What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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?

PS: Which "scientist" recently hired by Obama was/is/used to be a
"Global Cooling" advocate?
--

Happy Holidays and Merry Whatever It Is
That ****es Liberals Off.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
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?

PS: Which "scientist" recently hired by Obama was/is/used to be a
"Global Cooling" advocate?
--

Happy Holidays and Merry Whatever It Is
That ****es Liberals Off.


You're getting sputtering down to a science. :)

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
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?

PS: Which "scientist" recently hired by Obama was/is/used to be a
"Global Cooling" advocate?
--

Happy Holidays and Merry Whatever It Is
That ****es Liberals Off.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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.



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.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
m...


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

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
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.



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.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

Eisboch wrote:

"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
m...


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


There are a handful of folks whose presence here I enjoy. I probably
have half the "regulars" in my bozo bin, though.

If I need boating info or want to share it, though, I tend to look
elsewhere, to the moderated discussion boards where crap posters like
Loogy, Reggie, DK, et cetera, have short lives before they are flushed.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in messagenews:fMmdnbuo_6dvwv7UnZ2dnUVZ_szinZ2d@gigan ews.com...



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
om...
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 -

- Show quoted text -

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!!!

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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
blood". *Can you imagine how many off topic post we would have then.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
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 ****.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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.

wrote in message
...
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.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in
messagenews:fMmdnbuo_6dvwv7UnZ2dnUVZ_szinZ2d@gigan ews.com...



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
om...
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 -

- Show quoted text -

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!!!

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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?

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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


Surprised that Herr Krause wasn't at the top of every list.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

wrote in message
...
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?

===========

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

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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

...
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?

===========

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

- Show quoted text -

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...

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

wrote in message
...
On Jan 6, 10:35 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
wrote in message

...
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?

===========

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

- Show quoted text -

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...

============

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.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

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



Joe,
Harry will post in 3 to 5 different ID and handles within an hour. He
uses Boater, hk, Harry Krause, HK, etc.

What hath Al Gore wrought...
 

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
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

Joe,
Harry will post in 3 to 5 different ID and handles within an hour. He
uses Boater, hk, Harry Krause, HK, etc.


I just copied & pasted the data. Interpret it as you wish. Below is a much
better summary example from another newsgroup. The person who provided it
got it from his own news service. Maybe you can find a way to get this info
from YOUR provider. I don't care.



XanaNews Statistic for alt.autos.toyota. 12/1/2008 6:13:52 AM

From article 171932 (11/1/2008 1:09:30 AM) to article 177994
(11/30/2008 11:59:17 PM)

Number of threads ................... 343
Number of articles .................. 6034
Average articles per thread ......... 17.59
Number of unanswered posts .......... 66



Top Threads

Ranking Articles Subject
------- -------- ----------------------------------
1 238 Best no BS motor oil/filter comparison?
2 221 {OT} Alan Keyes sues Obama over citizenship
3 219 So Palin did know Africa was a continent after all.
It was another Democrat lie.
4 208 Asian brands dominate reliability list; Ford
Motor is best domestic
5 178 {OT} Barack Obama forced to deny abandoning 'change'
amid insider appointments
6 167 Interesting Article on Obama's birth certificate
7 133 {OT} President-elect promised change, picking
insiders
8 110 OT - Enjoy your SS benefits...
9 99 {OT} Liberalism is a mental disorder
10 94 {OT:} Why don't the oil companies bail out GM, Ford,
Chrysler
11 94 OT - Wal-Mart worker dies in NY shopping stampede -
Barbarians at the Gate
12 92 Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts
13 87 OT - Obama citizenship on SCOTUS docket
14 87 {OT} Experience...
15 85 {OT} Marine Makes Insurgents Pay the Price
16 81 ( OT ) The Best thing about Election Day ...
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January, according to google.

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Don White wrote:
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BTW is "this month" January or December?



Change it to Reggie the Loogy

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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.


All true but most of us are willing to cut Tom a little slack because
he's basically a reasonable person and likes boats.

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.

Interesting points with no ready answers. It's true that quite a few
of the old rec.boats people are missing in action, and no doubt part
of that is due to the hyperactivity of the off-topic crowd and the
uncivil nature of many discussions. The signal to noise ratio has
always been poor and it has gotten a lot worse in the last couple of
years.

What to do about it ? Darned if I know. Perhaps we should all
make a New Years resoulution to make no more than one off topic post
for every one that is on topic. It seems reasonable on the surface
and would definitely improve the group.

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Wayne.B 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.


All true but most of us are willing to cut Tom a little slack because
he's basically a reasonable person and likes boats.

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.

Interesting points with no ready answers. It's true that quite a few
of the old rec.boats people are missing in action, and no doubt part
of that is due to the hyperactivity of the off-topic crowd and the
uncivil nature of many discussions. The signal to noise ratio has
always been poor and it has gotten a lot worse in the last couple of
years.

What to do about it ? Darned if I know.



One thing you could do is cut back on your snarky comments. You did the
same thing over at Chuck's. Why bother to put up what might be an
interesting boating post if the snarks are going to jump on it?

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On Jan 6, 11:45*am, hk wrote:
Wayne.B 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.

All true but most of us are willing to cut Tom a little slack because
he's basically a reasonable person and likes boats.

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.

Interesting points with no ready answers. * It's true that quite a few
of the old rec.boats people are missing in action, and no doubt part
of that is due to the hyperactivity of the off-topic crowd and the
uncivil nature of many discussions. *The signal to noise ratio has
always been poor and it has gotten a lot worse in the last couple of
years.

What to do about it ? * *Darned if I know. *

One thing you could do is cut back on your snarky comments. You did the
same thing over at Chuck's. Why bother to put up what might be an
interesting boating post if the snarks are going to jump on it?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Anytime that Wayne posts about his boat, his trips, etc. YOU are the
asshole that makes snarky remarks about it, because he has more than
you and your narcissistic mind just won't let that go.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Top posters
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210
119
108
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85
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64
61

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12211
11699
9662
9354
9291
8612
7212
6728
6359


Yippee. I made someone's list.

Reminds me of the Dean's List in college!

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"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

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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?

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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.