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From: awesley@egrunix.UUCP (Tony Wesley)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Indoor birds and birdwatching
Message-ID: <819@egrunix.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 91 15:57:15 GMT
References: <21586@netcom.UUCP> <1001@cfiprod.UUCP>
Organization: National Federation of Associations
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In article <1001@cfiprod.UUCP> susans@cfiprod.UUCP (Susan Scheide -CFI-) writes:
>In article <21586@netcom.UUCP> jfh@netcom.UUCP (Jack Hamilton) writes:
>>...........  I also got some mail, of varying degrees of
>>politeness, telling me that this is not the group to discuss such things.

>	Ignore those putzes!  Most pet bird owners remember to put "Indoor"
>	in their subject line, but the vast majority of "birders"
>	NEVER put "outdoor" in their headers!

And why should bird watchers put outdoor in their headers when it is
a bird-watcher's newsgroup?


Thought this might be of some interest.

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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers
Subject: List of Active Newsgroups

The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of
21 January 1991.  The groups distributed worldwide are divided 
into seven broad classifications:  "news", "soc", "talk", "misc",
"sci", "comp" and "rec".  Each of these classifications is organized
into groups and subgroups according to topic.
  . . .
rec.birds		Hobbyists interested in bird watching.
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