my OT wish, all you OT's would go away.

my OT wish, all you OT's would go away.


I know how you must feel, Floridakeyz.... Believe me. Arguing about Off Topic
posts and demanding that people just submit On Topic posts, is pointless.

This is an unmoderated NG, so anything goes. I would guess 90% of the people
here have their boats wrapped up and winterized, so there is not much else to
do.

I hope you have a nice holiday and a great new year.

Butch Ammon

Butch apparently got on your "last good nerve", but I have found him to be a
regular guy. Exactly the kind of person who comes here to gas-bag about
boats,
and goes away disgruntled, or disappointed, or simply shaking their heads.

*preach ON*

The regulars in this group do little to contain or reduce the off-topic
bullsh*t
that goes on here. In the absence of a Charter or FAQ, the regulars
determine
the flavor and content of the group.

"preach OFF"

Before you dump on Butch, refresh your messages. IMO, 60% crap.
Regards,
noah


Wow! Thanks, noah....

I have been on "wrecked.boats" since 1999 when my dad gave me his old 17'
trihull. I have always tried my best to not cause trouble.

There's a saying about "if you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything
at all". So I just try to abide by that saying most of the time.

Take care and have a great new years!

Butch Ammon

Nice hearing from you, Butch. Haven't been here for awhile myself and was
wondering where you went. Stick around, the OTBS is only a little deeper
than it was last winter.

Stop wasting your keyboard, FK.

Before you dump on Butch, refresh your messages. IMO, 60% crap.
Regards,
noah

I'm not dumping on Butch. Wouldn't know him if I met him on the street, and if
I did I'd probably think he was all right. All I know about Butch is his
appearance in the NG.

Regarding the Newsgroup persona "Butch Ammon":

A couple of weeks ago it was "I'm outa here. At least until spring. You people
aren't talking about boats enough to suit me and fail to rise to my high
standards." OK, fine. To each his own.

So, a couple of weeks later, we see Butch reappearing to say, "Just wanted you
to know I'm lurking, and by the way the NG still sucks big time! All the good
people have left for other NG's. Oh, and by the way, the liberals here are all
real jerks. Merry Christmas."

So let's see:

"All the good people have left the newsgroup" (Therefore, what, only "bad"
people are left?)

"All the liberals are particularly full of crap."

Well, there we go. Damn glad that high and friggin mighty Butch Ammon, (one of
the "good people" who have left for better pastures), waded into the gutter to
let everybody in rec-boats know that they really suck...........because we
spend so much time telling each other we really suck. Wonderful for him to
lower himself for a moment to chastise rec.boats for too much political
content, and then throw in a jab about liberals. Seems like one heck of a
hypocritical position to me.

You think that irritated my one good nerve?
Nah. Try opening your one good eye. :-)

Whatever newsgroup ol' Butch has landed in, they apparently won't put up with
the crap he posted here...( a group flame and a specific jab at liberals)....he
ought to be darn glad ol rec.boats is around so he has somewhere to go and
sprinkle feces on people from time to time.

Personally, I have little patience for people who flame other people for
flaming, bitch about others being bitchy, launch long name-calling tirades
agaist people who call names, and folks who start 6-10 off topic threads a
month griping about off topic threads.

For better or worse, the group determines the content here. The same half dozen
people start 80 or 90 percent of the threads. Two liberals and a single
conservative probably start 75% of the OT
political threads. Those of us who participate once the ball is in motion are
just as guilty as the initiators. If NOYB, Harry, or jps got *zero* response
the political stuff would die down. Sadly, however, if you want almost zero
response in rec.boats just post something boating related. The only topics that
get any real play are "how do I tune up my outboard" sort of discussions.
That's OK- the group determines the content.

If you think my messages are only 60% crap, you're in serious trouble. They're
99% crap (according to at least a couple of fine folks expressing opinions
here) so be more discriminating. Like I said, the group determines the content.