Shortwave Sportfishing writes:

One, I don't want a stranger to contact me - of what possible use
would that be?

That's your situation; Usenet was collegial for about the first 15 years,
and in academic subjects, etc, it was a great way to meet strangers with
similar interests.

Two, many of my old friends are still friends and those who do keep in
touch have my email address and have for years. So what's the point?

I suppose it depends on how wide your circle of friends is, and how long
you've been accumulating them, but in my case, I hear rather frequently
from old chums or casual associates who lost track (or never kept it) and
want to re-establish correspondence.

By the way, nice looking website you have.

Thank you.

http://www.truetex.com/

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:56:50 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing writes:

One, I don't want a stranger to contact me - of what possible use
would that be?

That's your situation; Usenet was collegial for about the first 15 years,
and in academic subjects, etc, it was a great way to meet strangers with
similar interests.

True enough, but let's not pretend it was all sweetness and light. I
remember some flame wars from the early '90s that could even curl the
hair of today's participants. :)

Later,

Tom

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:43:24 -0400, "Harry.Krause"
wrote:

That's because the posters were brighter back then.

That was a function of limited access in my opinion.

It's like amateur radio. Once the ARRL decided to loosen the
requirements and Dick Bash started publishing the test answers,
all of sudden we have repeater jammers, losers on 80 meters (the 3900
gang being a great example - they let the riff raff in with the loose
requirements and everything went straight to hell.

Later,

Tom

SWS,
Harry has been cluttering this group with Bayliner Bashing, name calling,
trolling for flames, for the last 10 yrs. He might have been the first of
the riff raff let into rec.boats. ; )


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:43:24 -0400, "Harry.Krause"
wrote:

That's because the posters were brighter back then.

That was a function of limited access in my opinion.

It's like amateur radio. Once the ARRL decided to loosen the
requirements and Dick Bash started publishing the test answers,
all of sudden we have repeater jammers, losers on 80 meters (the 3900
gang being a great example - they let the riff raff in with the loose
requirements and everything went straight to hell.

Later,

Tom

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:56:50 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing writes:

One, I don't want a stranger to contact me - of what possible use
would that be?

That's your situation; Usenet was collegial for about the first 15 years,
and in academic subjects, etc, it was a great way to meet strangers with
similar interests.

True enough, but let's not pretend it was all sweetness and light. I
remember some flame wars from the early '90s that could even curl the
hair of today's participants. :)

My favorite was the book heads all talking about how the Internet wasn't
commercial and shouldn't be commercial. I told this snobs that my company
was leasing a T1 link from a commercial company and we were getting our
Internet connectivity from a commercial company, UUnet, and that the
Internet was going commercial regardless of what they wanted.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:44:46 -0400, "ME ME ME"
wrote:
Harry has been cluttering this group with Bayliner Bashing, name calling,
trolling for flames, for the last 10 yrs. He might have been the first of
the riff raff let into rec.boats. ; )

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

:-(

And you feel some obligation to be the last ??

Lead by example and show some responsible adult behavior for a change.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Gene Kearns
wrote:

Snipped

While you might not agree with my tactics, I have no desire to play cat and
mouse with the half dozen idiots that have taken over and ruined this
group. I got where I am by not backing down from a fight. I don't turn the
other cheek.

They have declared war on rec.boats and I have simply returned their
declaration. The war is just beginning. I don't quit.

Hope they are proud of what they started.


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Do you mean the AM gang on 38.85 ???

-W

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:43:24 -0400, "Harry.Krause"
wrote:

That's because the posters were brighter back then.

That was a function of limited access in my opinion.

It's like amateur radio. Once the ARRL decided to loosen the
requirements and Dick Bash started publishing the test answers,
all of sudden we have repeater jammers, losers on 80 meters (the 3900
gang being a great example - they let the riff raff in with the loose
requirements and everything went straight to hell.

Later,

Tom

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:16:48 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

Do you mean the AM gang on 38.85 ???

-W

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:43:24 -0400, "Harry.Krause"
wrote:

That's because the posters were brighter back then.

That was a function of limited access in my opinion.

It's like amateur radio. Once the ARRL decided to loosen the
requirements and Dick Bash started publishing the test answers,
all of sudden we have repeater jammers, losers on 80 meters (the 3900
gang being a great example - they let the riff raff in with the loose
requirements and everything went straight to hell.

No - the nighttime gang on 3900. The guys who started the
"stormfront" web site?

Later,

Tom