Will someone please put this group out of its misery? We haven't been using it, and now it seems to have been hijacked by spammers... -Todd...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
May 12, 2008 12:14 pm
I'm happy to use it if others agree. I keep deleting spam messages from the site (after they've been sent of course) and banning the authors, but there are...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
May 12, 2008 12:37 pm
Thanks, Phil. Isn't there a way to force a potential member to register, so they can't simply post? Or do you already do that? -Todd...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
May 12, 2008 12:41 pm
Yes, people must register with Yahoo before they can post, but that's a very easy step. I could set it so I have to approve everyone who wants to join, but I'd...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
May 12, 2008 12:46 pm
I'll be happy to do that ... thanks!...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
May 12, 2008 12:52 pm
Done - Todd, you should receive an email whenever someone applies to join - there should be instructions included allowing you to deny or approve membership. ...
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britinme
Oct 14, 2010 1:45 am
Dear Pepys friends I am stunned and saddened to have to tell you that Keith died today, 13 October 2010. There was a complication with his blood pressure...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Oct 14, 2010 10:27 am
So so sad about this!! Keith was a wonderful guy, and I will miss trading funny links, editorial advice, shared cynicism and poetry (cynicism be damned) with...
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Gillian Bagwell
gillianbagwell
Oct 14, 2010 7:11 pm
I'm so sad to hear of Keith's death. Just two weeks ago I lost a friend to an aortic dissection, which the doctors said stemmed ultimately from untreated high...
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Andrew Hamilton
jahamiltonjr
Dec 16, 2010 3:00 pm
Does anyone in the DC area care to get together on Sam's birthday? Please let me know at <jahamiltonjr@...>...
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gillianbagwell
Dec 17, 2010 6:27 pm
Hi, fellow fans of Pepys, I'm excited to tell you that my novel "The Darling Strumpet," based on the life of Nell Gwynn, will be published January 4 by Berkley...
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beat_town
Dec 25, 2010 5:09 pm
My loving and resourceful wife found a very beaten-up copy of "The Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.", published in 1854 in four volumes by...
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carl_wickstrom@...
carl_wickstrom
Dec 25, 2010 8:41 pm
Hi, and Merry Christmas I know about high end bookbinding and have done some hobbyist binding myself. It can be rebound and still be authentic. Rebinding is...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Dec 26, 2010 12:35 am
Thanks, Carl! Good information. Yeah, all I want to do is get them to the point where I'd be able to read and enjoy them ... not as worried so much about...
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Susan Thomas
australiansusan
Dec 26, 2010 12:34 pm
Try your local State Library - they should have a conservation department which can give advice. If the block is still basically sound and the boards, but you...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Dec 26, 2010 5:41 pm
Excellent ... thanks, Aussie Sue! (On a related note, I'm waiting for our own "A Hamilton" to reply to this thread, to reveal whether or not the previous owner...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Jan 12, 2011 2:37 am
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-12/floods-hit-brisbane-australia-s-3rd-largest-city.html The Thomas's business is at risk:...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Jan 12, 2011 2:45 am
Mervyn's replied to someone on Facebook, saying: "Our house will not be flooded but we will lose power and telecoms. We will likely be stranded for a while." ...
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Susan Thomas
australiansusan
Jan 12, 2011 4:03 am
Thanks for your concern. We lost internet this morning, but it's back on now. We are OK. Mervyn has been out checking on some of the elderly in our parish -...
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regertz@...
polbloom
Jan 12, 2011 8:16 am
Good luck. Hoping for clear skies for a while. ... From: Susan Thomas <susan.thomas@...> To: pepysdiary-social <pepysdiary-social@yahoogroups.com> ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 12, 2011 9:19 am
Good luck Susan - I hope you and everyone else get through this unscathed. ... -- Phil Gyford http://www.gyford.com/...
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robinsonmf
Jan 12, 2011 10:08 am
Best wishes to you all. Michael Robinson...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Jan 12, 2011 10:32 pm
Australia's floods cut off some Brisbane residents, and water keeps rising Thousands in Brisbane have evacuated, and officials urge the stragglers to join them...
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faucheux33
Jan 16, 2011 6:54 am
Susan, Praying for you, yours, and everyone affected by this dreadful flood. Can never forget your kind encouragement, and that of other Pepysians, for New...
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Susan Thomas
australiansusan
Jan 16, 2011 7:21 am
Dear Linda and all, Thanks for your concern! We have been fine - our suburb Chapel Hill is well-named! We had problems with the tremendously heavy rain on...
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gillianbagwell
Jan 16, 2011 5:48 pm
So glad to hear you're okay, Susan. Thanks for the amazing description of what your community is contending with. Sending good thoughts, Gillian Bagwell...
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jahamiltonjr@...
jahamiltonjr
Jan 22, 2011 6:53 pm
Dear Todd, Alexi Hamilton Jr. is not a relation, insofar as I know. Looking forward to meeting you Match 13. Andrew Hamilton...
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terry foreman
thforeman
May 30, 2011 2:12 am
Paul, et al. Some months ago cum grano salis (etc.) [ Michael Vincent ] allowed as how -- IF I recall correctly -- he's be taking a leave of absence to take...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 3, 2012 6:18 pm
"Two particularly exciting things happened to Pepys on his jaunts to Hackney. In the exotic gardens of Brooke House, he saw oranges growing on trees for the...
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Susan Thomas
australiansusan
Aug 3, 2012 10:48 pm
A charming vignette of typical Pepys behaviour! I am reading a history of the evolution of table manners and rituals and Pepys has come into that - over the...
