In article , "Don White" wrote:


SASIINC wrote in message
...
I stumbled on this political website by mistake. I am actually looking for
the
Rec.Boats website. Can anyone please direct me to it?

It's been kidnapped by a motley crew from Texas & Florida.
Have no fear...saner heads will prevail and the world will be right again in
November.


Question: Would the "saner heads" be from Maryland and bumf*ck Canada?

;^P

Speaking of OT threads getting out of hand, where is Gould? Did he promise
to not post OT anymoe and it resulted in zero posts at all?


"John Smith" wrote in message
news:Jk72c.120874$Xp.533880@attbi_s54...
Capt. Bill, you are one of the regulars who make great contributions to
technical questions concerning marine engines. It looks like you
occasional
will get into the political topics, but that is not the main reason you
come. It appears that you come here is to discuss boats. What I have
never understood is why you view the newbies who come into the group and
complain about the signal to noise ratio, as being an OT whiner.

The OT threads have gotten out of hand, and they will probably never stop
but can't you understand when someone comes to rec.boats, they are amazed
that 80% of the posts are concerning politics? Even the people who
crudely
express their concerns, don't come close to the mud that is slung in the
majority of the OT discussions?

I am not trying to get into an argument with you, I just can't figure out
why you find the "OT whiners" so outrageous?



"LaBomba182" wrote in message
...
Subject: Can someone help me find the boating website instead of
this
political site
From: "Doug Kanter"

Let's say you notice a subject header like this: "Which anchor style
for
this kind of bottom?"

Now, let's say you have no interest in that message? How will you
handle
that situation?

Why, he would read it. Just like all the other OT whinners in this
group.

And by the way , sasiinc, this is a newsgroup not a "website".

Capt. Bill

I'm really not interested in trawlers. :-)

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Doug Kanter wrote:
Yes. Be more explicit about what you'll do when you see boating messages
which do not interest you. Can you master the difficult art of not
looking?

If you're driving down a busy commercial strip looking for a hardware
store
and see a dozen tanning parlors, none of which interest you, do you pull
into their parking lots and tell them they don't belong there? Or, do
you
simply Not Look? :-)

This guy gives me a great idea... since I own a trawler and three
sailboats, and am not in the slightest bit interested in catching fish,
I think I'll butt into every single fishing conversation on this
newsgroup. I'll tell everyone what they can post and what they can't.
When that's all straightened out, I'll start telling them what to think.

I could be more popular than ol' George Bush Jr. himself!

But it would be a lot of work. Maybe I won't after all.

DSK

Hey...you're right. He hasn't been around in ages. Neither has the right
reverend Dave Hall, but who cares.....

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
...
Speaking of OT threads getting out of hand, where is Gould? Did he promise
to not post OT anymoe and it resulted in zero posts at all?


"John Smith" wrote in message
news:Jk72c.120874$Xp.533880@attbi_s54...
Capt. Bill, you are one of the regulars who make great contributions to
technical questions concerning marine engines. It looks like you
occasional
will get into the political topics, but that is not the main reason you
come. It appears that you come here is to discuss boats. What I have
never understood is why you view the newbies who come into the group and
complain about the signal to noise ratio, as being an OT whiner.

The OT threads have gotten out of hand, and they will probably never
stop
but can't you understand when someone comes to rec.boats, they are
amazed
that 80% of the posts are concerning politics? Even the people who
crudely
express their concerns, don't come close to the mud that is slung in the
majority of the OT discussions?

I am not trying to get into an argument with you, I just can't figure
out
why you find the "OT whiners" so outrageous?



"LaBomba182" wrote in message
...
Subject: Can someone help me find the boating website instead of
this
political site
From: "Doug Kanter"

Let's say you notice a subject header like this: "Which anchor style
for
this kind of bottom?"

Now, let's say you have no interest in that message? How will you
handle
that situation?

Why, he would read it. Just like all the other OT whinners in this
group.

And by the way , sasiinc, this is a newsgroup not a "website".

Capt. Bill

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:22:03 -0500, DSK wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:
Yes. Be more explicit about what you'll do when you see boating messages
which do not interest you. Can you master the difficult art of not looking?

If you're driving down a busy commercial strip looking for a hardware store
and see a dozen tanning parlors, none of which interest you, do you pull
into their parking lots and tell them they don't belong there? Or, do you
simply Not Look? :-)

This guy gives me a great idea... since I own a trawler and three
sailboats, and am not in the slightest bit interested in catching fish,
I think I'll butt into every single fishing conversation on this
newsgroup. I'll tell everyone what they can post and what they can't.
When that's all straightened out, I'll start telling them what to think.

I could be more popular than ol' George Bush Jr. himself!

But it would be a lot of work. Maybe I won't after all.

DSK
Do you not fish from any of those boats? What kind of trawler?

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 23:10:52 GMT, (Henry Blackmoore)
wrote:

In article , "Don White" wrote:


SASIINC wrote in message
...
I stumbled on this political website by mistake. I am actually looking for
the
Rec.Boats website. Can anyone please direct me to it?

It's been kidnapped by a motley crew from Texas & Florida.
Have no fear...saner heads will prevail and the world will be right again in
November.


Question: Would the "saner heads" be from Maryland and bumf*ck Canada?

;^P


Maryland??? Give me a break!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:50:42 -0500, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:

Speaking of OT threads getting out of hand, where is Gould? Did he promise
to not post OT anymoe and it resulted in zero posts at all?
Snipped

Chuck promised not to post for 90 days (I think). I miss him. He had a
pretty cool head, and he didn't call me nasty names.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:50:42 -0500, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:

Speaking of OT threads getting out of hand, where is Gould? Did he
promise
to not post OT anymoe and it resulted in zero posts at all?
Snipped

Chuck promised not to post for 90 days (I think). I miss him. He had a
pretty cool head, and he didn't call me nasty names.

Asshole.


ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 01:23:51 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:50:42 -0500, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:

Speaking of OT threads getting out of hand, where is Gould? Did he
promise
to not post OT anymoe and it resulted in zero posts at all?
Snipped

Chuck promised not to post for 90 days (I think). I miss him. He had a
pretty cool head, and he didn't call me nasty names.

Asshole.


ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


OK, you did it. Now b'asskisser will be after your ass wanting to know
just exactly what a rofl is and where you can prove its definition.

I'm just gonna sit back a laugh my ass off.

Once he latches on, you can't get rid of him. You blew it big time.
Don't ask for any sympathy either!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"John H" wrote in message
...

Chuck promised not to post for 90 days (I think). I miss him. He had a
pretty cool head, and he didn't call me nasty names.

Asshole.


ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


OK, you did it. Now b'asskisser will be after your ass wanting to know
just exactly what a rofl is and where you can prove its definition.

I'm just gonna sit back a laugh my ass off.

Once he latches on, you can't get rid of him. You blew it big time.
Don't ask for any sympathy either!

I have cites ready. White papers. Congressional testimonials. Opinions from
the supreme quart.