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
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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.

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 -

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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.