" Tuuk" wrote in message
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So what your saying is that this newsgroup should stick to boating stories
or discussions ONLY.

Tell me something, when you sail your yacht over to another marina or boat
club, park it, go into the clubhouse for a few drinks and hear the table
beside you talking about something other than boats, are you going to
suggest to them that that type of conversation is not welcome there ? I
guess the obvious is due,,, if you dont like the posts that do not relate
to
boating, dont read them. Do you have a fee or maximum you are being
charged
by your server as to the number of postings you download ? I mean, I only
see maybe 5 or 10 posts per day on this group, sometimes more, some times
less. I can understand your point should this group get flooded with
postings.

If I want to talk politics, or any other subject I will find a group that
pertains to that subject.
I would bet that if there was less crap here we would see more posts from
new people. Now they pop in, see what a bunch of nuts hang around here and
leave.

I don't mind a little OT once in a while, but this "rec.boats.politics" has
gotten WAY out of hand. It takes me longer to mark posts "ignore" than it
does to read the pertainant posts! I am trying to decide if it worth my time
to even check the group. If I feel that way, and I have been hanging around
since June of 2001, what will a potential group newby think??
Greg