Subj : Re: #MeatUps...
To   : paulie420
From : hyjinx
Date : Sun May 04 2025 14:00:43

On 22 Mar 2025, paulie420 said the following...
 pa> All this to say - I really look forward to my #MeatUps. Its been
 pa> something like... 5?? 6 years??? And I enjoy them. I used to skip work
 pa> on Fridays when that was the day - and now its super easy because
 pa> #MeatUps are Saturdays at 1pm for me; best ever.

Being in NZ, Meatups are on Sunday mornings. I'm usually waking up around the
time that they start, but it's often family time, so I am often just missing
it, which is a real shame as I do enjoy hanging out with y'all.

I do watch the YouTube stream from bed some mornings mainly due to FOMO and
if I feel I can contribute something and jump on if I have enough time I do
that (like last weekend). This morning I had mates down from Auckland and
Tauranga so we had a big blow-out (the only one of the year!).. I'm only just
coming right now and it's  2pm here!

In any case I do feel tardy not joining in. Long may the Meatup continue! 
PS: Since I have **FINALLY** found some very helpful upgrades in MS-DOS land,
I've been using my DOS machine much more. This lends itself to being on BBSes
a lot more. The problem with BBSing on a modern PC is that modern OS's are
multi-tasking. There are so many pop-ups/notifications, other shit on the
screen that vie for my attention. I'm growing more and more aware that I
might be at least a bit ADHD or something on the spectrum and staying
focussed on looking at an MRC chat with other things vying for my attention
is quite hard. But on a DOS machine, it's single tasking pretty much, which
makes me stop and pay attention. I love it!- Let me know if you have similar
feels about multi vs single tasking and whether you are on the spectrum or
not. I'd genuinely love to hear from you.

Catch you later!
Al (hyjinx)


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
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