Malware burrows deep into computer BIOS to escape AV

[FromTheRafters]

"~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
news:j86p50$385$2@dont-email.me...
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>
>> ***
>> LOL., Rootkits are as old as the hills, and what are being called rootkits
>> in the Windows world are mostly only old school stealth tactics revisited.
>> ***
>
> Wikipedia agrees with you!

Ouch! (j/k)

[...]

[pandora]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:31:42 -0700, Irkin Invader Zim wrote:

> On Oct 24, 9:05Â*pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Oct 24, 8:36Â*pm, Irkin Invader Zim <fitnessforyou2...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Oct 23, 8:57Â*pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > > On Sep 15, 5:55Â*pm, "FromTheRafters" <erratic.how...@gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>>
>> > > > "~BD~" <~...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>
>> > > >news:j4s9f0$83h$1@dont-email.me...
>>
>> > > > > Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of malware
>> > > > > ever used in the wild that modifies the software on the
>> > > > > motherboard of infected computers to ensure the infection can't
>> > > > > be easily eradicated.
>>
>> > > > > Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of
>> > > > > computers it attacks to add malicious instructions that are
>> > > > > executed early in a computer's boot-up sequence. The
>> > > > > instructions, in turn, alter a computer's MBR, or master boot
>> > > > > record, another system component that gets executed prior to
>> > > > > the loading of the operating system of an infected machine. By
>> > > > > corrupting the processes that run immediately after a PC
>> > > > > starts, the malware stands a better chance of surviving
>> > > > > attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
>>
>> > > > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...it_discovered/
>>
>> > > > > --
>> > > > > Dave - exactly what *I've* suspected for years! ;-)
>>
>> > > > For years, you've been wrong. D
>>
>> > > > Now that it is ITW so they say, the naysayers will be silenced.
>> > > > But you might want to consider that BIOS thing to be more like a
>> > > > payload that *might* sink the roots deeper than was otherwise
>> > > > possible. It is likely to owe more of its wilding ability to its
>> > > > being a user-mode, kernel mode, *and* an MBR mode rootkit - plus
>> > > > a virus - than to its being a BIOS modder. Just wait until some
>> > > > wormable exploit is written to spread it or it gets adopted by
>> > > > evil botnets.
>>
>> > > > TPM anyone?
>>
>> > > ROTFLMFAO!!!! This is just another version of the famous CMOS virus
>> > > but only affects bios.
>>
>> > eMutt you don't even know what STFU means let alone CMOS or bios.
>>
>> > Please stop trying to be a computer expert you Keiser drop-out. Oh
>> > wait you have to GO THERE FIRST to become a drop-out. Wow. That is
>> > some failure you have. a drop-out drop-out. Holy ****, can you get
>> > any stupider?
>>
>> Ya'll don't pay any attention to this dork. He's been banned by just
>> about every NG on usenet.
>
>
> "Ya'll?"
>
> If your intention was to sound like the toothless redneck walking
> Halloween mask you appear in your photos, nice job.
>
> Second, you can't get "banned" from a "NG," you dumb****.
>
> Emmett, you have barely made six posts in alt.privacy.spyware and they
> have already recognized you and called you out as being a dumb****.

Indeed. Besides, I thought he wasn't supposed to post to usenet or loose
his bet?

[%]

çu wrote:
> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> sez 25 Oct 2011:
>
>> "Irkin Invader Zim" <fitnessforyou2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:329142bc-040f-4cd4-b1c8-3bfd3477bb87@m4g2000yqm.googlegroups.com..
>> . On Oct 24, 9:05 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Oct 24, 8:36 pm, Irkin Invader Zim <fitnessforyou2...@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 23, 8:57 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Sep 15, 5:55 pm, "FromTheRafters" <erratic.how...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> "~BD~" <~...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>>> news:j4s9f0$83h$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>>>>>> Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of
>>>>>>> malware ever used in
>>>>>>> the wild that modifies the software on the motherboard of
>>>>>>> infected computers
>>>>>>> to ensure the infection can't be easily eradicated.
>>>
>>>>>>> Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of
>>>>>>> computers it
>>>>>>> attacks to add malicious instructions that are executed early
>>>>>>> in a computer's
>>>>>>> boot-up sequence. The instructions, in turn, alter a
>>>>>>> computer's MBR, or master
>>>>>>> boot record, another system component that gets executed
>>>>>>> prior to the loading
>>>>>>> of the operating system of an infected machine. By corrupting
>>>>>>> the processes
>>>>>>> that run immediately after a PC starts, the malware stands a
>>>>>>> better chance of
>>>>>>> surviving attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...kit_discovered
>>>>>>> /
>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Dave - exactly what *I've* suspected for years! ;-)
>>>
>>>>>> For years, you've been wrong. D
>>>
>>>>>> Now that it is ITW so they say, the naysayers will be silenced.
>>>>>> But you might want to consider that BIOS thing to be more like
>>>>>> a payload that *might* sink the roots deeper than was otherwise
>>>>>> possible. It is likely to owe more of its wilding ability to
>>>>>> its being a user-mode, kernel mode, *and* an MBR mode rootkit -
>>>>>> plus a virus - than to its being a BIOS modder. Just wait until
>>>>>> some wormable exploit is written to spread it or it gets
>>>>>> adopted by evil botnets.
>>>
>>>>>> TPM anyone?
>>>
>>>>> ROTFLMFAO!!!! This is just another version of the famous CMOS
>>>>> virus but only affects bios.
>>>
>>>> eMutt you don't even know what STFU means let alone CMOS or bios.
>>>
>>>> Please stop trying to be a computer expert you Keiser drop-out. Oh
>>>> wait you have to GO THERE FIRST to become a drop-out.
>>>> Wow. That is some failure you have. a drop-out drop-out. Holy ****,
>>>> can you get any stupider?
>>>
>>> Ya'll don't pay any attention to this dork. He's been banned by just
>>> about every NG on usenet.
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Second, you can't get "banned" from a "NG," you dumb****.
>>
>> ***
>> Yes, you can. Some groups are private and moderated.
>> ***
>>
>>
>>
>
> and if all of the other posters choose to ignore you or plonk you, it
> becomes pretty much the same. i remember you, alt.crackers.delicious.
> or was that alt.snackers.nutritious?



who cares if anyone can see what you say say it anyway

[Checkmate]

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Checkmate. Oh, yeah... I should also mention that çu said the following:
>
> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> sez 25 Oct 2011:
>
> > "Irkin Invader Zim" <fitnessforyou2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:329142bc-040f-4cd4-b1c8-3bfd3477bb87@m4g2000yqm.googlegroups.com..
> > . On Oct 24, 9:05 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> On Oct 24, 8:36 pm, Irkin Invader Zim <fitnessforyou2...@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > On Oct 23, 8:57 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > > On Sep 15, 5:55 pm, "FromTheRafters" <erratic.how...@gmail.com>
> >> > > wrote:
> >>
> >> > > > "~BD~" <~...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
> >>
> >> > > >news:j4s9f0$83h$1@dont-email.me...
> >>
> >> > > > > Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of
> >> > > > > malware ever used in
> >> > > > > the wild that modifies the software on the motherboard of
> >> > > > > infected computers
> >> > > > > to ensure the infection can't be easily eradicated.
> >>
> >> > > > > Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of
> >> > > > > computers it
> >> > > > > attacks to add malicious instructions that are executed early
> >> > > > > in a computer's
> >> > > > > boot-up sequence. The instructions, in turn, alter a
> >> > > > > computer's MBR, or master
> >> > > > > boot record, another system component that gets executed
> >> > > > > prior to the loading
> >> > > > > of the operating system of an infected machine. By corrupting
> >> > > > > the processes
> >> > > > > that run immediately after a PC starts, the malware stands a
> >> > > > > better chance of
> >> > > > > surviving attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
> >>
> >> > > > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...kit_discovered
> >> > > > >/
> >>
> >> > > > > --
> >> > > > > Dave - exactly what *I've* suspected for years! ;-)
> >>
> >> > > > For years, you've been wrong. D
> >>
> >> > > > Now that it is ITW so they say, the naysayers will be silenced.
> >> > > > But you might want to consider that BIOS thing to be more like
> >> > > > a payload that *might* sink the roots deeper than was otherwise
> >> > > > possible. It is likely to owe more of its wilding ability to
> >> > > > its being a user-mode, kernel mode, *and* an MBR mode rootkit -
> >> > > > plus a virus - than to its being a BIOS modder. Just wait until
> >> > > > some wormable exploit is written to spread it or it gets
> >> > > > adopted by evil botnets.
> >>
> >> > > > TPM anyone?
> >>
> >> > > ROTFLMFAO!!!! This is just another version of the famous CMOS
> >> > > virus but only affects bios.
> >>
> >> > eMutt you don't even know what STFU means let alone CMOS or bios.
> >>
> >> > Please stop trying to be a computer expert you Keiser drop-out. Oh
> >> > wait you have to GO THERE FIRST to become a drop-out.
> >> > Wow. That is some failure you have. a drop-out drop-out. Holy ****,
> >> > can you get any stupider?
> >>
> >> Ya'll don't pay any attention to this dork. He's been banned by just
> >> about every NG on usenet.
> >
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Second, you can't get "banned" from a "NG," you dumb****.
> >
> > ***
> > Yes, you can. Some groups are private and moderated.
> > ***
> >
> >
> >
>
> and if all of the other posters choose to ignore you or plonk you, it
> becomes pretty much the same. i remember you, alt.crackers.delicious. or
> was that alt.snackers.nutritious?

I could have sworn I newgrouped alt.crackers.delicious about 7-8 years ago, but
it doesn't seem to exist... yet.

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pandora wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:31:42 -0700, Irkin Invader Zim wrote:
>
>> On Oct 24, 9:05 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Oct 24, 8:36 pm, Irkin Invader Zim <fitnessforyou2...@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 23, 8:57 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Sep 15, 5:55 pm, "FromTheRafters" <erratic.how...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> "~BD~" <~...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>>> news:j4s9f0$83h$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>>>>>> Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of malware
>>>>>>> ever used in the wild that modifies the software on the
>>>>>>> motherboard of infected computers to ensure the infection can't
>>>>>>> be easily eradicated.
>>>
>>>>>>> Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of
>>>>>>> computers it attacks to add malicious instructions that are
>>>>>>> executed early in a computer's boot-up sequence. The
>>>>>>> instructions, in turn, alter a computer's MBR, or master boot
>>>>>>> record, another system component that gets executed prior to
>>>>>>> the loading of the operating system of an infected machine. By
>>>>>>> corrupting the processes that run immediately after a PC
>>>>>>> starts, the malware stands a better chance of surviving
>>>>>>> attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...it_discovered/
>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Dave - exactly what *I've* suspected for years! ;-)
>>>
>>>>>> For years, you've been wrong. D
>>>
>>>>>> Now that it is ITW so they say, the naysayers will be silenced.
>>>>>> But you might want to consider that BIOS thing to be more like a
>>>>>> payload that *might* sink the roots deeper than was otherwise
>>>>>> possible. It is likely to owe more of its wilding ability to its
>>>>>> being a user-mode, kernel mode, *and* an MBR mode rootkit - plus
>>>>>> a virus - than to its being a BIOS modder. Just wait until some
>>>>>> wormable exploit is written to spread it or it gets adopted by
>>>>>> evil botnets.
>>>
>>>>>> TPM anyone?
>>>
>>>>> ROTFLMFAO!!!! This is just another version of the famous CMOS
>>>>> virus but only affects bios.
>>>
>>>> eMutt you don't even know what STFU means let alone CMOS or bios.
>>>
>>>> Please stop trying to be a computer expert you Keiser drop-out. Oh
>>>> wait you have to GO THERE FIRST to become a drop-out. Wow. That is
>>>> some failure you have. a drop-out drop-out. Holy ****, can you get
>>>> any stupider?
>>>
>>> Ya'll don't pay any attention to this dork. He's been banned by just
>>> about every NG on usenet.
>>
>>
>> "Ya'll?"
>>
>> If your intention was to sound like the toothless redneck walking
>> Halloween mask you appear in your photos, nice job.
>>
>> Second, you can't get "banned" from a "NG," you dumb****.
>>
>> Emmett, you have barely made six posts in alt.privacy.spyware and
>> they have already recognized you and called you out as being a
>> dumb****.
>
> Indeed. Besides, I thought he wasn't supposed to post to usenet or
> loose his bet?


and you believed that , LOL

[FromTheRafters]

"u" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:Xns9F899AF1AFCA5neon@208.90.168.18...
> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> sez 25 Oct 2011:
>
>> "Irkin Invader Zim" <fitnessforyou2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:329142bc-040f-4cd4-b1c8-3bfd3477bb87@m4g2000yqm.googlegroups.com..
>> . On Oct 24, 9:05 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Oct 24, 8:36 pm, Irkin Invader Zim <fitnessforyou2...@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Oct 23, 8:57 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley <emmettgulle...@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> > > On Sep 15, 5:55 pm, "FromTheRafters" <erratic.how...@gmail.com>
>>> > > wrote:
>>>
>>> > > > "~BD~" <~...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>>
>>> > > >news:j4s9f0$83h$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>> > > > > Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of
>>> > > > > malware ever used in
>>> > > > > the wild that modifies the software on the motherboard of
>>> > > > > infected computers
>>> > > > > to ensure the infection can't be easily eradicated.
>>>
>>> > > > > Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of
>>> > > > > computers it
>>> > > > > attacks to add malicious instructions that are executed early
>>> > > > > in a computer's
>>> > > > > boot-up sequence. The instructions, in turn, alter a
>>> > > > > computer's MBR, or master
>>> > > > > boot record, another system component that gets executed
>>> > > > > prior to the loading
>>> > > > > of the operating system of an infected machine. By corrupting
>>> > > > > the processes
>>> > > > > that run immediately after a PC starts, the malware stands a
>>> > > > > better chance of
>>> > > > > surviving attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
>>>
>>> > > > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...kit_discovered
>>> > > > >/
>>>
>>> > > > > --
>>> > > > > Dave - exactly what *I've* suspected for years! ;-)
>>>
>>> > > > For years, you've been wrong. D
>>>
>>> > > > Now that it is ITW so they say, the naysayers will be silenced.
>>> > > > But you might want to consider that BIOS thing to be more like
>>> > > > a payload that *might* sink the roots deeper than was otherwise
>>> > > > possible. It is likely to owe more of its wilding ability to
>>> > > > its being a user-mode, kernel mode, *and* an MBR mode rootkit -
>>> > > > plus a virus - than to its being a BIOS modder. Just wait until
>>> > > > some wormable exploit is written to spread it or it gets
>>> > > > adopted by evil botnets.
>>>
>>> > > > TPM anyone?
>>>
>>> > > ROTFLMFAO!!!! This is just another version of the famous CMOS
>>> > > virus but only affects bios.
>>>
>>> > eMutt you don't even know what STFU means let alone CMOS or bios.
>>>
>>> > Please stop trying to be a computer expert you Keiser drop-out. Oh
>>> > wait you have to GO THERE FIRST to become a drop-out.
>>> > Wow. That is some failure you have. a drop-out drop-out. Holy ****,
>>> > can you get any stupider?
>>>
>>> Ya'll don't pay any attention to this dork. He's been banned by just
>>> about every NG on usenet.
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Second, you can't get "banned" from a "NG," you dumb****.
>>
>> ***
>> Yes, you can. Some groups are private and moderated.
>> ***
>>
>>
>>
>
> and if all of the other posters choose to ignore you or plonk you, it
> becomes pretty much the same. i remember you, alt.crackers.delicious. or
> was that alt.snackers.nutritious?

It's been many things in past years, but never as dead as it is now. The only
activity in there seems to be when crossposted from the likes of kooky groups
like <looks up> oh nevermind.

[~BD~]

Gramsterdam wrote:
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>
>>
>> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>> news:j4unm4$3d6$2@dont-email.me...
>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> TPM anyone?
>>>>
>>>> Big Brother.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ?????????? An explanation will be appreciated!
>>
>> Some people have expressed privacy concerns over some
>> aspects of TPM implementation. IMO it does make diddling
>> with the boot axis by malware problematic.
>
> I've read some internal 'white papers' HP published to some staff
> regarding future potential uses of the chip. It was scary. Five years
> ago they were already cooking up ideas/uses for the chip (other than its
> primary purpose).
>
> One that is semi-harmless, but might cost you more money for Internet in
> the future is using TPM's for auth. credentials for Internet access. In
> essence, they may charge you for each device you hookup; as opposed to
> the current MAC address or PPPoE authentication. This is a long way
> off, obviously because most machines/routers are not equipped with the
> chip today.
>

It's good to have the view of a professional! :-)

[%]

FromTheRafters wrote:
> "u" <a@b.c> wrote in message
> news:Xns9F899AF1AFCA5neon@208.90.168.18...
>> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> sez 25 Oct 2011:
>>
>>> "Irkin Invader Zim" <fitnessforyou2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:329142bc-040f-4cd4-b1c8-3bfd3477bb87@m4g2000yqm.googlegroups.com..
>>> . On Oct 24, 9:05 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley
>>> <emmettgulle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Oct 24, 8:36 pm, Irkin Invader Zim <fitnessforyou2...@yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 23, 8:57 pm, Emmett BADASS Gulley
>>>>> <emmettgulle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 15, 5:55 pm, "FromTheRafters" <erratic.how...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> "~BD~" <~...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>>>> news:j4s9f0$83h$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of
>>>>>>>> malware ever used in
>>>>>>>> the wild that modifies the software on the motherboard of
>>>>>>>> infected computers
>>>>>>>> to ensure the infection can't be easily eradicated.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of
>>>>>>>> computers it
>>>>>>>> attacks to add malicious instructions that are executed early
>>>>>>>> in a computer's
>>>>>>>> boot-up sequence. The instructions, in turn, alter a
>>>>>>>> computer's MBR, or master
>>>>>>>> boot record, another system component that gets executed
>>>>>>>> prior to the loading
>>>>>>>> of the operating system of an infected machine. By corrupting
>>>>>>>> the processes
>>>>>>>> that run immediately after a PC starts, the malware stands a
>>>>>>>> better chance of
>>>>>>>> surviving attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...kit_discovered
>>>>>>>> /
>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Dave - exactly what *I've* suspected for years! ;-)
>>>>
>>>>>>> For years, you've been wrong. D
>>>>
>>>>>>> Now that it is ITW so they say, the naysayers will be silenced.
>>>>>>> But you might want to consider that BIOS thing to be more like
>>>>>>> a payload that *might* sink the roots deeper than was otherwise
>>>>>>> possible. It is likely to owe more of its wilding ability to
>>>>>>> its being a user-mode, kernel mode, *and* an MBR mode rootkit -
>>>>>>> plus a virus - than to its being a BIOS modder. Just wait until
>>>>>>> some wormable exploit is written to spread it or it gets
>>>>>>> adopted by evil botnets.
>>>>
>>>>>>> TPM anyone?
>>>>
>>>>>> ROTFLMFAO!!!! This is just another version of the famous CMOS
>>>>>> virus but only affects bios.
>>>>
>>>>> eMutt you don't even know what STFU means let alone CMOS or bios.
>>>>
>>>>> Please stop trying to be a computer expert you Keiser drop-out. Oh
>>>>> wait you have to GO THERE FIRST to become a drop-out.
>>>>> Wow. That is some failure you have. a drop-out drop-out. Holy
>>>>> ****, can you get any stupider?
>>>>
>>>> Ya'll don't pay any attention to this dork. He's been banned by
>>>> just about every NG on usenet.
>>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Second, you can't get "banned" from a "NG," you dumb****.
>>>
>>> ***
>>> Yes, you can. Some groups are private and moderated.
>>> ***
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> and if all of the other posters choose to ignore you or plonk you, it
>> becomes pretty much the same. i remember you,
>> alt.crackers.delicious. or was that alt.snackers.nutritious?
>
> It's been many things in past years, but never as dead as it is now.
> The only activity in there seems to be when crossposted from the
> likes of kooky groups like <looks up> oh nevermind.


checkmate wrecked it

[Peter Foldes]

"~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message news:j874sp$pfs$2@dont-email.me...
> Gramsterdam wrote:
>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>> news:j4unm4$3d6$2@dont-email.me...
>>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>>> FromTheRafters wrote:

> It's good to have the view of a professional! :-)


Lonely by any chance ? 1 month and 7 days after giving and posting a line to a post
as you just did is really stretching your loneliness.

JS

[~BD~]

Peter Foldes wrote:
> "~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
> news:j874sp$pfs$2@dont-email.me...
>> Gramsterdam wrote:
>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:j4unm4$3d6$2@dont-email.me...
>>>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>
>> It's good to have the view of a professional! :-)
>
>
> Lonely by any chance ? 1 month and 7 days after giving and posting a
> line to a post as you just did is really stretching your loneliness.


I'm a people person, Peter. I am *never* lonely.

Yesterday, I had a Skype video call with a guy which lasted over three
hours.

What's your Skype name? I'll give *you* a call! :-)