digimaus wrote to Gamgee <=-

I grew up on maple syrup and Labatt's, about an hour's drive from
the Canadian border, although I always preferred Molson Golden.

I have had Canadians tell me Molson Golden is better than Labatt.
I'd not know myself.

I also believe it is better. Hard to find this far south, though.

Now when it comes to soda, my favorite is RC Cola if I'm being naughty
or Diet Rite when I can find it. It used to be all over the place here then disappeared.

I used to enjoy RC Cola, though haven't seen that in a long time either.
I'm not likely to try any soda with the word "Diet" on the label, have
never liked the taste of the fake sweeteners.




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I just want to say I am happy to see all the message traffic lately. I take pride in Micronet's "quality, not quantity" motto. I'm enjoying
all of the interaction!

My primary use of BBS's. Even back in the day when we had LOCAL

>ones where we'd play games in addition, I was doing echonets...

The only time I ever played games on a BBS was when I first got
into the local BBS options. They had one at the highschool that
had a Poker Game on it. I played that for about a week until I
got the high score and then lost interest.

I'm sure AI is much improved since then but it didn't take me long
to see the weak points in the computer I was playing against..

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Now when it comes to soda, my favorite is RC Cola if I'm being naughty

>or Diet Rite when I can find it. It used to be all over the place here
>then disappeared.

The only soft drink I usually buy is Dr. Pepper...

I hear that started off in Texas in 1885...

Although Coca-Cola was close, starting off in 1886, although the
original had real Coca extract in it.. They say it got very
popular very quickly.. B)

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And generally quantity tends to have a negative effect of quality... B)

Yes, which is why I stress that I prefer quality over quantity. I'd

>much rather have a few good messages that a ton of nothing.

I am thankful that I have only had to moderate only a handful of times

>in the past 25 years too. People tend to be muxh more well behaved in
>here.

Good to hear.. I suppose 'Quality' is a matter of opinion but I don't
think any of my messages have been deleted so I suppose I should feel
good about that.. B)

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Both beers are horse-youknowwhat.

Like some of the US light beers I've tasted.

Aren't all US beers light?.. B)

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Hello Rob,

06 Dec 25 08:50, you wrote to me:

Aren't all US beers light?.. B)

I'd not know. I don't like beer. I much prefer the harder stuff.

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Aren't all US beers light?.. B)

I'd not know. I don't like beer. I much prefer the harder stuff.

There is some variation but usually US Beer runs about 5% alcohol
and Canadian beer is more like 7%..

I had some beer and some (more) hard stuff when I was young and
foolish but I quickly decided I either had to give up drinking or
give up fast cars and motorcycles or I was going to die young...

I actually quit drinking before I was old enough to do it legally. B)

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Hello Rob!

** On Monday 08.12.25 - 08:25, Rob Mccart wrote to SEAN DENNIS:

I'd not know. I don't like beer. I much prefer the harder stuff.

There is some variation but usually US Beer runs about 5% alcohol
and Canadian beer is more like 7%..

It's not just the alcohol content. Generally, USA beer seems
watery. Although, I recently revisited some Molson Canadian,
and that seemed watery to me too.

I had some beer and some (more) hard stuff when I was young and
foolish but I quickly decided I either had to give up drinking or
give up fast cars and motorcycles or I was going to die young...

Was that *after* the motorcycle accident? :D

I actually quit drinking before I was old enough to do it legally. B)

That's pretty funny.

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Hey August!

There is some variation but usually US Beer runs about 5% alcohol
and Canadian beer is more like 7%..

It's not just the alcohol content. Generally, USA beer seems

>watery. Although, I recently revisited some Molson Canadian,
>and that seemed watery to me too.

I'm not a good source for info on that. The first 2 times I drank
probably before I turned 17, the first time I drank 8 beer but
didn't like the hangover much.. and the second time I had 14 draft
beer, which tasted weaker and were smaller glasses than a bottle
holds.. and again I wasn't too impressed later..
That time I went home at 1 AM and had to work early the next
morning. I was still drunk when I got there and spent the day
transitioning from drunk to hangover without sleeping between..

After that I drank rye or vodka. I learned early on that the
mixer (coke) bothered me more than the alcohol, so I started
drinking it straight.

I quickly decided I either had to give up drinking or give
up fast cars and motorcycles or I was going to die young...

Was that *after* the motorcycle accident? :D

I remember one time I went to a party and drank about 22 oz of
vodka over a 2 hour period and then drove my motorcycle 16 miles
home. On the way there was a cut off from one highway to another
that was maybe safe to take at 60 mph (speed limit 50) and I
took it at 85 mph. I wasn't totally out of it, knew I was going
too fast, so I took it near the shoulder of the oncoming lane
so I'd have lots of room to 'recover'. I slid all the way across
the two lanes of pavement, getting back under control just inches
before I would have hit the gravel shoulder on my side of the road
(and a deep ditch)..

And the really scary part was, remembering it the next day, it
was just FUN!.. It didn't scare me at all while I was doing it..

That was actually after my worst motorcycle accident, although
I was sober when that one happened. Someone cut off a car in
front of me and I was following a bit too close and wound up
wedged under their back bumper with most of the palm of my right
hand missing and a shattered kneecap....

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Sean,

Now when it comes to soda, my favorite is RC Cola if I'm being
naughty or Diet Rite when I can find it. It used to be all
over the place here then disappeared.

Be sure you have plenty of Moonpies to go with that RC Cola. :)

As for Moonpies, I got these "birthday mini moonpies with sprinkles"
off of Amazon for a "Sweet Treat"...and a needed energy boost when I
have to do overnight Skywarn Weather Nets.

My favorite, though...was Nehi Peach.

However, I discovered that the carbonated beverages give me kidney
stones, so it is RARE that I'll order them. In most cases, I'll get
the sweetened iced tea, but with the caffeine, I can't drink it that
often.

Daryl

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Sean,

I am thankful that I have only had to moderate only a handful
of times in the past 25 years too. People tend to be muxh more
well behaved in here.

The wrath of the iron fist is a strong deterrent to miscreants. <G>

Daryl

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Sean,

(who loves big offline mail packets)

I get that when I don't logon to the BBS for a few days. <G>

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You won't be for long!! <g,d,r>

Daryl

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However, I discovered that the carbonated beverages give me kidney
stones, so it is RARE that I'll order them. In most cases, I'll get
the sweetened iced tea, but with the caffeine, I can't drink it that
often.

I buy the decaf tea bags so I don't have to worry about that. ;)

Mike


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Hello Rob!

** On Wednesday 10.12.25 - 08:15, you wrote..

I'm not a good source for info on that. The first 2 times
I drank probably before I turned 17, the first time I
drank 8 beer but didn't like the hangover much.. and the
second time I had 14 draft beer, which tasted weaker and
were smaller glasses than a bottle holds.. and again I
wasn't too impressed later..

Well.. the beer is not to blame, but the qty intake. Yes.. it's
easy to have too much which leads to undesirable hangovers and
sickness. I had an episode like that too: I won a 40oz bottle
of Baccardi rum at university, and that means "floor party!" at
residence. The girls mixed and served the drinks. I ended up
having way too much that night - and threw up at some point -
first time ever. It was very embarassing. I couldn't walk
without help.

[...]

That was actually after my worst motorcycle accident,
although I was sober when that one happened. Someone cut
off a car in front of me and I was following a bit too
close and wound up wedged under their back bumper with
most of the palm of my right hand missing and a shattered
kneecap....

That's quite a tale. I suppose you have the missing part of
yoru palm as a constant reminder?

I may only drink in social settings now. I would nurse a beer
as long as possible. 3 is my max before I begin to get light-
headed. That's the signal to stop, and not amplify that
floating feeling.
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I'm not a good source for info on that. The first 2 times
I drank probably before I turned 17, the first time I
drank 8 beer but didn't like the hangover much..

Well.. the beer is not to blame, but the qty intake. Yes.. it's

>easy to have too much which leads to undesirable hangovers and
>sickness.

Beer didn't like me, and when I turned to hard stuff I eventually
figured out it was the mixer (sugar content?) that gave me a
hangover. Once I started drinking it straight I didn't have near
the problems the next morning. For some reason I've always had
a very high tolerance for alcohol intake. Considering I could
count the times I got drunk in my life on my fingers, with a few
fingers left over, it just always took a lot to really get drunk.
Plus I've always been 'light' so it wasn't body mass soaking it up.
At my heaviest I weighed about 70 kg (155 lbs). Less these days.

I had an episode like that too: I won a 40oz bottle

>of Baccardi rum at university, and that means "floor party!" at
>residence. The girls mixed and served the drinks. I ended up
>having way too much that night - and threw up at some point -
>first time ever. It was very embarassing. I couldn't walk
>without help.

Ha.. I remember one night driving home about 28km (16 miles)
and actually driving under the speed limit because I knew I
was way too drunk to be driving, but it was late at night with
almost no traffic in an area with few police.
I was still living in may parents home at the time and ended
up crawling down the hall to my bedroom so I wouldn't wake
them up bouncing off the walls..

It reminds me of an old joke where a cop stops a drunk driver
and asks why he was driving in that condition, and he replies,
'Well, I couldn't walk!".. B)

and wound up wedged under their back bumper with most of
the palm of my right hand missing and a shattered kneecap....

That's quite a tale. I suppose you have the missing part of

>your palm as a constant reminder?

Actually, the damage was so extensive that the whole area grew
back without a scar. It was wide and painful, but not super deep.
But it got pretty infected shortly after and I ended up going to
a doctor 3 or 4 days later who couldn't believe I hadn't gone to
the hospital when it happened. At that point, I had the fun of
having it debrided and he gave me a 50/50 chance of keeping my hand.

I may only drink in social settings now. I would nurse a beer

>as long as possible. 3 is my max before I begin to get light-
>headed. That's the signal to stop, and not amplify that
>floating feeling.

But that light headedness is the whole point of drinking... B)

No, as I said I gave up drinking before I was even old enough
to drink legally and I don't drink socially at all. Every now
and then you get forced to have a toast at a wedding or something
but I think I've only gotten good and drunk once since I was 17.

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Sean Dennis wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Hello Jimmy,

03 Dec 25 22:10, you wrote to digimaus:

My primary use of BBS's. Even back in the day when we had LOCAL
ones where we'd play games in addition, I was doing echonets...

I have a few doors and file areas. If I put in all the files I have,
it'd be about 20GB of files but no one looks for files much anymore, except in the FileFind echo.

Yeah - files are 'out there' - unless you have something no one
else has. :-)


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Rob Mccart wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

I just want to say I am happy to see all the message traffic lately. I take pride in Micronet's "quality, not quantity" motto. I'm enjoying
all of the interaction!

My primary use of BBS's. Even back in the day when we had LOCAL

>ones where we'd play games in addition, I was doing echonets...

The only time I ever played games on a BBS was when I first got
into the local BBS options. They had one at the highschool that
had a Poker Game on it. I played that for about a week until I
got the high score and then lost interest.

I'm sure AI is much improved since then but it didn't take me long
to see the weak points in the computer I was playing against..

The ones I played back in the day were interactive with others...
Global War, etc.





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The only time I ever played games on a BBS was when I first got
into the local BBS options. They had one at the highschool that
had a Poker Game on it. I played that for about a week until I
got the high score and then lost interest.

I'm sure AI is much improved since then but it didn't take me long
to see the weak points in the computer I was playing against..

The ones I played back in the day were interactive with others...

>Global War, etc.

Mine was a long time ago.. Early 90's. Not too much interactive
stuff back then. Dial up internet at 14.4 or so.. B)

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Rob Mccart wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

The only time I ever played games on a BBS was when I first got
into the local BBS options. They had one at the highschool that
had a Poker Game on it. I played that for about a week until I
got the high score and then lost interest.

I'm sure AI is much improved since then but it didn't take me long
to see the weak points in the computer I was playing against..

The ones I played back in the day were interactive with others...

>Global War, etc.

Mine was a long time ago.. Early 90's. Not too much interactive
stuff back then. Dial up internet at 14.4 or so.. B)

Yeah, this was on dial up as well. Interactive, though, in the
sense that you played against other people, even if it was
'turn based' -- you did NOT have to be on live with anyone
else.




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Jimmy Anderson wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

Yeah, this was on dial up as well. Interactive, though, in the
sense that you played against other people, even if it was
'turn based' -- you did NOT have to be on live with anyone
else.

I remember playing cheas via email back in the mid 80s when I had a UUCP (a "bang" address) email address. That actually introduced me to BBSing.

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On 24 Jan 26 17:49:26, Sean Dennis said the following to Jimmy Anderson:

I remember playing cheas via email back in the mid 80s when I had a UUCP (a "bang" address) email address. That actually introduced me to BBSing.

Looking to play Backgammon via Netmail or BBS.... "That" I would appreciate.

Nick

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Re: Re: Happy
By: Atreyu to Sean Dennis on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:16 pm

On 24 Jan 26 17:49:26, Sean Dennis said the following to Jimmy Anderson:

I remember playing cheas via email back in the mid 80s when I had a UUCP (a "bang" address) email address. That actually introduced me to BBSing.

Looking to play Backgammon via Netmail or BBS.... "That" I would appreciate.

I've just started two games on your "Global Backgammon" game on your BBS. Jump on there and meet a real BG master! ;-)
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On 24 Jan 26 22:12:36, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

I've just started two games on your "Global Backgammon" game on your BBS. Jump on there and meet a real BG master! ;-)

Challenge accepted!

Nick

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Hello Atreyu,

24 Jan 26 21:16, you wrote to me:

Looking to play Backgammon via Netmail or BBS.... "That" I would appreciate.

I can install John Dailey's backgammon game if you want to play. I'm serious...

(edit: I saw Dan's message so I'll call your board again.)

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Hello Gamgee,

24 Jan 26 22:12, you wrote to Atreyu:

I've just started two games on your "Global Backgammon" game on your
BBS. Jump on there and meet a real BG master! ;-)

I guess I'll install it too (and go play in Nick's game). My daily Scrabble player passed away recently and now my board is quite lonely.

-- Sean

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The only time I ever played games on a BBS was when I first got
into the local BBS options. They had one at the highschool that
had a Poker Game on it. I played that for about a week until I
got the high score and then lost interest.

Mine was a long time ago.. Early 90's. Not too much interactive
stuff back then. Dial up internet at 14.4 or so.. B)

Yeah, this was on dial up as well. Interactive, though, in the

>sense that you played against other people, even if it was
>'turn based' -- you did NOT have to be on live with anyone
>else.

Now that you mention it, I think their poker game had an option
to play against at least one other live person, but I generally
was on the computer quite late at night so I was playing against
the computer all the time.

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Re: Re: Happy
By: Gamgee to Atreyu on Sat Jan 24 2026 22:12:36

Jump on there and meet a real BG master! ;-)

Impossible. I've never been there. ;)
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Sean Dennis wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Jimmy Anderson wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

Yeah, this was on dial up as well. Interactive, though, in the
sense that you played against other people, even if it was
'turn based' -- you did NOT have to be on live with anyone
else.

I remember playing cheas via email back in the mid 80s when I had a
UUCP (a "bang" address) email address. That actually introduced me to BBSing.

I used to run Car Wars games via email -- then started a web version
with email submissions. Now I do it over Slack. :-)



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Atreyu wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

On 24 Jan 26 17:49:26, Sean Dennis said the following to Jimmy
Anderson:

I remember playing cheas via email back in the mid 80s when I had a UUCP

(a

"bang" address) email address. That actually introduced me to BBSing.

Looking to play Backgammon via Netmail or BBS.... "That" I would appreciate.

bga - boardgamearena.com - has backgammon and others...


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