Subject: Re: 'Newbie' to this NG -- any FAQ ?
From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@a1.nl>
Date: 25 May 2004 03:16:18 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.autos.4x4

[posted and mailed]

"R. Asby Dragon" <ube_never@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:c8evkt02640@enews4.newsguy.com: 

> I'm not a newbie on 4wd/awd;  just a n00bie to this newsgroup .
> 
> Warning: I'm old and "crusty" ;  I HATE  most new "SUVs" and their
> owners; as well as the phony "MONSTER TRUCK" crowd as well .
> 
> 
> 

Don't think there is or was a (automotive) FAQ for this 
newsgroup....way to many sub-FAQ's around, and no central site to 
link them all, at least no one did in the old days, and since then 
Google has taken over.

One nice, very group-specific detail, that hardly any poster knows 
today, should be mentioned though: this newsgroup was once created 
by a woman, thread starting 23 November 1994, vote result on 20 
February 1995, first postings 27 February....:))
(yes, that's a anniversary coming up this year already....;))

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3b07le%243o0%40rodan.UU.NET&rnum=8

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=rec.autos.4x4-CFV2%40uunet.uu.net&rnum=1

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=rec.autos.4x4-RESULT%40uunet.uu.net&rnum=6

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3itk6e%24snb%40charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

(couldn't find the 1st CFV, only the 2nd, shame)

(wasn't there myself at the time sadly, only found it a few months 
later, and I wouldn't have known that detail since either, if she 
hadn't once subscribed to the Land Cruiser Mailinglist for a short 
while, and stated that herself)

As a personal note/coincidence, the Infrared Photography FAQ was 
created by a woman too....:))

-- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

      The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand

<w.j.markerink@a1.nl>
[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]






















<LI> Did you know that the newsgroup rec.autos.4x4 was once created by a woman, Mary Rathke, back in 1994?:
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	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3b07le%243o0%40rodan.UU.NET&rnum=8"> 
			1st RFD: rec.autos.4x4 on 23 November 1994 @Groups.Google.COM </A>
	<BR>
	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=rec.autos.4x4-CFV2%40uunet.uu.net&rnum=1"> 
			2nd RFD: rec.autos.4x4 @Groups.Google.COM </A>
	<BR>
	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:+rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=rec.autos.4x4-CFV2%40uunet.uu.net&rnum=3"> 
			2nd CVF: rec.autos.4x4 @Groups.Google.COM </A>
	<BR>
	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=insubject%3ACFV%3A%20rec.autos.4x4%20&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg"> 
			Couldn't find the 1st CFV, oddly, anyone? @Groups.Google.COM </A>
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	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3itk6e%24snb%40charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu"> 
			A personal note from Mary Rathke @Groups.Google.COM </A>
	<BR>
	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:rec.autos.misc+rec.autos.4x4&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=rec.autos.4x4-RESULT%40uunet.uu.net&rnum=6"> 
			Vote Result: rec.autos.4x4 passes 226:26, on 20 February 1995 @Groups.Google.COM </A>
	<BR>
	<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=b&q=%40+group%3Arec.autos.4x4&btnG=Search&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=27&as_maxm=2&as_maxy=1995"> 
			First few postings on 27 Februari 1995 @Groups.Google.COM </A>