"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:59:25 -0400, "John Wentworth"
wrote:

Tom, you seem a recent visitor to rec.boats and a fairly frequent poster.
My question for you would be why do you think that every regurgitation of
internet BS is worth a post? You really don't want to be like some folks
here who post 20-30-40-50 posts per day, and say nothing.

For the record, I was bored.

Also, and this may turn into a rant, there is an amazing lack, with
certain exceptions, of any sense of humor among most participants
here in rec.boats.

In all the years I've been on Usenet, I have never, ever seen such
a complete lack of ability to just have fun with what the Internet
provides when things are slow and there is nothing going on.

Every post here, other than those that relate to the groups stated
purpose, has an intent to either make a political point or provoke
some kind of interpersonal war on a new front.

Despite the opinions of "TALK BOATS ONLY" types, there are times when
the issues of the day and personal/political/social polemics have to
take a back seat to just plain old being goofy - it keeps the heart
and brain healthy.

At 60 years old, a two tour combat veteran, college graduate, four
kids, a wife of 30 plus years, contributing to society as a volunteer
in several arenas, nice house, boats, cars, trucks, antique tractors
and my Corvette, I've earned the right to act as goofy as I want, when
I want and how I want and if I chose to post/share a couple of things
that I enjoyed so that perhaps others may enjoy them as well, that is
up to me. It's an open group and compared to some of the other crap
circulating here, this is mild and entertaining.

The fact that it annoys you when times are slow isn't relevant or even
important to me. If you wish to only participate in threads that
interest you or are related to boats, then fine, be my guest - I have
nothing but admiration for that.

But I like to do both as it stretches the imagination, gives insight
to personalities and creates a much more friendly atmosphere for
rational discussion rather than argument and disputation.

So take it for what you will.

Oh, by the way, the other "nick" was Shortwave Sportfishing. :)


Keep posting as you always have Tom. I enjoy your wit and humor. ;-)