I still wake up in the middle of the night kicking myself in the butt for the cigarette I smoked in
my dreams. Damn but those are some realistic dreams!



On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:32:40 -0500, "Smithers" Smithers Email wrote:

I quit smoking a number of years ago, I still think about having a
cigarette.


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
PS. When I quit smoking, it was, "15 minutes at a time"!






On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:06:33 -0500, "Smithers one of 1000's" Smithers of
a 1000 names wrote:

Skipper,
It might not change, but the suggestion to start on topic posts, and
ignore
the Off Topic trolls for the next week is a start.

Sort of like an alcoholic, we just need to take one day at a time.


"Skipper" wrote in message
...
JohnH wrote:

Skipper wrote:

JimH wrote:

There was a time when this NG was a great source of boating
information.
Plug just about any inquiry into Deja/Google and you'd find great
information from this group. Not anymore. Today...400 posts of
garbage...and from 'contributors' who have very little practical
knowledge of boats AND boating. The knowledgeable sources have gone
to
saner climes.

Just look at the posts from the NG's most prolific offenders; Harry
Krause, Doug Kanter, Bert Robbins, Alt_man2, JimH, JohnH, P. Fitz,
or
Gene Kearns. Research the archives for ANY relevant subject...these
folks are totally void of useful boating information in the
archives.
You will not see this current crop of know nothings being the source
for
anything useful.

Face it, rec.boats is a bad joke to serious boaters...as are those
who
continue to contribute to the pollution. Go ahead fellas, make a
name
for yourselves...

You have also not contributed one iota to any discussion about boats
since
you came back. You have, however, dug up some old posts you made
years
back

Perhaps I was in error to include you in the list of the worst NG
polluters. Would you care to point us toward a couple useful and
informative boating posts of yours we can find in the Google archives?
...Didn't think so. And that was the message here...useful
contributions
versus uselessness. Time for you folks to find something useful to do.

You've not looked too hard, Skipper.

Actually, I have looked, JimH is one of the worst offenders. There was a
time when this NG was a great source of boating information, but no
more. Harry's barbs and insults drew in far too many non-boaters who see
NG participation as a game where nonsense prevails. The unique position
of this NG to provide a variety of viewpoints to an on-topic subject has
been overcome and swamped by tons of insults and gibberish. Serious
boaters are no longer the driving force of this NG...and it ain't about
to change.


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Skipper


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John H

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John H

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