Re: The "watsit" thread

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:58:58 GMT, Anthony <tonytn36sp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>snarl@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote in
>news:q3kko1dqn37qua7fl7bn82s08kck94ol09@xxxxxxx:
>
>> Or just let him/her stay with an ISP they're comfortable with and
>> teach them how to use google groups properly.
>
>Google sux, plain and simple, as does AOL.
>AOL is a virus that you intentionally infect your pc with. The ONLY way
>to get fully rid of AOL once it has been installed is to format the
>harddrive. Ask any of your personal IT buddies, you don't have to
>believe me.
>
>IMHO, AOL is a crutch for people who do not want to take the time to
>learn to use the internet, or the pc they own, or the software available
>to do what they want to do.
>
>A news reader is for reading newsgroups, and it does that task
>exceptionally well, once you take the time to learn how to use it.

You're preaching to th' choir.

Conversely, there *are* people who're perfectly happy with an aohell
crutch... my lovely wife comes to mind. Believe me, I've tried to
convert her many a time, but what I always get from such endeavors is
dirty looks and no nookie.

So maybe, just maybe, whoever this person is that needed some
assistance using google groups (barf) is similarly happier n' a pig in
*** with aohell.

My other response to this was a detailed set of instructions to do
just that. I'm assuming this person is going to be *posting* in here
and with ulterior motives *I'd* just as soon see them at least include
attributions and quote text.

It's highly doubtful your advice would/will ever net such a result.
"Get a real ISP" is a tired old line that most often falls upon deaf
eyes. Akin to telling some poor schmuck with a Chinese lathe to get a
real lathe, when for whatever reason, they just can't, but still want
to learn how to operate th' Chinese model.

And don't tell me my wife can use another ISP, you tell her <g>.

Snarl... I wanna watch this

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