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  • BC: New Year's Resolution

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Fri Dec 12 16:36:31 2025
    BC: New Year's Resolution
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

    That is not funny.

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
    before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Lynn


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Fri Dec 12 20:37:36 2025
    On 12/12/2025 4:59 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10hi5en$3eaqm$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    BC: New Year's Resolution
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

    That is not funny.

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
    before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
    extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Lynn

    You might like
    Accipiter War: Fort Brazos: Book One
    by Patrick Seaman & Blake Seaman
    https://amzn.to/3OJ2cuF

    kind of a similar setup.

    I like mine where they destroy the Earth after grabbing a few hundred
    million people first. Go big or go home !

    Lynn


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  • From Christian Weisgerber@3:633/10 to All on Sat Dec 13 16:06:20 2025
    On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Everyone? Speak for yourself.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Sat Dec 13 14:27:00 2025
    On 12/13/2025 10:06 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
    before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
    extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Everyone? Speak for yourself.

    I was wrong, the rollback age is 20, not 25.

    Lynn


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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Stephen Harker@3:633/10 to All on Sun Dec 14 16:07:32 2025
    Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> writes:

    On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
    before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
    extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Everyone? Speak for yourself.

    Good coment. As a matter of a test I just tried wearing the suit I
    bought in 1981 and it fits with some looseness: I would have been 22.

    --
    Stephen Harker sjharker@aussiebroadband.com.au

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Sat Dec 13 21:31:52 2025


    On 12/12/25 14:36, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: New Year's Resolution
    ˙˙ https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

    That is not funny.

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth before Earth was destroyed.˙ All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages.˙ Everyone's clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Lynn


    Have you ever read Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series?
    Aliens who have been watching for a long time resurrect the hominid population of Earth along with homo saps. They are put them in a world
    where everything is provided while aging and dying are eliminated. The
    planet of
    Riverworld is one long river with high banks around the river. One of the interesting lives is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Power wars break out.
    Modern contrivances are contrived.

    The series gets boring after a while at least to me. But the initial book is excellent.

    bliss





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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Mon Dec 15 16:04:57 2025
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    On 12/13/2025 10:06 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
    before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
    back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
    extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Everyone? Speak for yourself.

    I was wrong, the rollback age is 20, not 25.

    That doesn't address Christian's point, which is that is not everyone
    has gained bulk as they aged.


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Mon Dec 15 17:05:08 2025
    On 12/13/2025 11:31 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 12/12/25 14:36, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: New Year's Resolution
    ˙˙˙ https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

    That is not funny.

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off
    Earth before Earth was destroyed.˙ All of the humans got their bodies
    rolled back to age 25 regardless of their older ages.˙ Everyone's
    clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Lynn


    ˙˙˙˙Have you ever read Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series?
    ˙˙˙˙Aliens who have been watching for a long time resurrect the hominid population of Earth along with homo saps. They are put them in a world
    where everything is provided while aging and dying are eliminated.˙ The planet of
    Riverworld is one long river with high banks around the river.˙ One of the interesting lives is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Power wars break out.
    Modern contrivances are contrived.

    ˙˙˙˙The series gets boring after a while at least to me. But the initial book is excellent.

    ˙˙˙˙bliss

    I DNF'd on the Riverworld series. No spaceships.

    Lynn


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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tue Dec 16 08:55:09 2025
    On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:05:08 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 12/13/2025 11:31 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 12/12/25 14:36, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: New Year's Resolution
    ??? https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

    That is not funny.

    I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off
    Earth before Earth was destroyed.? All of the humans got their
    bodies
    rolled back to age 25 regardless of their older ages.? Everyone's
    clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

    Lynn


    ????Have you ever read Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld
    series?
    ????Aliens who have been watching for a long time resurrect
    the hominid
    population of Earth along with homo saps. They are put them in a world

    where everything is provided while aging and dying are eliminated.?
    The
    planet of
    Riverworld is one long river with high banks around the river.? One
    of the
    interesting lives is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Power wars break out.
    Modern contrivances are contrived.

    ????The series gets boring after a while at least to me. But
    the initial
    book is excellent.

    ????bliss

    I DNF'd on the Riverworld series. No spaceships.

    Sorry to hear of your disappointment.

    I did finish it but, as bliss notes, it got old.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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