Bai Hao Oolong.

While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, cc rolled initiative and posted the following:

Which is no longer available for international users. They've set up news.individual.net for international use.

So I'm the last to learn that you can't originate UTF8 Google posts. I'm not too much into free because you get what you pay for. I'll put up with the Google sponsoring links. Or I can keep a UTF8 post going forever with an RE: before the Google grace period to respond to a post. Better yet maybe I can ask some kind soul like Kuri to create a UTF8 post for me to RE: The biggest problem with Google is the jetlag for posts but there is a forced cooling off period. I know I sign up for something free and the small print says so long as no complaints then I'm booted because someone says I spamming about commercial improprieties and they want to kill the messenger. Sticking around for the occasional Kuri like post is worth the grief even if you miss my posts and any correspondence because your killfile eradicates anything about the discussion of tea. I appreciate the other posts about the use of Bai Hao without the Chinese characters because they expanded the use as a tradename. A local dealer likes 'oriental beauty' better than 'formosa champagne'. So now I can expect to see his teas with Black Dragon and Oriental Beauty which is more sexy than Fujian or Formosa. Geography maps don't sell teas. This local dealer who has been making a go of it for two years and just recently added Sunday hours is making me feel more guilty because now I occassionally think twice by not driving across town to ethnic stores for the teas he stocks. I can see the sequel now: The Passion of the Tea Drinker complete with temptations and agony of the leaves.

Jim

Derek wrote in message news:...

While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Space Cowboy rolled initiative and posted the following:

A sentiment I share. However, I have found the news.individual.net servers to be reliable and speedy.

I'll pass.

Sounds like too much work.

My posts show up almost immediately on the news.individual.net server and propogate quickly.

Does the word "paranoia" have any meaning for you?

Of course, if you just want to dismiss the idea out-of-hand without checking the facts or speaking with those who use it, that's your choice.

I appreciate the suggestion, really. As I said other than the rapid turnaround and UFT8 posts limitations there is no problem with Google. I complain about the missing newgroups server because it is like selling a car without wheels. Until the recent posts I thought a free newsgroup server was an urban legend. I'm very big on using Usenet and people leaving their opinions to be digested by future prosterity. I'll use the Google backdoor to the group and let somebody else use the server bandwidth who needs it more than me. I know what you're saying and I'm not dissing you for any reason at all, in this post sofar anyway ;-).

Jim

While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Space Cowboy rolled initiative and posted the following:

You're welcome. You might consider giving it a shot just to see what it's like, even if you never post. After all, it's free.

(Why am I feeling like a pusher trying to hook his next customer?)

I would, too. I get my DSL through deal with the university, so all of my mail servers are still my student account, but my DSL access is through someone else

- with no server access. This was why I went to the free German server - I wanted my usenet groups.

Sometimes the legends are real!

So what's your opinion on X-No-Archive?

OOOOOH! Generosity and consideration for others! I thought those were outlawed in Usenetland.

Yeah, I was suprprised by that myself. ;)