boy, you have a weird concept of "off topic" if you include me in the group
that posts "off topic". unless, of course, you think THIS is "off topic" and
thus should killfile yourself.

"Netsock"
Date: 9/29/2004 6:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

That's great! Thanks for pointing out the retards! I also think its
hilarious, that the first three don't even have boats!

None the less, the first 25 are already in my kill file...but this would be
the perfect list for someone to cut-n-paste into their own kill file list...

Thanks again.

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

"Alexis" wrote in message
...
Of the 91,457 most recent messages posted on rec.boats, 50,067 were off
topic.

Of the 41,390 remaining some were off topic but not caught in the
filter. Others started on topic but degenerated into off topic.

Items in para 2 notwithstanding, only 45.3% of posts in rec.boats are on
topic.

Of the off topic posts the most prolific off topic posters, and their
total off topic posts in this sample, a

Harry Krause 7860
Doug Kanter 4997
NOYB 4647
basskisser 3919
Gould 0738 2898
John H 2302
jps 2272
Dave Hall 1788
Calif Bill 1611
JohnH 1443
John Gaquin 1131
jim-- 1122
thunder 1097
Jim 849
WaIIy 870
DSK 802
Don White 730
Henry Blackmoore 702
Bert Robbins 691
Charles 556
John Smith 572
Joe 543
Tuuk 449
Steven Shelikoff 423
Joe Parsons 391
Clams Canino 386
Gene Kearns 386
Mark Browne 339
K Smith 338
Bill Cole 328
Backyard Renegade 327
Short Wave Sportfishing 310
Hooda Gest 302
Gary Warner 290
Comcast News 282
Don 282
noah 277
Rick 267
JAXAshby 234

All of these off topic posts -- with exceptions as per para 2, above --
can be filtered by creating a message filter in your newsreader that
deletes any post with any of the following words appearing in the
subject line:

OT:
Bush
republican
repug
democrat
gop
falwell
kerry
cbs
!!!
jobless
political
soldiers

Those are the facts.

JAXAshby wrote:
boy, you have a weird concept of "off topic" if you include me in the group
that posts "off topic". unless, of course, you think THIS is "off topic" and
thus should killfile yourself.

"Netsock"
Date: 9/29/2004 6:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:


Just for your info, Jax, "netsock" is some dumb-assed kid who allegedly
has access to his daddy's overpowered jetboat and who also logs on here
as a variety of sockpuppets. He's the twerp everyone punches in the nose
during a barfight.

I also have a bozo bin, but its occupants are limited to the droolers.
and to the most mindless of the crackpot conservatives who infest this
newsgroup. You're not in my bozo bin because, frankly, I have a soft
spot in my heart for the Mad Hatters amongst us.

"In that direction," the Cat said, waving its right paw round, "lives a
Hatter: and in that direction," waving the other paw, "lives a March
Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad." "But I don't want to go
among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the
Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm
mad?" said Alice. "You must be, said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come
here."


--
We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

"Harry Krause" wrote in snip
"But I don't want to go
among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the
Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm
mad?" said Alice. "You must be, said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come
here."

That sure sums it all up...and we know the truly 'mad' vs the slightly
mad...don't we!

That's great! Thanks for pointing out the retards! I also think its
hilarious, that the first three don't even have boats!

How would you know who has a boat, or not, since you never read any of the
posts?

The guy at the top of the list is a boater.
I think the 2nd guy is too, and the third claims he owns a boat as well.

Course you'll never see this.... :-)

On 29 Sep 2004 16:21:55 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

the third claims he owns a boat as well.

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

Two boats if my memory is correct. Some days it seems like everyone
in FL owns at least two boats. We do, and that's not counting the
inflatables and the canoe.

That's still not enough however...

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:34:52 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On 29 Sep 2004 16:21:55 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

the third claims he owns a boat as well.

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

Two boats if my memory is correct. Some days it seems like everyone
in FL owns at least two boats. We do, and that's not counting the
inflatables and the canoe.

That's still not enough however...

You mean you get to count "little" boats?

Wow - I've got six then!!!!

One 32' Contender.

One 20' Ranger

One 14' Starcraft "tin" boat.

One Sailfish

One Laser.

One canoe.

Kewl!!

Later,

Tom
-----------
"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653

Does an RC boat count? If not, I still only have the one 18.5' Reinell

--Mike

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:34:52 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On 29 Sep 2004 16:21:55 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

the third claims he owns a boat as well.

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

Two boats if my memory is correct. Some days it seems like everyone
in FL owns at least two boats. We do, and that's not counting the
inflatables and the canoe.

That's still not enough however...

You mean you get to count "little" boats?

Wow - I've got six then!!!!

One 32' Contender.

One 20' Ranger

One 14' Starcraft "tin" boat.

One Sailfish

One Laser.

One canoe.

Kewl!!

Later,

Tom
-----------
"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653

Net,
I feel your pain. A lot of this stuff should be takes over to
rec.fishing, as the participants are just baiting each other to see who
bites, I can just visualize some of these guys sitting back saying "I got
ya, another one bites the hook". For better or worse it's a community and
you just can't shut some people up. I used to use my blocker a lot more in
the past, but you never know when a topic turns into something interesting.
I guess we're all guilty of OT posts (like this one here) to one degree or
another. I just try to keep it pleasant. :-)
Paul

"Netsock" wrote in message
...
That's great! Thanks for pointing out the retards! I also think its
hilarious, that the first three don't even have boats!

None the less, the first 25 are already in my kill file...but this would
be
the perfect list for someone to cut-n-paste into their own kill file
list...

Thanks again.

--
-Netsock

"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
...
Net,
I feel your pain. A lot of this stuff should be takes over to
rec.fishing, as the participants are just baiting each other to see who
bites, I can just visualize some of these guys sitting back saying "I got
ya, another one bites the hook". For better or worse it's a community and
you just can't shut some people up. I used to use my blocker a lot more in
the past, but you never know when a topic turns into something
interesting.
I guess we're all guilty of OT posts (like this one here) to one degree or
another. I just try to keep it pleasant. :-)
Paul

Hey Paul.

I'm not in any pain about it...I never see those clowns. I just think its
funny, that their postings were documented, and pointed out, just to show
just how ignorant and stupid they really are.

Even funnier is the fact that the top abusers don't even have boats.

And I personally don't think comments and observations *about* the group are
off-topic. Discussing the health and well being *of* the group, can be
nothing more than dead on-topic.

Well, looks like were taking the ski boat out of the water this
weekend...its getting into the 40s over night here in Ohio...hope you had a
good season too.

Take care.

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

cut, paste

Thanks. It's a shame some of these old farts have nothing better to do than
to ruin an otherwise good newsgroup.

Don

"Alexis" wrote in message
...
Of the 91,457 most recent messages posted on rec.boats, 50,067 were off
topic.