Hi all
glad your ok! :D
Where to begin.
i been swamped too with events and prepping and my work
Life has been busy, I've been dealing with the loss of my mum who passed late last year and helping my dad with his efforts to de-clutter / prep
my childhood home for upcoming sale. That's involved a lot of air travel and time away from home/work to help out. All of which I have been happy to do but it's also zapped any other energy I have had for hobbies.
I am genuinely sorry and you have my full condolences my Biological father passed away in 2023 and my grandma (his mom) died in 2022. i am so numb i cannot feel greif. but i miss them deeply. i am sorry about your loss! </3 im sorry i know about low energies
Av> As I write this it's increasingly likely that I'll also have some fairly
significant life changes of my own in the coming months and my family Av> may well be moving houses.
i h ad major changes in 2024 i moved states from La to Tx
monroe to Fort Worth. major changes too stressful!
If/when this happens I expect to keep active in fsxNet and continue to
run NET 1 HUB etc. as per usual but I am opting for the coming 12-18 months to simplify things for me in this regard.
ah! <3
So I wanted to let you know a few changes coming up and my plans for the medium term.
ooh ohh!
1) InterBBS games. I'm going to close this down for now, BRE, FH and GD.
I think there is limited activity going on between just a few systems
and want to reduce the systems I am running if/when a move to a new
house occurs.
The InterBBS league will be shut down on Friday 11 June 2025... that's
two weeks from the date I write this. I think this should be enough notice.
aww ok i am saddened by shut downs of various things
2) Usenet Gateway. Ditto for this service (sorry). I am going to shutter this one also and close down my Usenet news server. The gateway will
also cease on Friday 11 June 2025 while the NNTP server will shutter at the end of July.
I want to reinstate this down the track, but at this stage I'm signaling it will likely be 12-18 months after the close down.
ok!
3) NET 1 + 4 HUBS my plan is to move to using an instance of Clrghouz to service these nodes. That change will take some more time for me to implement as I am time poor and likely juggling prepping a house for possible sale / moving home over the coming 6-9 months. But the goal
will be to use Deon's great software to make my life easier as ZC of fsxNet.
What else..
focus on your life 1st we will be ok! <3
I'm sorry for the lack of activity / service on my part over the last months. At times coming back and trying to do admin for a pile of
mounting emails etc. felt too much and my energy levels where just not there.
i am swamped too
Today I am playing catch up and adding a bunch of nodes that may (or may not) be that active since the dates they emailed me to join but let's
find out.
i plaied catch up yesterday
Did you know on 8 November this year fsxNet will have been around for 10 years? That kind of does my head in :) When I set it up it was just me having fun and wanting to learn about FTN networking etc. Nick at
Agoranet was always super kind/supportive with his time and knowledge
(as were many others).
BASSED! 10 years based!!! congrats!!!
I've been lucky to have met many super, kind and talented people through the BBS hobby/interest we collectively share... and I'm looking forward
to continuing to do that into the years ahead...
<3 you got me and everyone here! <3
All of which to say is that I am not planning on leaving the scene or shuttering fsxNet any time soon. But I will be busy/tied up with matters of real life (sigh) as the rest of this year and into early next year unfolds.
thats ok dude! <3
If you're an 'old timer' or just new to the network, thanks for your interest and involvement in it. It's great the between us all we're helping to keep the BBS scene / hobby etc. alive and well in 2025... who would have thought huh? :)
Best, Paul aka Avon
<3 <3 <3 <3
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