On 3 Nov 2006 08:15:05 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


Capt. Dave wrote:
North Carolina Tide Charts with Moon Phase
http://www.fryingpantower.com/modules.php?name=Tide

Good Online Tide Charts are HARD to find.

Works from Cape Lookout, North Carolina to Little River, North Carolina.

Wrong group, Dave.

The majority here either do not own a boat, own a boat but almost never
use it, or use thier boat regularly but would rather talk politics,
etc.

Sadly enough, this will probably never be a boating newsgroup again.
The majority prefer chaos or a chatroom atmosphere. Great group to find
out what so-and-so ordered for dinner last night, or observe all the
Little Limbaughs and Mini Moores parroting their assigned talking
points. Looking for boating content here is like trying to watch an old
black and white TV with bent rabbit ears. All the fuzz, flipping, and
snow make it just about not even worth the effort.

Then there are the occasional spammers. Can we assume you have no
financial interest in any of the sites you refer to in your multiple
posts?

Oh Chuck, come on.

Most everyone, Harry included, has been being pretty good (except for a
couple who'll never quit). The Kerry thing rattled a lot of cages,
including yours and mine. By this time next week the election will be over,
except for all the challenges because folks can't read or are dead when
they vote.

The majority *don't* prefer chaos or political posts. The majority do seem
to prefer boating related posts or to engage in friendly chitchat about
mutual interests. As long as the chitchat doesn't devolve into vicious
flamefests, as do the political and religious posts (or any JSB/Doug post),
I see little wrong with it.

My boat, and probably most of those north of me, are up for the winter. Our
only boating post would be along the lines of: "Today I went to see if my
boat was still in storage. It was."

You'd be surprised how well a kill filter will reduce the number of garbage
posts.