JimH,

A good fisherman will change his lures when the one he is using does not
work.

We have to be careful when a new lure is dangled our way.

I have nibble at a few new ones being cast about, but normally I have
realized my mistake as soon as I hit send.

Those who prefer "lively" OT threads are really are not interested in having
a NG conducive to boating discussion, discussing boats or encouraging new
boaters to join the NG will probably change their tactics many times. After
all we do have some great fisherman in the NG.





" JimH" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan Krueger wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:

FREDO wrote:

IMHO, It is both!!
"Somawas" wrote in message
news
It's all political BS. A good reason to read other boating groups if
you are interested in boats.

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:02:34 -0600, "John"

wrote:

I don't mean to be rude, but there are considerable more polictical
posts on
this group then there are boats. Shouldn't we stay on target and
post the
polictical BS on another site?



I looked through 50 posts here. I skipped over the lawnmower outboard
discussion since I've seen it and contributed to it in previous
discussions, I'm not interested in old sails, and I know enough about
internet security already for my purposes. Oh... I guessed the "dog"
discussion was not about boats, so I skipped that one, too.

No offense, but if you want a "boating discussion group," it would help
to have some interesting boating related posts, eh?


Harry,

Are you lobbying for OT posts?

Who wouldn't expect the traffic here to slow down if/when OT posts are
eliminated? For those of us who tune in to read boating posts, there is
no disappointment when the crap is gone. It actually saves a lot of
time wading through the BS that should be here.

Some of the best groups I read are small and on-topic. If you post a
question you don't have to sort through 100+ OT posts to get your
answer.

Is your last comment some sort of way to condone the inclusion of
political and other OT posts just for the sake of adding something to
read? There are many other groups for many other topics.

Dan


Off topic posts bother me not at all. I can read them or not, and usually
can decide that based on the headers or the responders.

I'm looking forward to the next discussions here of boat names,
Bayliners, and expertise dispensed by non-boaters.



Harry, it is Christmas Day. Chill and enjoy the day with your guests and
family.

The forum is now a pleasant place to come. We don't need bayliner
bashing, politics, name calling or cussing. Things are running just fine
now. Enjoy it.

Merry Christmas.