"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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Many (if not most) of these OT posts are made by non-boaters. They
may *own* a boat, but their boating is never discussed here. One of
the more arrogant of these idiots admitted he came here only as a
vandal and not to discuss boating. He freely admitted that when he
wished to discuss boating he went elsewhere. When he wanted to engage
in mischief, this is where he came.

That got me to thinking. I wonder if there is not a movement afoot
among some (consciously, or not) to attempt to disable rec.boats. I
have no real answer for that, but it strengthens my resolve to ignore
these posts and forge on with what we should be discussing here. In
Agent, I just hit the round circle with a diagonal bar through it...
thread is ignored. Whatever you use for a newsreader, I encourage you
to learn about and use its capabilities to ignore inappropriate
threads. In some instances, killfilling a poster may be appropriate,
if they have never made a boating related post... and there are some
of those out there posting, now.

At any rate, again, the signal to noise ratio has reached the point
where we are losing posters. I'm betting that if we forced the noise
back down to a whisper, the vandals would slink back to their
respective rocks, crawl under, and be quiet.

Think about it, the decision is yours.

Hey Gene, I seem to remember you coming down on me as a non boater because I
only put 50-70 hours/year on the engines (I live up north and do not use the
boat for fishing). I directed you to a website detailing every aspect of my
boat, with pictures. I explained to you how my family and I used the boat,
including spending every spring/summer/early fall weekend on it along with 2
solid weeks during the summer. That was not good enough for you. Because
my boating lifestyle differed from yours you found it necessary to flame me
and call me a non boater. Unbelievable.

You have joined in on many OT threads. You have done your share of flaming.

Try some soul searching pal...you will find out that you live in a glass
house with many broken windows.