noah wrote:

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:29:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Matt's Arcade wrote:
Thanks. I'll peruse it and see how to proceed.
I agree that we don't want to censor the posts, but it is so tiresome wading
through all the political posts :-(

Matt


Tiresome? Serious question: do you have all your faculties? If there are
100 posts some days in rec.boats, I read about 25 of them, and simply
skip over the ones I don't want to read.

Takes a couple minutes to read the posts I want to read and post if I
feel like it.

Methinks these complaints are much ado about nothing.

Methinks you don't want anybody to miss your posts. )

If you're only seeing 100 per day, get a better newsserver.
rec.boats, on newscene, usually turns 500 a day, or more.
Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from wrecked.ot-boats.noah.
...as you were. )


I didn't state I was only seeing 100 a day, I stated that if there were
100 a day, I only read about 25 of them. If there are 500 a day, I might
read 35 or 50. There are any number of posters whose stuff I simply skip
over for one reason or another. Or message strings I skip entirely. Or I
only read a couple of posts from particular posters (Dave Hall, for
example), because the posters are so demented no purpose is served by
reading more than a dribble or two.

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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:32:56 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

noah wrote:

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:29:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Matt's Arcade wrote:
Thanks. I'll peruse it and see how to proceed.
I agree that we don't want to censor the posts, but it is so tiresome wading
through all the political posts :-(

Matt


Tiresome? Serious question: do you have all your faculties? If there are
100 posts some days in rec.boats, I read about 25 of them, and simply
skip over the ones I don't want to read.

Takes a couple minutes to read the posts I want to read and post if I
feel like it.

Methinks these complaints are much ado about nothing.

Methinks you don't want anybody to miss your posts. )

If you're only seeing 100 per day, get a better newsserver.
rec.boats, on newscene, usually turns 500 a day, or more.
Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from wrecked.ot-boats.noah.
...as you were. )


I didn't state I was only seeing 100 a day, I stated that if there were
100 a day, I only read about 25 of them. If there are 500 a day, I might
read 35 or 50. There are any number of posters whose stuff I simply skip
over for one reason or another. Or message strings I skip entirely. Or I
only read a couple of posts from particular posters (Dave Hall, for
example), because the posters are so demented no purpose is served by
reading more than a dribble or two.

Harry,

I've read about your boats (the Parker being the most recent), and
I've posted to you a few times, but I've never gotten the feeling that
you encouraged or invited friendship in this newsgroup.

Am I correct?
Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from wrecked.ot-boats.noah.
....as you were. )

noah wrote:

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:32:56 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

noah wrote:

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:29:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Matt's Arcade wrote:
Thanks. I'll peruse it and see how to proceed.
I agree that we don't want to censor the posts, but it is so tiresome wading
through all the political posts :-(

Matt


Tiresome? Serious question: do you have all your faculties? If there are
100 posts some days in rec.boats, I read about 25 of them, and simply
skip over the ones I don't want to read.

Takes a couple minutes to read the posts I want to read and post if I
feel like it.

Methinks these complaints are much ado about nothing.

Methinks you don't want anybody to miss your posts. )

If you're only seeing 100 per day, get a better newsserver.
rec.boats, on newscene, usually turns 500 a day, or more.
Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from wrecked.ot-boats.noah.
...as you were. )


I didn't state I was only seeing 100 a day, I stated that if there were
100 a day, I only read about 25 of them. If there are 500 a day, I might
read 35 or 50. There are any number of posters whose stuff I simply skip
over for one reason or another. Or message strings I skip entirely. Or I
only read a couple of posts from particular posters (Dave Hall, for
example), because the posters are so demented no purpose is served by
reading more than a dribble or two.

Harry,

I've read about your boats (the Parker being the most recent), and
I've posted to you a few times, but I've never gotten the feeling that
you encouraged or invited friendship in this newsgroup.

Am I correct?
Regards,
noah

I'm not sure what you are asking here, Noah. There have been a few
people I consider friends who over the years I first encountered in
newsgroups. I've even met a small number of them in person. Two or three
have become close friends whom I visit from time to time. Quite a few of
those whose on-line friendship I really enjoyed simply don't post here
anymore; I keep in touch with a couple of them via frequent or
occasional emails.

I'm not running for Congress, so I see no reason to zigzag so as to
cover all sides of the newsgroup and glad-hand everyone who shows up.
Most of my true friends I've known for 20, 30, 40 or even in a couple of
cases, 50 years.

--
Email sent to is never read.

Here is a idea:

How about every time there is a OT post everyone take the time to reply
to the post several times with no message at all,then the ones that is
doing the OT conversations will have to click onto MANY different post
just to read. Give them a taste of their own medicine and see how the
like to click onto many a lot of post that don't interest them :-)