On Jan 6, 8:21*am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
Harry tends to reply to more off topic than start them. *Harry really does
not start many posts at all. *His only new post in January is the off topic
one about "bimini tops". *Typically every morning it is another 6 or so off
topic posts from Tom. *Seldom even remotely related to boating.

There are really very few on topic posts anymore. *Newsgroups are declining
in use. *Some of the others I frequent also have dropped off a bit over the
years. *Unfortunately there is no way to tell in rec.boats if on topic
participation would pick up if the bs level dropped.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in messagenews:OJadnbTA3r7OzP7UnZ2dnUVZ_qLinZ2d@gigan ews.com...



jamesgangnc wrote:
Once again, another morning with rec.boats filled with off topic posts
from you. *Can't you get a life?

Yeah, if Tom keeps this up, he will be posting almost as many off topic
posts as Harry. *I sure am glad Tom hasn't followed Harry's idea of cross
posting into numerous other groups (including alt.kooks) to encourage "new
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Yeah, Harry's a great guy, he'd NEVER make political posts here, he's
always on topic, he wouldn't ever think of cross posting to other
groups just to satisfy his narcissistic needs, he wouldn't resort to
petty and childish vulgar name calling, and he certainly wouldn't lie
about anything here. He is the best, and is just trying to get the
rest of the group to be nice, and make every topic ON topic.

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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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http://www.businessandmedia.org/arti...230165231.aspx

Sometimes, you just gotta wonder why these squirrel brainscome up with
this stuff.

Jesus - there used to be about twenty hundred gazillion bizillion
buffalo running around - any "Global Warming" then?

What a bunch of maroons...

And on a related Al Gore note:

Scientist told "politics will not intrude on science" and when it
does, Gore promptly fires him.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13773

Oh and lest we forget, there are other squirrel brains working to
destroy economies besides Al Bore...erm...Gore.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-sde121708.php

And, of course, while they are screaming about "fixing" the upcoming
diaster, they admit that...well sir, we can't.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-nqo121708.php

Finally Al Gore has to be thrilled with Obama on this one.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/pos...U3Zjg4ZWE5NDQ=

Chinese style population reduction anyone?

Anyone?


Erlich may be proven right eventually, but not for the reasons he predicted.
Water water water.....and ****.

Are you seeing a high volume of Harry initiated new topics? I'm not and I
wondered if others really did or they were counting replys. I see Harry
replys llike crazy but practically no new topic postings.

I generally reply to the boating questions.

Off season for me as well since I'm a water sports boater. Lots of things
to fix this winter. I finished fixing the hole in the front of the boat. I
think I posted about that one. The results came out fairly good
http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesgang...thullfixed.jpg It's a little
uneven but you have to run your hand over it to really tell. If anyone
remembers, the hole was pretty big with lots of delamination. I made some
pieces of wood contoured to the hull and used them with a bottle jack to
hold it all closed while the epoxy set. I then ground out the broken edge
with the dremel and filled it with an epoxy/filler mix. Finally covered it
with gelcoat. Had to spend a while color matching since it'a an 18 year old
boat.

Now I've got the outdrive off. Looked like the upper gimbal bearing was
going. And the gelcoat had cracked around the lower edge. So I pulled it
all off and discovered that both the upper gimbal bolts and the steering arm
bolts were loose. So just need some gaskets for that problem. Meanwhile I
still need to grind out the cracked gelcoat on th ebottom of the transom and
see what's up there. Transom plywood it's self is solid all around the
cutout so I think it's just going to be a gelcoat repair.

I think I probably should have traded this boat in 4 or 5 years ago but now
our teenager is headed to college next year so I expect use will start
dropping off. Might as well fix this one up one more time.

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On Jan 6, 9:26 am, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
I'm using the east coast earthlink news server since they're my isp as
well.
But I'm not seeing anything high in initial posts from Harry on google
either. You say you see 10-20 new topics from Harry a day? On earthlink
and google groups I only see one new topic posting from Harry for all of
January, the bimini top one. Sure you are not counting replys? There are
tons of replys from Harry.

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jamesgangnc wrote:
Harry tends to reply to more off topic than start them. Harry really
does not start many posts at all. His only new post in January is the
off topic one about "bimini tops". Typically every morning it is
another
6 or so off topic posts from Tom. Seldom even remotely related to
boating.

There are really very few on topic posts anymore. Newsgroups are
declining in use. Some of the others I frequent also have dropped off a
bit over the years. Unfortunately there is no way to tell in rec.boats
if on topic participation would pick up if the bs level dropped.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
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jamesgangnc wrote:
Once again, another morning with rec.boats filled with off topic
posts
from you. Can't you get a life?

Yeah, if Tom keeps this up, he will be posting almost as many off
topic
posts as Harry. I sure am glad Tom hasn't followed Harry's idea of
cross posting into numerous other groups (including alt.kooks) to
encourage "new blood". Can you imagine how many off topic post we
would
have then.

I think you need to change your UseNet server, you seem to be missing
most
of the NG posts. I normally see 10-20 cut and paste political post a day
from Harry. I have not kept up with his posting history since Jan. 1,
but
the 10-20 track record is his historical norm. I personally would rather
see Tom's silly OT posts, than OT posts that are nothing more than a
troll
to call people "scum" "sheetzs" "bullshippers" "idiots" or whatever his
new favorite insult is.

One thing I have learned in UseNet, is YMMV.- Hide quoted text -

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1. Use filters
2. Tell us about your recent boating experience, we are pretty much
ice bound here so we await your trip-reports with open minds and eyes.
3. Seems you share Harry's ideology on most political issues, and to
some of us, it seems it clouds your ability to reason.. Just sayin'.
Where were you in the weeks coming up to the election when we were
flooded by Harry's crossposting army?
4. GO TOM!!!

On Jan 6, 10:24*am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
*Top posters
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Nice, did you notice three of the top ten all time are Krause.. did
you add all his handles together when you made your "top this month
list", or just "fudge" the facts?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
Top posters
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Surprised that Herr Krause wasn't at the top of every list.

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On Jan 6, 10:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
Top posters
This month
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119
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84
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69 Reginald P. Smithers III
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61

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Nice, did you notice three of the top ten all time are Krause.. did
you add all his handles together when you made your "top this month
list", or just "fudge" the facts?

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I fudged nothing. I simply copied & pasted the information. Make of it what
you will. Or can.

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On Jan 6, 10:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
Top posters
This month
210
119
108
106
85
84
81
69 Reginald P. Smithers III
64
61

All time
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Nice, did you notice three of the top ten all time are Krause.. did
you add all his handles together when you made your "top this month
list", or just "fudge" the facts?


My interest in this newsgroup has dropped drastically since it was taken
over by drooling idiots.

On Jan 6, 10:35*am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Jan 6, 10:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:





Top posters
This month
210
119
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106
85
84
81
69 Reginald P. Smithers III
64
61

All time
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9291
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Nice, did you notice three of the top ten all time are Krause.. did
you add all his handles together when you made your "top this month
list", or just "fudge" the facts?

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I fudged nothing. I simply copied & pasted the information. Make of it what
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I can add, can you? I can see that you are trying to make a dishonest
insinuation. You said "Top posters this month" which your numbers do
not reflect. A real image of top posters would add each individual
posters differnt monikers, but that would not suit your purpose.. You
have not changed a bit, you are still dishonest. Harry will love you...

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On Jan 6, 10:35 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Jan 6, 10:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:





Top posters
This month
210
119
108
106
85
84
81
69 Reginald P. Smithers III
64
61

All time
12563
12211
11699
9662
9354
9291
8612
7212
6728
6359

Nice, did you notice three of the top ten all time are Krause.. did
you add all his handles together when you made your "top this month
list", or just "fudge" the facts?

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I fudged nothing. I simply copied & pasted the information. Make of it
what
you will. Or can.- Hide quoted text -

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I can add, can you? I can see that you are trying to make a dishonest
insinuation. You said "Top posters this month" which your numbers do
not reflect. A real image of top posters would add each individual
posters differnt monikers, but that would not suit your purpose.. You
have not changed a bit, you are still dishonest. Harry will love you...

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I didn't say "Top posters this month". I copied & pasted the info from
google. I did not add anything of my own to the post. Not one single letter
or number. If you have an issue with the information, take it up with
google.

There *is* a way to break the info out by handle, but I don't know how. I've
seen it posted that way in other newsgroups. If that's important to you, go
figure it out.