I just did some analyiss. I have a way of marking threads off topic. So far in November:

124 of 210 of the new threads were off topic from the start. That's 59%

At least 3169 of 4422 posts were off topic. That's 71%. I say "at least" because I don't in
general flag those on-topic threads that get hijacked into off-topic, which is not an uncommon
occurance. I do catch a few if it's a thread I'm following. On the other side, I don't catch those
off-topic threads that manage to meander back on topic, but those are a rare occurance.

So take the off-topic stuff someplace else. You are ruining this newsgroup.


Chuck Tribolet