On 05 Mar 2004 16:05:48 EST, "Ron White"
wrote:

OK, I'll bite. I don't read them so their content is not what is so
irrating, at least to me. It is their very exsistance, me having to find the
"bilge pump" posting that is easily missed after my eyes glaze over. Yes,
you are right about the seasonal aspect but still I just like to simply come
here to talk about boats, that is when I think I have something to say that
is helpful ( seldom). Meantime, I have set my subject and name of poster
filters to delete those that almost never seem to have anything to say about
the topic of the group. If I can get that fine tuned then things will be ok,
they can rage on off my screen.

I don't know what program you use to read the newsgroups with, but
Forte's Agent does very well. It enables the sorting of posts by
thread, which greatly reduces the number of "subject" lines you must
wade through.

Works for me anyway.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!