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Re: JLUG - The Forum that WAS.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:32:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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After some discussion between “admins”, (and after realising that all the
posts are gone, but even the membership list are gone as well) both Ross and I
decided that instead of starting fresh, we would let JLUG die a peaceful
death.
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Didn’t you guys keep back-ups?
I gotta say I’m pretty upset by this news - it’s as shocking as it is
unexpected. I feel like I’ve lost a dear friend.
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I’m thankful for those of you that made the forum a pleasure for us to run, we
couldn’t have had a better membership. Also, I’m thankful for those of you
that fought me all the way along for that’s what made the place what it was.
It was a fun ride, and we can proudly (as proud as one can be of JLUG) go out
on a high, with approx 24000 posts under our belt and a few hundred
members......
So it was fun, but not fun enough to start again from scratch.
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From my perspective, I think it was enough fun, but I expect I wasn’t on the
receiving end of a lot of work behind the scenes like you guys were.
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Thanks to everyone for the support of our decision, may I wish you good luck
in finding a new sandbox.
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The only way that’s gonna happen is if I make it myself, but unfortunately I
have neither the technical know-how nor the time to devote to such an
enterprise.
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Hey this place looks nice (Lugnet)... looks like most of you never left here
anyway.
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It’s not the same.
So, thanks for a fun time Janey and Ross. I think tonight I’ll be internalising
things in 375ml measures and moving on.
Allister.
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| (...) Doesn't seem fair, does it? It was one of the good ones. (...) I feel much the same way. I was contemplating setting up a website called save.JLUG.com, to provide a forum in which fans of JLUG could work to save JLUG. We could have provided (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | JLUG - The Forum that WAS.
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| Here are a few new JLUG slogans.... JLUG - The end of an error.... errr I mean era. JLUG - Been there, done that, cant be bothered to do it again. JLUG - The "sandbox" is condemned. Sadly during the recent crash we (JLUG) got hit pretty hard. Our (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate) !!
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