Hi,

I've been frequenting a wonderful fishing forum full of great local
folks, but I've been wishing for a similar board for boating. I've seen a
few "Canadian" forums, but they all seem centered around the east (as is
can.rec.boating). Is there a boating forum with a West-coast flavour?

If not, I'm thinking of setting one up. Anyone wanna join?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

If not, I'm thinking of setting one up. Anyone wanna join?

You don't have one of the best records when it comes to getting it up.
Many of us remember your twirl with The Boats of Rec.Boats and the early
pull out.

--
Skipper

Skipper wrote:
Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

If not, I'm thinking of setting one up. Anyone wanna join?

You don't have one of the best records when it comes to getting it up.
Many of us remember your twirl with The Boats of Rec.Boats and the early
pull out.

--
Skipper

Good work, Psuedo. Right away with the personal remarks. That should go
a long way toward resolving your expressed concern that the group is so
far OT.

Lloyd; You may as well decide to start a buggy whip factory. The era of
the internet forum has come and gone, killed off IMO by the search
engine.

If a guy wants to know why his outboard won't start, how to splice
3-strand,or when the salmon season is open in the Srait of Georgia,
he'll run a search engine. Going to a discussion group provides a ton
of conflicting advice- offered by people of varying crediblity and
experience, and no real way to vet who is talking through his/her arse.
The forum format brings in a bunch of non-boaters who turn it into a
chat room for the exchange of bitchy personal remarks, and extra-bitchy
personal remarks reserved for folks of either more liberal or
conservative political stripe. Look at the mess here in rec.boats. When
a boating related post gets 2-3 responses but a thread titled, "George
Bush is a _________" or "NG participant X is a _________" generates
150-200 name-calling exchnges *that* defines the character and tone of
the NG as it exists.

For gosh sakes, if you start one of these things maintain the ability
to moderate the worst trolls and most destructive posters. Rec.boats is
a prime example of people shelfishly hijacking a forum and filling it
with bull guano.

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Lloyd; You may as well decide to start a buggy whip factory. The era of
the internet forum has come and gone, killed off IMO by the search
engine.



Good observation, Chuck. I had not thought of that. Rec.boats used to be a
depository of boating experience and helpful information. Now-a-days it is
an outlet for political bull****.

Eisboch

Eisboch,
Do you feel the OT cut and paste have been a major contributor to the
political bull****?


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Lloyd; You may as well decide to start a buggy whip factory. The era of
the internet forum has come and gone, killed off IMO by the search
engine.



Good observation, Chuck. I had not thought of that. Rec.boats used to be
a
depository of boating experience and helpful information. Now-a-days it is
an outlet for political bull****.

Eisboch

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Skipper wrote:
Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

If not, I'm thinking of setting one up. Anyone wanna join?

You don't have one of the best records when it comes to getting it up.
Many of us remember your twirl with The Boats of Rec.Boats and the early
pull out.

Good work, Psuedo. Right away with the personal remarks. That should go
a long way toward resolving your expressed concern that the group is so
far OT.

IMO, the remarks WERE on topic and accurate. His bailout of the
Rec.Boats photo site was abrupt and motivated by peak. His pure
abandonment allowed a spammer to take it over to promote his commercial
site. What did you find inaccurate in my remarks?

Lloyd; You may as well decide to start a buggy whip factory. The era of
the internet forum has come and gone, killed off IMO by the search
engine.

This NG was killed off by HK and YOUR rad/lib political BS. And YOU are
one of the worst at personal invective and lies.

Rec.boats is a prime example of people shelfishly hijacking a forum
and filling it with bull guano.

You should know as a master of spin and the politics of personal
destruction. IMO, truth and liberals are like oil and water.

--
Skipper

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:29:42 -0500, Skipper wrote:

wrote:

Skipper wrote:
Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

If not, I'm thinking of setting one up. Anyone wanna join?

You don't have one of the best records when it comes to getting it up.
Many of us remember your twirl with The Boats of Rec.Boats and the early
pull out.

Good work, Psuedo. Right away with the personal remarks. That should go
a long way toward resolving your expressed concern that the group is so
far OT.

IMO, the remarks WERE on topic and accurate. His bailout of the
Rec.Boats photo site was abrupt and motivated by peak.

Nope. My pullout was motivated my many personal attacks and a lack of
interest in boating in my area. Hence, my interest in a west-coast forum.
I'm a West-coast Canadian - you couldn't hope to understand.

Lloyd

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

IMO, the remarks WERE on topic and accurate. His bailout of the
Rec.Boats photo site was abrupt and motivated by a fit of pique.

Nope. My pullout was motivated my many personal attacks and a lack of
interest in boating in my area. Hence, my interest in a west-coast forum.
I'm a West-coast Canadian - you couldn't hope to understand.

Oh, I do understand, pal. My comments about your abrupt abandonment of
the Rec.Boats site were spot on. As to comments about boating in your
area, I've initiated *many* posts about boating in the NW. Do you not
remember the Kodiak and Seattle trip reports?

--
Skipper

Skipper wrote:
wrote:

Skipper wrote:
Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

If not, I'm thinking of setting one up. Anyone wanna join?

You don't have one of the best records when it comes to getting it up.
Many of us remember your twirl with The Boats of Rec.Boats and the early
pull out.

Good work, Psuedo. Right away with the personal remarks. That should go
a long way toward resolving your expressed concern that the group is so
far OT.

IMO, the remarks WERE on topic and accurate. His bailout of the
Rec.Boats photo site was abrupt and motivated by peak. His pure
abandonment allowed a spammer to take it over to promote his commercial
site. What did you find inaccurate in my remarks?

Accurate, Shmackurate Psuedo:

Lloyd posts that he is thinking of starting a forum for the Canadian
West Coast- something that wouldn't concern your sorry bee-hind on even
a single day of the year. However, what are you then compelled to do?
What is that you simply cannot resist doing? Why, it's make a bitchy
personal remark. Surprise (not)!

One could respond to every one of your posts with a long litany of
Skipper and Psuedo Skipper faux paus and foolishness in the NG......but
why bother?
Why make bitchy personal remarks an issue that doesn't concern you
because (1) you are not a boater and (2) except for charter fishing
down in the Gulf of CA on somebody else's boat, you rarely ever
ventured off the duck ponds of KS?

And then you wail that people are taking the NG off topic. Oh and
what's the other line? "Some people don't know the difference between
having something to say and having to say something". Others don't know
the difference between a useful, on-topic contribution and a bitchy
personal remark.

wrote:

IMO, the remarks WERE on topic and accurate. His bailout on the
Rec.Boats photo site was abrupt and motivated by pique. His pure
abandonment allowed a spammer to take it over and promote his commercial
site. What did you find inaccurate in my remarks?

Accurate, Shmackurate Psuedo:

One could respond to every one of your posts with a long litany of
Skipper and Psuedo Skipper faux paus and foolishness in the NG......but
why bother? Why make bitchy personal remarks an issue that doesn't
concern you because (1) you are not a boater and (2) except for
charter fishing down in the Gulf of CA on somebody else's boat, you
rarely ever ventured off the duck ponds of KS?

Some don't know the difference between a useful, on-topic contribution
and a bitchy personal remark.

Congrats on your whiny bitchy personal remarks, Chucky. After all, this
is the prevaricating rad/lib shyster that we are getting to know so very
very well:

http://tinyurl.com/8tt8k

--
Skipper