In article ,
(Gould 0738) writes:

Post a boating topic here. It will get three or four responses, maybe, and
then
disappear unless somebody calls somebody else a name or mentions a political
issue,,,,,,in which case it will go on for weeks.

I have read this newsgroup off and on for almost 10 years.

It has always been full of junk. The first time I came here, the Harry-Skipper
wars were going on and consumed tremendous amounts of bandwidth. They
continued for years.

The last few years, the politics has outweighed the other stuff, but I don't
know that the signal to noise ratio is any worse now than it was in 1995. I do
think the invective is worse, because of those (primarily but not exclusively)
rightwingers who cannot carry on a reasoned political discussion, but, instead,
attack any view with which they do not agree with ad hominem invective--but
then the politics of character assassination seems to be the right-wing way.

Then again, when you can adduce no evidence to support your position, the best
available alternative is personal attack. Attack enough, and folks might
forget that the emperor has no clothes.

Frank Bell
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A. Top Posting.

Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?

In article , Lloyd Sumpter
writes:

I get What the Typical
American is Thinking from this one. Usually kinda scary, but informative.

Lloyd, what you see here is not typical.

Thank heavens.

Frank Bell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A. Top Posting.

Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?

basically, the o.t.s are just that.
After all, no one likes an O.T. poster, sorta speaks for it self.

Do you think the feel good about it.?

No, there are boaters, there are nice people, and then , there are O.T.
posters.

I have to admit that there really never was a 36' Lobster Boat, but it sure
did stir up the right wing trash didn't it.


"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
I own 2 1/2 boats. A 26' Parker, a 36" Lobster Boat and 1/2 of a canoe.
I
even use them so there.



Oh oh. You need to type more carefully, amigo. Thou art wide open after
that
one.
:-)

You mean this group is not REC.VOTES? Rats that means my vote is adrift
at sea. Ahoy matey been out voting and caught me a biggun!!

FRANKWBELL wrote:
In article ,
(Gould 0738) writes:


Post a boating topic here. It will get three or four responses, maybe, and
then
disappear unless somebody calls somebody else a name or mentions a political
issue,,,,,,in which case it will go on for weeks.


I have read this newsgroup off and on for almost 10 years.

It has always been full of junk. The first time I came here, the Harry-Skipper
wars were going on and consumed tremendous amounts of bandwidth. They
continued for years.

The last few years, the politics has outweighed the other stuff, but I don't
know that the signal to noise ratio is any worse now than it was in 1995. I do
think the invective is worse, because of those (primarily but not exclusively)
rightwingers who cannot carry on a reasoned political discussion, but, instead,
attack any view with which they do not agree with ad hominem invective--but
then the politics of character assassination seems to be the right-wing way.

Then again, when you can adduce no evidence to support your position, the best
available alternative is personal attack. Attack enough, and folks might
forget that the emperor has no clothes.

Frank Bell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A. Top Posting.

Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:40:34 GMT, "Harry Krause"
wrote:

I own 2 1/2 boats. A 26' Parker, a 36" Lobster Boat and 1/2 of a canoe. I
even use them so there.

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

The 36 inch lobster boat sounds interesting. Is it radio controlled?

Half canoes are interesting also depending on which way they were
divided.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:44:07 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:40:34 GMT, "Harry Krause"
wrote:

I own 2 1/2 boats. A 26' Parker, a 36" Lobster Boat and 1/2 of a canoe. I
even use them so there.

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

The 36 inch lobster boat sounds interesting. Is it radio controlled?

Half canoes are interesting also depending on which way they were
divided.

Stem to stern. :)

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:44:07 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:40:34 GMT, "Harry Krause"
wrote:

I own 2 1/2 boats. A 26' Parker, a 36" Lobster Boat and 1/2 of a canoe.
I
even use them so there.

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

The 36 inch lobster boat sounds interesting. Is it radio controlled?

Half canoes are interesting also depending on which way they were
divided.

I can't believe Harry is finally telling the truth about that lobsta
boat. He probably did the same thing umpteen years ago when he first
mentioned it, but no one caught the symbol.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
those who can do binary and those who can't!

Too funny. Notice that he names the manufacturer of the 25 footer but not
the never seen lobster boat.

On 10/26/2004 10:14 AM, Eisboch wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Actually, it's still fun and informative, just not boating-related. I get
my boating/fishing info from another board, and I get What the Typical
American is Thinking from this one. Usually kinda scary, but informative.

Lloyd Sumpter, Canadian, Green Party supporter.


You better watch your back, Lloyd. Rumor has it that we are going to
invade Canada to steal your flu shot supplies.

Too late: http://www.komotv.com/stories/33641.htm

(Hey, this is even an on-topic post! Am I allowed to do that?)


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows