How would you esplain it?

web based discussion groups - most people have gone to web based forums
where they can post jpegs, have avatars and post cutesy little animated
emoticons. Text based news feed is for old farts

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Some of my angling snaps:

http://gallery.fishbc.com/gallery/vi...bumName=RalphH
"salmobytes" wrote in message
ups.com...
I noticed something interesting, I think.
Google has a lot of freely available statistics about
usenet traffic and usage patterns, on a group by group basis,
going back a long ways.

Some groups, like rec.woodworking, are statistically stable.
The average number of posts per day for rec.woodworking now
is roughly what it was seven years ago.

But traffic to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly is roughly 80% less
than it used to be.

Do we have fewer fly fishermen?
Or are they.....well. What is it?
How what why.

RalphH wrote:
web based discussion groups - most people have gone to web based forums
where they can post jpegs, have avatars and post cutesy little animated
emoticons. Text based news feed is for old farts.

Old farts and woodworkers apparently. ;-)

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Ken Fortenberry

On Mar 22, 9:58 pm, "RalphH" wrote:

Hey Ralph,

Good to see you pop in. Thanks for the pics, it reminds me of what
living near water is like ;-)

Jon.

thanks Jon - we've had about 200mm of rain the last 72 hours here - I could
do with a bit of Arizonia desert right now.

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Some of my angling snaps:

http://gallery.fishbc.com/gallery/vi...bumName=RalphH
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On Mar 22, 9:58 pm, "RalphH" wrote:

Hey Ralph,

Good to see you pop in. Thanks for the pics, it reminds me of what
living near water is like ;-)

Jon.

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:58:17 GMT, "RalphH" wrote:

web based discussion groups - most people have gone to web based forums
where they can post jpegs, have avatars and post cutesy little animated
emoticons. Text based news feed is for old farts


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I got yer emoticonical avatar eight here, buddy...

TC,
R

a marvelous self portrait - you should sell those door to door

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Some of my angling snaps:

http://gallery.fishbc.com/gallery/vi...bumName=RalphH
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:58:17 GMT, "RalphH" wrote:

web based discussion groups - most people have gone to web based forums
where they can post jpegs, have avatars and post cutesy little animated
emoticons. Text based news feed is for old farts


oo .oo*""*ooo..
o*" "*o.oo*" "*o.
o 'o" o
o o o
o o o
o o o.
o o o
o \o/ o
o --0-- o
o. /o\ o
o o o
oo o oo
oo. o oo
'ooo. .o . ooo
"o ""oo,, ,,oO-'Oo, ,,,,,,..oo"
o. """""" o """"" .o
'o oo o'


I got yer emoticonical avatar eight here, buddy...

TC,
R