"Vic Smith" wrote

Recalling some of your threads - fuel system, auto-pilot, eg. - I
thought there was a lot of useful information exchanged.
Do you disagree?


Not at all. This was a great place. I didn't even mind Neal and all his
various guises. As they say, "The solution to pollution is dilution." The
problem was that most of the people who had useful information to offer
stopped showing up. It's hard to keep a bar going with a good quality
clientel when you have a whole group ****ing off the tables on the floor
every night. Same dynamics in a newsgroup. I eventually gave up myself but
I will credit this place with being a major contributor to the success of my
fuel polishing system.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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"Vic Smith" wrote

Recalling some of your threads - fuel system, auto-pilot, eg. - I
thought there was a lot of useful information exchanged.
Do you disagree?


Not at all. This was a great place. I didn't even mind Neal and all his
various guises. As they say, "The solution to pollution is dilution."
The problem was that most of the people who had useful information to
offer stopped showing up. It's hard to keep a bar going with a good
quality clientel when you have a whole group ****ing off the tables on the
floor every night. Same dynamics in a newsgroup. I eventually gave up
myself but I will credit this place with being a major contributor to the
success of my fuel polishing system.

--
Roger Long

FYI, when I haul my boat in a couple of days, I'm going to be installing a
*******ized version of your system. I don't have a fuel contamination
problem, and there are limits to the space available (and my money), so it
isn't as complete as what you described. After a long conversation withe
yard manager, we compromised on a dual Racor system that should work fine.
So... thanks!

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Roger Long wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote

Recalling some of your threads - fuel system, auto-pilot, eg. - I
thought there was a lot of useful information exchanged.
Do you disagree?


Not at all. This was a great place. I didn't even mind Neal and all his
various guises. As they say, "The solution to pollution is dilution." The
problem was that most of the people who had useful information to offer
stopped showing up. It's hard to keep a bar going with a good quality
clientel when you have a whole group ****ing off the tables on the floor
every night. Same dynamics in a newsgroup. I eventually gave up myself but
I will credit this place with being a major contributor to the success of my
fuel polishing system.

--
Roger Long



Dont be a stranger. When there IS something worth discussing, that gets
past your high efficiency filters :-) why not pop back and add to the
debate? You *are* missed.

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IanM wrote:
Roger Long wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote

Recalling some of your threads - fuel system, auto-pilot, eg. - I
thought there was a lot of useful information exchanged.
Do you disagree?


Not at all. This was a great place. I didn't even mind Neal and all
his various guises. As they say, "The solution to pollution is
dilution." The problem was that most of the people who had useful
information to offer stopped showing up. It's hard to keep a bar
going with a good quality clientel when you have a whole group ****ing
off the tables on the floor every night. Same dynamics in a
newsgroup. I eventually gave up myself but I will credit this place
with being a major contributor to the success of my fuel polishing
system.

--
Roger Long


Dont be a stranger. When there IS something worth discussing, that gets
past your high efficiency filters :-) why not pop back and add to the
debate? You *are* missed.


Yeah, what he said. You are missed. It's nice to have a quorum of "sanes."

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:58:20 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote

Recalling some of your threads - fuel system, auto-pilot, eg. - I
thought there was a lot of useful information exchanged.
Do you disagree?


Not at all. This was a great place. I didn't even mind Neal and all his
various guises. As they say, "The solution to pollution is dilution." The
problem was that most of the people who had useful information to offer
stopped showing up. It's hard to keep a bar going with a good quality
clientel when you have a whole group ****ing off the tables on the floor
every night. Same dynamics in a newsgroup. I eventually gave up myself but
I will credit this place with being a major contributor to the success of my
fuel polishing system.

I tend it ignore what doesn't interest me, and suspect that serious
boating discussion will always find participants, but I may be wrong.
I do know that "owners" web forums are generally better than anything
on usenet. The Carolina Skiff owners forum is terrific for those
boats, and for fishing.
The Mac group is terrific for those boats.
Seems if there is a web forum for your brand boat, you'll spend most
of your time there. But you get a wide variety of experience and
opinion on this group. Eclectic.
I think this group will be around and useful for a while yet.

--Vic