Harry Krause wrote:

See how easy this is? There's one of your two boating topics if you're
up for the "chatroom challenge". Why not write up a couple of
paragraphs about welding and bending stainless steel? Somebody will
find it at least as exciting as most of the content seen here lately.

Oh, I used to post things like that, but I stopped, as did a number of
other posters. Why? Because some drooler would post that "doing it that
way is completely wrong, and you should have done it the other way, and
so on and so forth." Not that I mind alternative methodology, but the
generally antagonistic atmosphere is off-putting.

Look at what happens when someone like Bill Grannis posts something here
of a technical nature. In short order, the great troll of the southern
hemisphere shows up with fangs bared. Well, that's how most real
discussions here got tossed into the dumpster.

I think I'll just wait and see, eh?

One of the greatest assets of Usenet is the divergence of opinions
regarding on-topic subjects/procedures. The *reader* is given the
opportunity to 'shop' the variety of routes offered. Get it wrong, and
you can be sure you'll hear from a Karen of Oz or Bill Grannis. This is
not a bad thing, it's the intelligent way for an open forum to
investigate alternatives. This also gives an open board a distict
advantage over the BoaterEds of the world.

--
Skipper