"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 May 2010 10:08:12 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc
wrote:

What I have always wondered is if lurkers and
those who don't bother to post boating stuff would chime up if you got
rid of the idiots that post off topic all the time.

Absolutely yes. We have lost a lot of good people who were serious
boaters because of all the BS that goes on. Probably many more took
one look and never came back. It might be interesting to start a list
of the MIAs. Here's a beginning:

Chuck Gould
Tom Francis
NOYB from Naples, FL
Gene Kearns
Eisboch
Wayne (Clams) Canino
Lloyd Sumpter
Karl Denninger
Larry from Charleston
Karen Smith
Bill Grannis
Dave Brown
Vic Smith
Del Cecchi
Capt. Bill in Sarasota
Steve Weingart
Steven Shelikoff
Norm (N.L.) Eckert
Russ Glindmeier

I'm sure there are lots of others.

I drop in and out, sometimes just because of the signal to noise ratio. As
you can see, I have been recently absent for a few weeks. I will be gone
again in three days, probably for another three weeks, and figure at that
time, I can tune back in, and like an ex-wife of mine, not miss anything she
had said.

One time, I did not talk to her for 23 months. She hated to be interrupted.

When I do have a boating question, I pop in, ask it, and take the answers
and run. This is a great group for getting advice and experience and
knowledge. There are just a ton of lonely looney people here who have a lot
of extra time, Vaseline, and a keyboard.

Steve