It looks like most of the people in here spend all of their time calling
each other names, has anyone in rec.boats own a boat, use a boat, know
someone who once saw a boat?

On May 11, 10:13*am, "Display Name Here"
wrote:
It looks like most of the people in here spend all of their time calling
each other names, has anyone in rec.boats own a boat, use a boat, know
someone who once saw a boat?

I ahve three of them an 18, a 23 and a 30 ft. pontoon, and due to the
crappy cold weather it's prohibited me from going out, This week it's
going to be in the low 80's though the day but rain most of the week.
If it's not pouring down rain this friday or Saturday, I'm going for
the first launch of the season around here.

"Tim" wrote in message
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On May 11, 10:13 am, "Display Name Here"
wrote:
It looks like most of the people in here spend all of their time calling
each other names, has anyone in rec.boats own a boat, use a boat, know
someone who once saw a boat?

I ahve three of them an 18, a 23 and a 30 ft. pontoon, and due to the
crappy cold weather it's prohibited me from going out, This week it's
going to be in the low 80's though the day but rain most of the week.
If it's not pouring down rain this friday or Saturday, I'm going for
the first launch of the season around here.
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I've seen pics of Tims pontoon/aircraft carrier!

"Display Name Here" wrote in message
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It looks like most of the people in here spend all of their time calling
each other names, has anyone in rec.boats own a boat, use a boat, know
someone who once saw a boat?

A boat? What's a boat?????

On May 11, 11:13*am, "Display Name Here"
wrote:
It looks like most of the people in here spend all of their time calling
each other names, has anyone in rec.boats own a boat, use a boat, know
someone who once saw a boat?

I boat. And I try to limit my posts to boating. But you're right, if
you removed all the crap posts the group would drop to "low" activity
by googles ratings. 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.

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.

On May 11, 9:27*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
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.

And that's just a fraction of the list.

There used to be some great boating stories and advice here.

Most of it in fact.

On Tue, 11 May 2010 23:55:07 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 11 May 2010 20:01:09 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Del Cecchi
Capt. Bill in Sarasota
Steve Weingart
Steven Shelikoff
Norm (N.L.) Eckert
Russ Glindmeier

I'm sure there are lots of others.

And that's just a fraction of the list.

There used to be some great boating stories and advice here.

Most of it in fact.
I thought about this a week or so ago and had an idea.
Do you think we could tag everything that strays off the boats as "OT"
I tried it for a while and nobody got the hint.
If we did, a person just looking for boat content could just filter
"OT" out. This would be a pretty empty NG tho ;-)

makes sense to me...

wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 May 2010 20:01:09 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On May 11, 9:27 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
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.

And that's just a fraction of the list.

There used to be some great boating stories and advice here.

Most of it in fact.
I thought about this a week or so ago and had an idea.
Do you think we could tag everything that strays off the boats as "OT"
I tried it for a while and nobody got the hint.
If we did, a person just looking for boat content could just filter
"OT" out. This would be a pretty empty NG tho ;-)

People who can't grasp that this is a newsgroup about boats probably
wouldn't grasp that concept either.

Steve

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says...

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.

How many of them left because of Harry directly?


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