On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:18:10 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


The attempt to return to "boating" only discussions will never work, because
rec.boats was never only about boating. It was an internet based comradely
of people who shared a common root interest but enjoyed the discussion and
humor of all subjects, very much like the social environment at the dock or
marina.

The "marina/newsgroup analogy" has been used before, but its not the
same animal.

Usenet is set up like a newspaper (that's why people call Usenet
machines "news-servers", and the reading programs "news-readers), as
it has specific "sections", if you will.

How would you like to read about finances in the sports pages of your
newspaper? What if you had to wade through the classifieds, to find
the weather? Wouldn't be much of a paper, would it.

It is inappropriate, against Usenet etiquette, and rude to post
off-topic in any group, especially when there is a group specific to
the OT post...like politics.

It seems things may have improved over recent months...I think Ill
turn off my filters and kill file, and see what's up first hand. I too
would love to see rec.boats as it is intended.
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