Now that the new uk.rec.audio.vinyl newsgroup is off to a good start (no
small miracle in itself as it appears no-one much can access it yet) the
time has come for me to consider my own options.

Assuming I ever get to see it on my own Provider's list (or
news.cis.dfn.de/news.individual.net ever get back to me with my lost login
details) I think it is time to ask myself the 'should you be here?'
question.

Well, as I have no interest whatsoever in cables, soundcards, mastertapes
(other than in a strictly 'vinyl' context) or Arcam products (or pouncing on
newbies with the same unutterably boring dogma, time after time after
time....) the answer is 'I guess not'.....

(Anybody else notice how the Pouncing ****s *never* start a thread - with
one very recent 'lame troll' exception....???)

Hence it is my intention to shift camp to uk.rec.audio.vinyl (as soon as and
if ever possible....;-) and leave ukra to its own devices or, put another
way, to return to the state it was in a few years back when I first looked
in. I would hope that at least a few people have noticed my various 'Mr Nice
Guy' efforts to improve ukra's international rep for squabbling like
immature schoolkids - a rôle which doesn't come easily to me, I assure you.

The ukra Webpages will now become the 'ukrav webpages' for two reasons: 1)
at last time of counting some 85% of those who responded sport some kind of
vinyl rig and these pages represent the subscribers, not the group itself
and 2) I ain't *that* nice a guy! Anybody got a problem with that - sue me.
Anybody wants their link/pages removed they got it without question or
hesitation. I shall be checking the entries soon and might well blow any
pages/sites that are 'vinyl-free' in any case.

If anyone wants to add a link of their own (no more 'page-building' for the
needy) to their own 'vinyl rich' site or Webpage just let me know, but do it
because *you* want it - one or two clowns actually thought they were doing
*me* some sort of favour (would you believe?).......

To Ronnie - Does this answer your question? Would you please make this known
on ukrav, pending my own 'arrival'. (I can see the posts but I can't
contrubute yet!)

To Stewart (Pinkerton) - will you take a look at the Webpage and ask
yourself the 'should you be here?' question and let me know (direct) - I
know you've got a deck and all that, but you ain't hardly a 'vinyl
enthusiast' are you....?

Finally, I would say the transition looks to be going quite smoothly and
might (as I hope) be of real benefit to all concerned. It's bound to suffer
a bit of a knock from one or two of the, er, less 'bright' that are always
with us, but I'm confident it will settle eventually down well. (If it don't
then someone, who shall remain nameless, is going to have himself some
serious 'fun' before he blows the whole sorry gig...... ;-)

Best wishes to one and all (well, nearly 'all'), have fun and take care.

That's just about it, I think, would somebody please hold the door for me? -
I don't want it to 'hit my butt' on the way out......