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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.
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On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:


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.


You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:


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.


You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD


It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.





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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns


wrote:


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.


You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to

try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the

stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD


It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on

a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in

and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.

maybe monthly. What a joke. And please stop changing ID, it screws up
my blocked sender list.


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del cecchi wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns


wrote:


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.

You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to

try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the

stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD


It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on

a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in

and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.

maybe monthly. What a joke. And please stop changing ID, it screws up
my blocked sender list.



There you go. You make an on-topic comment and immediately afterwards,
one of the yahoos jumps right in and Skipperizes its.

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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:32:01 -0600, "del cecchi"
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But I try every so often. Less often these days.

maybe monthly. What a joke. And please stop changing ID, it screws up
my blocked sender list.


When I started reading this thread I wondered just how far I'd have to
go for the first personal attack. Looks like post #4 is the winner,
congratulations del.

bb

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"bb" wrote in message my blocked sender list.

When I started reading this thread I wondered just how far I'd have to
go for the first personal attack. Looks like post #4 is the winner,
congratulations del.

bb

Actually, #3 seems to have won that title with "Skipperize"


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Why do you constantly change your address, this will be the third time this
month I have to re-block your posts

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns


wrote:


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.


You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to try

to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the stuff

being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD


It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.





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"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
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Why do you constantly change your address, this will be the third time

this
month I have to re-block your posts


Because he is in desperate need of attention.


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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:02:50 -0500, "Paul Schilter"
paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote:

Why do you constantly change your address, this will be the third time this
month I have to re-block your posts


Just do it and stop whining. How hard is it to add someone to a
killfile? What would you do if your chore actually had some degree of
difficulty?

bb


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