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Milky-G
 
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Default I'm sorry.....I thought this NG was for boaters.

Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.


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Milky-G wrote:
Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.



It is (at least nominally) There IS some good information to be had
here -- Unfortunately of late things have turned more into a bar brawl.

IF you have a boating question -- ask away -- maybe someone will break
away from the fight long enough to give you a reasonable answer.
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Jim,
He is bitching about you and your political ranting, ego bashing and off
topic crap. You need to stop brawling with everyone. Damn, I wish you
would grow up.


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Milky-G wrote:
Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.


It is (at least nominally) There IS some good information to be had
here -- Unfortunately of late things have turned more into a bar brawl.

IF you have a boating question -- ask away -- maybe someone will break
away from the fight long enough to give you a reasonable answer.



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Jim needs to go find a life, a damn asshole. Go rant somewhere else
you asswipe. This is for boating discussions douchebag


"Jim," wrote:

Milky-G wrote:
Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.



It is (at least nominally) There IS some good information to be had
here -- Unfortunately of late things have turned more into a bar brawl.

IF you have a boating question -- ask away -- maybe someone will break
away from the fight long enough to give you a reasonable answer.


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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:54:03 -0500, Yahoo wrote:

Jim needs to go find a life, a damn asshole. Go rant somewhere else
you asswipe. This is for boating discussions douchebag


And this post is boating related how? I guess if you have a boat
named "Damn Asshole", or "Asswipe" or "Douchebag" you might be on
topic. Otherwise, you are just what you're complaining about.
There's a name for that, isn't there?

bb


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In article , revbob17
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Jim needs to go find a life, a damn asshole. Go rant somewhere else
you asswipe. This is for boating discussions douchebag


Sittin' in front of a mirror?
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Yahoo wrote:
Jim needs to go find a life, a damn asshole. Go rant somewhere else
you asswipe. This is for boating discussions douchebag


"Jim," wrote:


Milky-G wrote:

Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.



It is (at least nominally) There IS some good information to be had
here -- Unfortunately of late things have turned more into a bar brawl.

IF you have a boating question -- ask away -- maybe someone will break
away from the fight long enough to give you a reasonable answer.



And this coming from the keyboard of someone who identified himself as
" Where else have those fingers been?
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:35:43 -0500, "Milky-G" wrote:

Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.


Yes it was. This group is about lobsters.
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....and the boats from which they're caught.
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Milky-G wrote:
Obviously, this isn't the newsgroup I thought it was. This must be

the
political ranting, ego bashing, off topic forum that I thought I

already
unsubscribed from last week. My mistake.


The title is deceiving. Years ago this was a boating newsgroup.
Today, most of the frequent posters to the NG are non-boaters.
Most of the so called "threads" are just blatant political trolls, and
lately one group of like-minded individuals sharing a common poliltical
and philosophical view of the world have specialized in launching
threads for the sole purpose of name calling and other juvenile
behavior.

Nobody would seriously expect a newcomer to hang around here. The
boating aspect of rec.boats is dead as a doornail. When somebody makes
a boating related statement, he or she can expect long-winded, mean
spirited responses from people who disagree on the subject but who
cannot express their contrary opinion in a civil, responsible tone.

This NG is becoming a toilet. No point hanging around hoping it will
get better, as some of the perpetrators have publicly expressed, in
this forum, that their goal in rec.boats NG is to screw it up as badly
as they can.

Worse yet, nearly all are gulty of at least some bad behavior- myself
included.
Get the heck out of the asylum while there's still time. Flee for your
life, man!



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