Hi there

First off a belated happy new year to you. I hope this finds you well and that 2026 has got off to a good start for you.

I've been largely inactive for the last several months (will explain more in a minute) and can see a lot of messages in echomail etc. to try and catch up with in the weeks and months ahead.

I just wanted to drop this note into FSX_GEN and FSX_NET echomail areas to let you know that I'm still about, not planning on leaving the BBS scene, starting a new-wave rock band or opting for hair transplants (heaven forbid!) :)

In brief... around the middle of last year my wife and I decided we wanted to sell our family home of 20+ years (a house built in the 1930's) and move to a property built in the last 10 years or so. Something with more modern construction standards, easier to heat/cool etc.. it turns out as you get older these things seem to matter more #who-knew?!

So we looked and could not find a place that ticked all the boxes. In the end we opted to build a new house and are soon to start on that adventure. The build should take about a year.

The last six months have seen us prep our home for sale and put on the market in late November. Just before Christmas we accepted a purchase offer and the sale went 'unconditional' last week.

We have also sought out and secured a rental property to live in while our new place is built.

In the coming week(s) we will sign a contract to build our new home and move to the rental... so it has been/still is a busy old time in Avon's world.

Next steps.

I'm moving houses in the coming month. Expect NET 1 + NET 4 HUBs to have outages on the day I move. I will try to get HUBs set up again on the same day of the move but it may turn into a 24-48 hour thing as I need to get beds, hot water etc. set up first... you know the drill.

Once I am clear of this upcoming shift I do plan to spend more time on admin and getting back into the BBS hobby a bit more.... but for now it's just been down the list of things to think about/do/enjoy.

I am going to try to get some well overdue updates applied to the nodelist in the coming week.. thanks to folks who have emailed me, and a general apology for my lack of responsiveness due to the above.

Thanks for reading... onwards and upwards.

Best, Paul

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Avon wrote to All <=-

The last six months have seen us prep our home for sale and put on the market in late November. Just before Christmas we accepted a purchase offer and the sale went 'unconditional' last week.

Exciting times! Congratulations!


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Re: Update
By: Avon to All on Mon Jan 19 2026 08:31 pm

So we looked and could not find a place that ticked all the boxes. In the end we opted to build a new house and are soon to start on that adventure. The build should take about a year.

We have also sought out and secured a rental property to live in while our new place is built.

In the coming week(s) we will sign a contract to build our new home and move to the rental... so it has been/still is a busy old time in Avon's world.

That sounds exciting. :) I've sometimes thought it would be nice to have a house custom-built. I think it could take some time to think about a design and layout I'd like, but in the end, it would be nice to have a house that's just the way I like it.

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Wow, good luck with the move and the new build. Sounds like an exciting chapter is kicking off. ;)

Mike
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First off a belated happy new year to you. I hope this finds you well
and that 2026 has got off to a good start for you.

Thanks kindly, as always, r0ckstar!

I've been largely inactive for the last several months and can see a lot Av> of messages in echomail etc. to try and catch up with in the weeks and Av> months ahead.

I just wanted to drop this note into FSX_GEN and FSX_NET echomail areas
to let you know that I'm still about, not planning on leaving the BBS scene

In brief...

[Life happens, Avon's building a house and apologizes!! To *US*?!?!]

Brother - don't worry at ALL! While you've been away, fsx has flowed and provided all BBS users with the best place to COMMUNICATE - you ARE here, even when yer not able to respond...

Take all the time you need - and I'm happy and excited for your next year; man, you think yer away NOW... just you wait. :P

Don't stress - thanks for the update and I hope that everything goes as planned and without too many speedbumps! Thanks for the update - you r0ck!



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Have posted a wee update to history.txt

The long and short of it is I will be focused on packing, moving and unpacking over February... but thereafter I plan to be active / back into BBSing and fsxNet duties again.

Lordy we have too much stuff at our place :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Paul,

Lordy we have too much stuff at our place :)

Ain't that always the truth at every move.

Good luck!

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On 31 Jan 2026 at 11:21a, CloudDancer pondered and said...

Ain't that always the truth at every move.

Good luck!

Thanks :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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