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1. If you really want me to google up your comments about your
relatively high number of boating-realted posts, as well as your
comment that those posts specifically outnumber my boating-related
posts I'll try to set aside some time when the more important issues of
the day have been resolved to fiddle with it. May I suggest you not
press this issue? It will come back to bite you on the arse as you'll
surely be reduced to parsing individual syllables in an attempt to
maintain your denial that you ever said you make a relatively high
number of boating posts and that they specifically outnumber my own. I
don't bother keeping a journal of your stuff, so if you're running the
"don't archive" bit to flush the evidence of previous statements I
won't be able to produce the statements- but otherwise, no problem.
None what so ever. I seem to recall once posting "google is not your
friend" or something very similar in response to one of those claims,
so even if I can't remember your exact words I'll soon remember my
response closely enough to track down the exchange. In your position on
this issue, a wise man would stand down.

2. But am I confused, or what? Somebody else says "JimH will be on your
butt for posting a boating item", and I came to your defense stating
first that there should be no reason for anybody to assume you would be
on my butt for something, and secondly that you were too busy making
useful contributions to the NG to bother chasing somebody around the
internet. I repeated your claim (and declined to dispute) that your are
a leading on-topic poster and post more on-topic material than I do.

How is that an "OT, flaming" remark?

What reason would you have to assume that my general statement about
unnamed individuals who might, hypothetically, respond to some comments
about a boat with personal insult was intended to apply to you? Do you
somehow see your own reflection in that generic description? I would be
very curious to know......