<mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
news:cgja2u$ode$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
> > "Ryan Ginstrom" <ryang@gol.com> wrote in message
> > news:2p4norFh6ftmU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >>
> >> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
> >> news:cgj8iq$mor$2@news.Stanford.EDU...
> >>
> >> I'm glad that this thread has finally come around to something on-topic
> > for
> >> this group -- crime and punishment.
>
> > This thread has taken on a life of its own. I was seeing 20 to 30
messages
> > every hour or so on some days. Unfortunately, one or two of the messages
> > happened to catch my eye as I was pushing ALT+Q for the whole thread
and,
> > here I am, in the abyss...
>
> Addictive, isn't it?
>
> And it's cheaper than getting an actual life...

I use USENET as a way to *avoid* my actual life...