• Bbsing

    From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to UTOPIAN GALT on Sat Jan 24 09:11:00 2026
    I am thinking with government restrictions in Australia and the United Kingdo we should be using BBSing as an alternative medium. Its akin to HAM radio now

    You should not need to submit your ID just to use a bloody search engine.

    A lot of this could be avoided if parents were more aware of what their children were up to online, and also if the didn't look at tablets and
    phones as something to keep the kid occupied (and out of their hair).
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to MIKE POWELL on Sat Jan 24 18:53:24 2026
    Re: Bbsing
    By: MIKE POWELL to UTOPIAN GALT on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:11 am

    I am thinking with government restrictions in Australia and the
    United Kingdo we should be using BBSing as an alternative medium.
    Its akin to HAM radio now

    You should not need to submit your ID just to use a bloody search
    engine.

    A lot of this could be avoided if parents were more aware of what
    their children were up to online, and also if the didn't look at
    tablets and phones as something to keep the kid occupied (and out of
    their hair).


    i didnt let my son online.

    well one time i let him sign up to a forum for his guild in a game he played. that's about it.

    then my step daughter's mom let her go online and use her phone and she catfished a bunch of guys. she got her phone taken away like 10x.

    they werent old guys but older boys.
    one kid i went on fb and told his grandma on him.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPTEST to MRO on Sun Jan 25 10:24:09 2026
    A lot of this could be avoided if parents were more aware of what
    their children were up to online, and also if the didn't look at
    tablets and phones as something to keep the kid occupied (and out of
    their hair).

    i didnt let my son online.

    Smart.

    then my step daughter's mom let her go online and use her phone and she catfished a bunch of guys. she got her phone taken away like 10x.

    That is where you get trouble going. Letting them online where they think
    they are just playing games but others take them serious.

    they werent old guys but older boys.
    one kid i went on fb and told his grandma on him.

    LOL.


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  • From Khronos@VERT/CWSHACK to MIKE POWELL on Sun Jan 25 12:23:31 2026
    MIKE POWELL wrote to UTOPIAN GALT <=-

    I am thinking with government restrictions in Australia and the United
    Kingdo
    we should be using BBSing as an alternative medium. Its akin to HAM radio
    now

    You should not need to submit your ID just to use a bloody search engine.

    A lot of this could be avoided if parents were more aware of what their children were up to online, and also if the didn't look at tablets and phones as something to keep the kid occupied (and out of their hair).

    I agree with this point.
    Also parents need to teach their kids what things are acceptible to talk
    about online and what things are not.
    Standard stuff, don't give your address to anyone, if questions get
    personal in nature, always remember that ther's a person behind every keyboard.
    It was pretty simple, when I was about 14 our computer teacher at the residential school use to tell us, don't do anything online you don't
    want your mother to find out that you did.



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Sun Jan 25 11:54:44 2026
    Re: Bbsing
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sun Jan 25 2026 10:24 am

    then my step daughter's mom let her go online and use her phone and
    she catfished a bunch of guys. she got her phone taken away like 10x.

    That is where you get trouble going. Letting them online where they
    think they are just playing games but others take them serious.


    she wasnt saying anything bad. she said she was from germany and was making
    up all kinds of stuff. she wasnt sending photos.

    but the guys were saying the worst stuff possible.
    they were very blunt and saying stuff i wont repeat here. but basically they wanted to meet right then for sex and would travel.

    then i see this one guy was using textme thinking he was being anonymous
    so i cyber stalked his ass. he was probably terrified.

    this is the textme guy.
    he is cross eyed. haha
    https://i.imgur.com/G0DSHYC.png

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Khronos on Sun Jan 25 12:33:29 2026
    Re: Re: Bbsing
    By: Khronos to MIKE POWELL on Sun Jan 25 2026 12:23 pm


    I agree with this point. Also parents need to teach their kids what
    things are acceptible to talk about online and what things are not.
    Standard stuff, don't give your address to anyone, if questions
    get personal in nature, always remember that ther's a person behind
    every keyboard. It was pretty simple, when I was about 14 our
    computer teacher at the residential school use to tell us, don't
    do anything online you don't want your mother to find out that you
    did.


    another thing is restrict them somehow in the games they play.
    my goddaugher's brother is 7. he was playing roblox and there's other
    people on there.

    he THINKS he's talking to people his age in the game but he could be talking to some sick adult. it would never occur to him that someone in the game is not his age.

    i guess for voice chat in that game they have this policy:

    "How do I turn on Voice Chat?
    Eligible 13+ users must be phone number verified or age checked to see the Voice Chat option in Communication settings. Voice Chat is not enabled by default.

    Phone verification, age checks and enabling Voice Chat settings can only be done through the Roblox mobile app, desktop app, or Roblox.com.

    Voice Chat features may not be available in certain regions. Verification methods, such as phone number, ID and Facial Age Estimation, may also not be available to all accounts.

    "


    that doesnt mean he didnt get a friend or an older brother to enable it for him, though.


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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to GAMGEE on Sun Jan 25 09:12:00 2026
    Not sure what you're talking about here. I have certainly never done
    that.

    That is because you live in the "free-state" of Florida and not the UK or
    OZ. ;)

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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to FUSION on Sun Jan 25 09:19:00 2026
    Fun fact, there is a character in that game whose role is that of an evi right-wing antagonist trying to turn you into a radical. Can you imagine
    that was quite funny actually. they made her hair purple because they assumed that people leaning right might associate that with something negative the sa way they do when they see left wing people with brightly colored hair.

    Which game is this?
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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to MIKE POWELL on Sun Jan 25 21:34:00 2026
    On 25 Jan 2026, MIKE POWELL said the following...

    Fun fact, there is a character in that game whose role is that of a right-wing antagonist trying to turn you into a radical. Can you im
    that was quite funny actually. they made her hair purple because they as that people leaning right might associate that with something negative t way they do when they see left wing people with brightly colored hair.

    Which game is this?

    it was titled "Pathways"

    apparently it went from removing her character and keeping the rest of the content as-is to completely shutting it down already

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to MIKE POWELL on Sun Jan 25 21:10:42 2026
    MIKE POWELL wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    Not sure what you're talking about here. I have certainly never done
    that.

    That is because you live in the "free-state" of Florida and not the UK
    or OZ. ;)

    Hahaha, you got that right! I get a kick out of seeing that on the
    signs at the state border... ;-)




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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to KHRONOS on Mon Jan 26 08:43:00 2026
    Also parents need to teach their kids what things are acceptible to talk about online and what things are not.
    Standard stuff, don't give your address to anyone, if questions get
    personal in nature, always remember that ther's a person behind every keyboard.

    Yes!

    It was pretty simple, when I was about 14 our computer teacher at the residential school use to tell us, don't do anything online you don't
    want your mother to find out that you did.

    LOL yeah back then that would'
    have been a deterent. Now I am pretty sure she'd just roll her eyes at
    most of the silliness I get up to. :D

    Mike
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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Tue Jan 27 08:21:00 2026
    Yes, If you buy alchhol or tobacco you have to show id.
    So Trump is correct.
    Trump always baits the left.

    Groceries. He said Groceries.

    A little nostalgia trip... back in the 1970s and 80s (and probably beyond)
    if some of my extended relatives were going to buy "grocieries," those
    might be the two products they were going to buy. Maybe not so much
    alcohol but certainly tobacco.

    Of course, that was back in the day when they could send me to the corner
    store to buy a carton of unfiltered Camels and an ice cream treat for
    myself. No ID required. ;)
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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to FUSION on Tue Jan 27 08:25:00 2026
    It makes lefties extremely upset when you point out the homeless drunks that walk around downtown in various cities have no problem getting a state ID to continue to do what they do. Yet somehow a sixteen year old kid with no intention of getting a drivers license is somehow incapable, heck even put through significant hardship in the course of getting an non-drivers-license state ID. Right.. So if these guys do just fine using their ID at the grocery store and gas station for boozin', why can't everyone else do it to vote?

    I agree with your sentiment but, as an aside, depending on how your state
    has implemented the "Real ID" procedures, they may have made it much more difficult for non-drivers to get an ID. Based on what they have done in Kentucky... removed the ability to issue IDs from every county clerk's
    office, centralizing it in "regional offices"... I would estimate that
    they have.

    As I live in the capitol city, I have a regional office so I don't have
    any experience to go on there.
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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to GAMGEE on Tue Jan 27 08:30:00 2026
    Yes, but... even he knows. He's just talking out of his ass, like he
    often does, and like virtually all/any other politician does most of the time. They just can't seem to help it.

    A true, red MAGA would jump in and correct you here... "He IsN'T a
    POlitICIan, lEFty!"... while others might point out that he seems to talk
    out of his ass a whole lot more than average.

    I can remember when I thought that Obama used social media *way* too much
    but, compared to now, I almost cannot remember him using it at all. ;)
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to MIKE POWELL on Tue Jan 27 18:50:55 2026
    Re: Re: Bbsing
    By: MIKE POWELL to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:21 am

    Of course, that was back in the day when they could send me to the
    corner store to buy a carton of unfiltered Camels and an ice cream
    treat for myself. No ID required. ;)


    i would get cigs for my mom all the time. also later on one time my mom's friend wrote a note to hand over.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to MIKE POWELL on Tue Jan 27 18:51:54 2026
    Re: Re: Bbsing
    By: MIKE POWELL to FUSION on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:25 am

    I agree with your sentiment but, as an aside, depending on how your
    state has implemented the "Real ID" procedures, they may have made
    it much more difficult for non-drivers to get an ID. Based on what
    they have done in Kentucky... removed the ability to issue IDs from
    every county clerk's office, centralizing it in "regional
    offices"... I would estimate that they have.

    in wisconsin you get your id and drivers license, etc at the dmv


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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to MIKE POWELL on Tue Jan 27 22:16:02 2026
    MIKE POWELL wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    Yes, but... even he knows. He's just talking out of his ass, like he
    often does, and like virtually all/any other politician does most of the time. They just can't seem to help it.

    A true, red MAGA would jump in and correct you here... "He IsN'T a POlitICIan, lEFty!"... while others might point out that he seems to
    talk out of his ass a whole lot more than average.

    Hahaha, yep, no doubt. ;-)

    I can remember when I thought that Obama used social media *way* too
    much but, compared to now, I almost cannot remember him using it at
    all. ;)

    Another great point.




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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPTEST to MRO on Wed Jan 28 09:23:45 2026
    I agree with your sentiment but, as an aside, depending on how your
    state has implemented the "Real ID" procedures, they may have made
    it much more difficult for non-drivers to get an ID. Based on what
    they have done in Kentucky... removed the ability to issue IDs from
    every county clerk's office, centralizing it in "regional
    offices"... I would estimate that they have.

    in wisconsin you get your id and drivers license, etc at the dmv

    That is good. With the exception of Louisville, and maybe Lexington, we
    really don't have a "concept" of a DMV here. It was all done at county
    clerk's offices.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Wed Jan 28 15:51:40 2026
    That is good. With the exception of Louisville, and maybe Lexington,
    we really don't have a "concept" of a DMV here. It was all done at
    county clerk's offices.


    so do you have to drive out of the city to get drivers licenses?



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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Jan 28 08:29:00 2026
    Trump also equated showing ID at the gas station, something I've never done. for showing an ID at the grocery store, I suppose he should have been clearer about showing ID at a grocery store when buying age-restricted items.

    Gas stations are another place that people are apt to buy booze and, especially, cigarettes. The payment kiosks at the Kroger fuel depots here have a cashier surrounded by nothing but cigarettes. Snacks, etc., are in refrigerators and cabinets outside.

    Yes, he could have been more specific. Who knows what he really meant (probably part of the point)?
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  • From MIKE POWELL@VERT/CAPCITY2/UUMOES to ACCESSION on Wed Jan 28 08:32:00 2026
    Yes, because at a gas station, you can also buy chewing tobacco, cigarettes, and alcohol (sometimes). Most definitely, he should have been more clearer (i he ever, though?), precisely because people like to take what he says and twi it into something completely different.

    I think he likes being talked about. Saying things that can easily be
    twisted makes sure that he is.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MIKE POWELL on Wed Jan 28 17:20:30 2026
    Re: Bbsing
    By: MIKE POWELL to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Jan 28 2026 08:29 am

    Gas stations are another place that people are apt to buy booze and, especially, cigarettes. The payment kiosks at the Kroger fuel depots here have a cashier surrounded by nothing but cigarettes. Snacks, etc., are in refrigerators and cabinets outside.

    Yes, he could have been more specific. Who knows what he really meant (probably part of the point)?

    I remember when restaurants & other places in the 80s (and maybe early 90s?) often had vending machines with packs of cigarettes (and naturally they didn't need ID). Interesting times, those were..

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to MIKE POWELL on Wed Jan 28 19:07:03 2026
    Re: Bbsing
    By: MIKE POWELL to ACCESSION on Wed Jan 28 2026 08:32 am

    he should have been more clearer (i he ever, though?), precisely
    because people like to take what he says and twi it into something completely different.

    I think he likes being talked about. Saying things that can easily
    be twisted makes sure that he is.


    that could be it. he trolls the reporters and people take what he says and carry on about it.

    and the more you talk about trump the stronger he gets.
    it's always been like that. It's strange that his enemies don't understand that.


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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Nightfox on Wed Jan 28 22:24:00 2026
    On 28 Jan 2026, Nightfox said the following...

    Re: Bbsing
    By: MIKE POWELL to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wed Jan 28 2026 08:29 am

    Gas stations are another place that people are apt to buy booze and, especially, cigarettes. The payment kiosks at the Kroger fuel depots have a cashier surrounded by nothing but cigarettes. Snacks, etc., a refrigerators and cabinets outside.

    Yes, he could have been more specific. Who knows what he really mean (probably part of the point)?

    I remember when restaurants & other places in the 80s (and maybe early 90s?) often had vending machines with packs of cigarettes (and naturally they didn't need ID). Interesting times, those were..

    yeah, i think the last one i saw was in a local dive bar. they already
    verified you were 21 to enter so they were able to get away with it. afaik they removed it when they basically fumigated the place when smoking indoors in public places was banned.

    was a pretty hefty machine too. built like one of those big steelcase desks. shame it's not really convenient to sell anything else in them cause they're kinda cool

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Wed Jan 28 20:53:20 2026
    Nightfox wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-

    I remember when restaurants & other places in the 80s (and maybe early 90s?) often had vending machines with packs of cigarettes (and
    naturally they didn't need ID). Interesting times, those were..

    Yes, I remember people smoking in restaurants for sure, and there was
    even a "smoking section" on airplanes. Ridiculous, since the smoke
    spread throughout the plane anyway. Glad that's gone.



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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to fusion on Wed Jan 28 22:42:02 2026
    Re: Re: Bbsing
    By: fusion to Nightfox on Wed Jan 28 2026 10:24 pm

    I remember when restaurants & other places in the 80s (and maybe
    early 90s?) often had vending machines with packs of cigarettes (and
    naturally they didn't need ID). Interesting times, those were..

    yeah, i think the last one i saw was in a local dive bar. they already verified you were 21 to enter so they were able to get away with it. afaik they removed it when they basically fumigated the place when smoking indoors in public places was banned.

    Yes, I remember those, they had them at every gas station and restruant.
    I remember eating out and there was "smoking" or "nonsmoking" area's.
    I'm glad they banned smoking in public places, much nicer going to restraunts now.
    They also had those big candybar vending machines.

    Denn

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