On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 01:42:42 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"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.

You are a brave sole.

John H

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

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 01:42:42 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"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.

You are a brave sole.

Yeah, but I'm tired. I'm afraid I might flounder if basskisser showed up.
He's a hake of a shark to deal with.

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 02:09:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 01:42:42 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"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.

You are a brave sole.

Yeah, but I'm tired. I'm afraid I might flounder if basskisser showed up.
He's a hake of a shark to deal with.

Goodnight!

John H

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

Henry Blackmoore wrote in message news:0O72c.23275

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

;^P
That's nice for a family show!
Who signed your pass at that institution? I'd like to talk to them.

"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?


Chuck has been participating in a few other boating forums. I suspect
that if I say where, some of the Krause-obsessed crowd will chase him
and start harassing him there too.



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

Dave Hall made a few posts the other day about stern drives. Maybe he
has done some thinking and changed his mind on all those other issues...
maybe he just decided it wasn't all that much fun arguing.

FWIW it looks like a lot of the plethora of BushCo cheerleaders are sock
puppets. Figures, doesn't it?

DSK

Subject: Can someone help me find the boating website instead of this
political site
From: "John Smith"

Capt. Bill, you are one of the regulars who make great contributions to
technical questions concerning marine engines.

I like to think I make contributions to more than just the engine threads. :-)

It looks like you occasional
will get into the political topics,

Very rarely.

but that is not the main reason you
come. It appears that you come here is to discuss boats.

That and the fact that here you are free to speak your mind. Unlike moderated
forums.

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.

Because the for the most part they show up, post little or nothing about boats
and then start another OT thread about OT posts. There by adding to the OT
noise that they claim to hate so much.
It gets to the point where it's hard to find a good black kettle for all the
black pots piled on top of them.


The OT threads have gotten out of hand,

They seem to ebb and flow.

and they will probably never stop

You got that right.

but can't you understand when someone comes to rec.boats, they are amazed
that 80% of the posts are concerning politics?

Sure.
But they need to stick around and add to the OnT posts. Not the OT posts.

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?

As has been expressed here and in most other newsgroups, these places are like
bars. If you don't like the conversation, move down a seat or two and start
your own.


I am not trying to get into an argument with you,

And you won't get one. :-)

I just can't figure out
why you find the "OT whiners" so outrageous?

I don't find them "outrageous," just mildly annoying in a humorous way.

Capt. Bill

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 10:16:26 -0500, DSK wrote:

"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?


Chuck has been participating in a few other boating forums. I suspect
that if I say where, some of the Krause-obsessed crowd will chase him
and start harassing him there too.



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

Dave Hall made a few posts the other day about stern drives. Maybe he
has done some thinking and changed his mind on all those other issues...
maybe he just decided it wasn't all that much fun arguing.

FWIW it looks like a lot of the plethora of BushCo cheerleaders are sock
puppets. Figures, doesn't it?

DSK

I realize that as one who will probably vote for Bush, given the
alternative, you probably are including me in your categorization.
But, could you just please tell me what a "sock puppet" is? I've seen
Harry use this name quite frequently, and now you too, but I don't
know what it means.

Thanks.

John H

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

"LaBomba182" wrote in message
...


but that is not the main reason you
come. It appears that you come here is to discuss boats.

That and the fact that here you are free to speak your mind. Unlike
moderated
forums.

Anyone who wants a moderated group should try posting something in rec.guns
that's not right out of the NRA party newspaper. I once tried to suggest
that pistol permits weren't such a bad idea. The message never made it "into
print". When I asked the moderator about it, he gave me some crap about my
email address being invalid. When I pointed out that he'd approved 3 other
messages from me, 2 before and 1 after the offending one, he didn't respond.
I've had similar experiences in rec.hunting.

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 10:16:26 -0500, DSK wrote:

"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?


Chuck has been participating in a few other boating forums. I suspect
that if I say where, some of the Krause-obsessed crowd will chase him
and start harassing him there too.

Actually, it would have been nice if he were here for the last few weeks
and counted the left vs. right OT threads again.

Steve

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:31:24 -0500, John H wrote:


I realize that as one who will probably vote for Bush, given the
alternative, you probably are including me in your categorization. But,
could you just please tell me what a "sock puppet" is? I've seen Harry use
this name quite frequently, and now you too, but I don't know what it
means.


http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/s/sock_puppet.html