Mike T did pass the time by typing:
Erm.. I am certain others will point this out... but ramjw is not a binary group, it's text only. alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4X4 is where you should have posted these with a text message letting others know they were over there.
That and 2.28M! .. even if you post, compress and shrink. Many news spools will not take messages that big.