On 29 Sep, 19:02, Norman Nessio wrote:
From the Giganews website AUP/TOS:

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Political banter in a sailing newsgroup is probably ok with some as a
minor sideshow. The garbage below is blatant, unmitigated trolling and
racism. It's time to put an end to this crap, I hope others will do as
I have done. Cut and paste the headers plus message and forward it to:

Your post is off topic.

I went sailing this weekend. It was wonderful. We have had a
lousy summer, but this weekend the weather was lovely. The wind
wasn't perfect, but the company made up for it. The temperature
was nice and the sun shone uninterrupted.

You don't sound like a sailor. Why are you posting here?

You should take that chip on your shoulder elsewhere.
Sod off!



Regards


Donal
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