Liz]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

Bob, you can use the free NNTP server at news.aioe.org. Free to read
and also to post. I've been using it for years and it's been
excellent. No need to pay a thing :-)
Liz

Ooh! Another free one. I reckon I may end up staying. I guess ther will
be more free indoor time in the winter :-)
Thanks

Glad to hear it. Would be a shame to see you go.
Maybe we need to start posting some observations from our respective "patches" to keep this ng alive.

So, today in north Cumbria:
Large Red Damselflies have been on the wing for a week now.
Orange-tips, Green-veined White, Peacock and Small Tort on my transect this afternoon.
Whitethroat, Gropper and Garden Warblers have arrived and singing.
Still have Little Egrets on the Solway - would be nice to see them breeding here.
Lead-coloured Drab was the highlight of the last moth-trapping session on one of the local reserves where I trap. Can
only seem to find them beside one mature Aspen but have traps out tonight near some young Aspen stands. I have a
feeling they are only found in association with mature Aspen but we'll see.

There! It's a start.

Liz

[Bob Seago]

Post by Bob Seago
Thanks

Glad to hear it. Would be a shame to see you go. Maybe we need to start
posting some observations from our respective "patches" to keep this ng
alive.
So, today in north Cumbria: Large Red Damselflies have been on the wing
for a week now. Orange-tips, Green-veined White, Peacock and Small Tort
on my transect this afternoon. Whitethroat, Gropper and Garden Warblers
have arrived and singing. Still have Little Egrets on the Solway - would
be nice to see them breeding here. Lead-coloured Drab was the highlight
of the last moth-trapping session on one of the local reserves where I
trap. Can only seem to find them beside one mature Aspen but have
traps out tonight near some young Aspen stands. I have a feeling they
are only found in association with mature Aspen but we'll see.
There! It's a start.

A good start but what is a gropper? (Gaelic perhaps?)

Liz

[Liz]

[snip]

Post by Bob Seago

Whitethroat, Gropper and Garden Warblers have arrived and singing. Still have Little Egrets on the Solway - would
be nice to see them breeding here. Lead-coloured Drab was the highlight of the last moth-trapping session on one of
the local reserves where I trap. Can only seem to find them beside one mature Aspen but have traps out tonight
near some young Aspen stands. I have a feeling they are only found in association with mature Aspen but we'll
see.
There! It's a start.

A good start but what is a gropper? (Gaelic perhaps?)

Liz

Sorry Bob, it's shorthand for Grasshopper Warbler, same as Mipit is short for Meadow Pipit :-)

[Bob Seago]

Post by Liz
[snip]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
Whitethroat, Gropper and Garden Warblers have arrived and singing.
Still have Little Egrets on the Solway - would be nice to see them
breeding here. Lead-coloured Drab was the highlight of the last
moth-trapping session on one of the local reserves where I trap. Can
only seem to find them beside one mature Aspen but have traps out
tonight near some young Aspen stands. I have a feeling they are only
found in association with mature Aspen but we'll see.
There! It's a start.

A good start but what is a gropper? (Gaelic perhaps?)

Post by Liz
Liz

Sorry Bob, it's shorthand for Grasshopper Warbler, same as Mipit is
short for Meadow Pipit :-)

Blimey, no wonder the birders look at me a bit funny.

[Malcolm]

In article <***@gmail.com>, Bob Seago <***@gmail.com>
writes

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
[snip]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
Whitethroat, Gropper and Garden Warblers have arrived and singing.
Still have Little Egrets on the Solway - would be nice to see them
breeding here. Lead-coloured Drab was the highlight of the last
moth-trapping session on one of the local reserves where I trap. Can
only seem to find them beside one mature Aspen but have traps out
tonight near some young Aspen stands. I have a feeling they are only
found in association with mature Aspen but we'll see.
There! It's a start.

A good start but what is a gropper? (Gaelic perhaps?)

Post by Liz
Liz

Sorry Bob, it's shorthand for Grasshopper Warbler, same as Mipit is
short for Meadow Pipit :-)

Plus Tipit, Ripit and Wipit :-)

Post by Bob Seago
Blimey, no wonder the birders look at me a bit funny.

Surely you know about Comic (or Commic) Terns?

[Mike Coon]

Post by Malcolm
Surely you know about Comic (or Commic) Terns?

And Marlow Tits?

Mike.

[Bob Seago]

Post by Mike Coon

Post by Malcolm
Surely you know about Comic (or Commic) Terns?

And Marlow Tits?
Mike.

A bit like smessex skippers perhaps?

[Bob Seago]

Post by Tim Lamb
writes

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
[snip]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
Whitethroat, Gropper and Garden Warblers have arrived and singing.
Still have Little Egrets on the Solway - would be nice to see them
breeding here. Lead-coloured Drab was the highlight of the last
moth-trapping session on one of the local reserves where I trap. Can
only seem to find them beside one mature Aspen but have traps out
tonight near some young Aspen stands. I have a feeling they are only
found in association with mature Aspen but we'll see.
There! It's a start.

A good start but what is a gropper? (Gaelic perhaps?)

Post by Liz
Liz

Sorry Bob, it's shorthand for Grasshopper Warbler, same as Mipit is
short for Meadow Pipit :-)

Plus Tipit, Ripit and Wipit :-)

Post by Bob Seago
Blimey, no wonder the birders look at me a bit funny.

Surely you know about Comic (or Commic) Terns?

I am not a true birder, ignorant of these things :-)

[Bob Seago]

Post by Liz
Maybe we need to start posting some observations from our respective
"patches" to keep this ng alive.
Liz

A dull day yesterday in coastal Essex but fond two webs of Small
Tortoiseshell caterpillars and 1 of Peacock. I heard the first Cuckoo and
Lesser Whitehroat.Blackcaps Whitethroat Chiffchaffs are well established.
I am still hoping for a Nightingale and a few Turtle Doves which have
pretty well gone in the last few years from here.

I expect Little terns any time.

[Liz]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
Maybe we need to start posting some observations from our respective
"patches" to keep this ng alive.
Liz

A dull day yesterday in coastal Essex but fond two webs of Small
Tortoiseshell caterpillars and 1 of Peacock. I heard the first Cuckoo and
Lesser Whitehroat.Blackcaps Whitethroat Chiffchaffs are well established.
I am still hoping for a Nightingale and a few Turtle Doves which have
pretty well gone in the last few years from here.
I expect Little terns any time.

Ah, Nightingales. I haven't heard one for years. When I was working down south I used to take time out of an evening
and go to Little Paxton just to sit quietly and listen to them. Lovely!
No Cuckoos here yet but one heard further south in Cumbria last week. Someone heard Lesser Whitethroat the other day.
Chiffchaff females arrived en masse last weekend with the good weather, and are nest-building now. Some female Willow
Warblers also arrived now.

[Bob Seago]

Post by Liz

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
Maybe we need to start posting some observations from our respective
"patches" to keep this ng alive.
Liz

A dull day yesterday in coastal Essex but fond two webs of Small
Tortoiseshell caterpillars and 1 of Peacock. I heard the first Cuckoo
and Lesser Whitehroat.Blackcaps Whitethroat Chiffchaffs are well
established. I am still hoping for a Nightingale and a few Turtle
Doves which have pretty well gone in the last few years from here.
I expect Little terns any time.

Ah, Nightingales. I haven't heard one for years. When I was working
down south I used to take time out of an evening and go to Little
Paxton just to sit quietly and listen to them. Lovely! No Cuckoos here
yet but one heard further south in Cumbria last week. Someone heard
Lesser Whitethroat the other day. Chiffchaff females arrived en masse
last weekend with the good weather, and are nest-building now. Some
female Willow Warblers also arrived now.

There are precious few Willow Warblers around here these days.

[Liz]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Liz
Maybe we need to start posting some observations from our respective
"patches" to keep this ng alive.
Liz

A dull day yesterday in coastal Essex but fond two webs of Small
Tortoiseshell caterpillars and 1 of Peacock. I heard the first Cuckoo
and Lesser Whitehroat.Blackcaps Whitethroat Chiffchaffs are well
established. I am still hoping for a Nightingale and a few Turtle
Doves which have pretty well gone in the last few years from here.
I expect Little terns any time.

Ah, Nightingales. I haven't heard one for years. When I was working
down south I used to take time out of an evening and go to Little
Paxton just to sit quietly and listen to them. Lovely! No Cuckoos here
yet but one heard further south in Cumbria last week. Someone heard
Lesser Whitethroat the other day. Chiffchaff females arrived en masse
last weekend with the good weather, and are nest-building now. Some
female Willow Warblers also arrived now.

There are precious few Willow Warblers around here these days.

Re, Willow Warblers are doing OK up here. I've just done a survey of a (roughly) 80ha site which is approx. 1/3
woodland of various ages and species, and have around 45 singing males. A significant proportion of these males will
not breed - lack of females.

[Bob Seago]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

There was a lot of activity on Usenet a while ago. The good thing about
Twitter is that you can follow whoever informs you. The weaker side is
that you don't tend to hear the opposing views very much, at least I don't
follow people who promote those views, so I rarely see them now.

[David P]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription
to the news server and I think it is about to expire.

Does your ISP give newsgroups? You could always subscribe (for free) via
them.

it will be a shame if you have to leave but we all make our own decisions.

Good luck for the future.

[Peter Duncanson]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob

Bob,

It is possible to access Usenet newsgroups through Google Groups.

The three groups you sent your message to are at:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/uk.business.agriculture

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/uk.environment.conservation

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/uk.rec.natural-history


You need a Google account to be able to post newsgroup messages via
Google. There is no charge for an account.

If you don't already have a Google account you can create one here:
https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=groups2&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fforum%2F%3Fhl%3Den&hl=en

[Old Codger]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.

Sorry to see you go Bob, a different perspective is interesting.

All the best for the future.

Can't get into Twitter, it makes little sense to me.

[Graham Seed]

Post by Bob Seago
Hi there,
As I suggested a while ago I have decided not to renew my subscription to
the news server and I think it is about to expire.
Bob
--
rjseago.com

Usenet is just about dead and buried so I can understand the lack of
enthusiasm. One day it will reduce to two faint voices dissing each other on
uk.e.c.......

Graham

[Bob Seago]

Post by Graham Seed
Usenet is just about dead and buried so I can understand the lack of
enthusiasm. One day it will reduce to two faint voices dissing each
other on uk.e.c.......
Graham

Its nearly there. :-}

I don't know when news.individual.net will pull the plug on me, but it is
still there atm. I will try one of the free ones probably after that.

Bob

[a***@aol.com]

Post by Bob Seago

Post by Graham Seed
Usenet is just about dead and buried so I can understand the lack of
enthusiasm. One day it will reduce to two faint voices dissing each
other on uk.e.c.......
Graham

Its nearly there. :-}
I don't know when news.individual.net will pull the plug on me, but it is
still there atm. I will try one of the free ones probably after that.
Bob

Are you kidding about the cost? It's buttons.


---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.
http://www.avast.com