wrote:
On Jan 6, 12:42 pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:21:21 -0500, "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
...
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.
Apparently you're missing the cut'n'pastes Harry frequents this place with.
They don't get much of a response, but he sure as hell posts them.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Here's the google first page of rec.boats sorted by initial author.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.boats/topics?tsc=2

Where are all these 'cutnpastes' from Harry?


I sent them off to the assholes here who care about such stuff...check
with Herring, Reggie, Loogy, DK, Just Hate, et cetera.

Seriously, I really don't post here as much as I used to. I am active
here today because I am final proofreading some bluelines, and after a
few pages, my eyes start to vibrate or something like that.

On Jan 6, 12:46*pm, wrote:
On Jan 6, 12:42*pm, John H wrote:





On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:21:21 -0500, "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
m...
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.

On Jan 6, 12:55*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 6, 12:42 pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:21:21 -0500, "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
news:OJadnbTA3r7OzP7UnZ2dnUVZ_qLinZ2d@giganews. 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
blood". *Can you imagine how many off topic post we would have then.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:21:08 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
om...


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.


I read somewhere recently that newsgroups will become a thing of the past in
the not to distant future. The original concept and intent has long since
been lost and the culture has changed.
Part of the change has been brought on by faster computers, higher
bandwidths and speed.
One does not have to carefully construct brief posts anymore in order to
participate at turtle-like uploading/downloading speeds.

The other big influence was when the web based sites started automatic feeds
of newsgroups to their forums. This lead further to things like "Google
Groups" and such where the original culture of Usenet is totally lost.
There are many users of Google Groups who don't realize or know what a
newsgroup is.

Eisboch

I hope not. There are some groups out there that provide a lot of good
information at a reasonable price.

This is one of them, it just requires some high waders.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:27:33 -0500, "jamesgangnc" wrote:

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.


That repair job looks damn good.

On Jan 6, 1:46*pm, wrote:
On Jan 6, 1:22*pm, wrote:





On Jan 6, 1:12*pm, wrote:

On Jan 6, 12:57*pm, wrote:

On Jan 6, 12:46*pm, wrote:

On Jan 6, 12:42*pm, John H wrote:

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:21:21 -0500, "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
m...
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.

Apparently you're missing the cut'n'pastes Harry frequents this place with.
They don't get much of a response, but he sure as hell posts them.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Here's the google first page of rec.boats sorted by initial author.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:24:08 -0500, "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


Yippee. I made someone's list.

Reminds me of the Dean's List in college!

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:24:08 -0500, "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


Yippee. I made someone's list.


You must've been inspired by something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjl6q9Vlao

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:24:08 -0500, "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

Yippee. I made someone's list.


You must've been inspired by something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjl6q9Vlao




My question is why does anyone give a schitt about these stats?

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:46:39 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 6, 12:42*pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:21:21 -0500, "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
m...
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.

Apparently you're missing the cut'n'pastes Harry frequents this place with.
They don't get much of a response, but he sure as hell posts them.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Here's the google first page of rec.boats sorted by initial author.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.boats/topics?tsc=2

Where are all these 'cutnpastes' from Harry?

Don't know what you're showing me here.

FWIW, Harry uses HK,hk, boater, Boater, A Boater, H Krause, etc, etc. So,
none of the 'statistics' mean a whole lot.