Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

Later,

Tom

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

'Tom (AKA Shortwave Sportfishing) has left the building"?

"Jim," wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

I care and will miss his comments, but many of us understand his
reasons.

--
Skipper

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:50:45 -0600, Skipper wrote:

"Jim," wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

I care and will miss his comments, but many of us understand his
reasons.

I wonder if Jim's visitors just get up and walk out of the house after dinner.
--
John H

"It's *not* a baby kicking, bride of mine, it's just a fetus!"

Hypocrital Liberal

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:50:45 -0600, Skipper wrote:


"Jim," wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

I care and will miss his comments, but many of us understand his
reasons.


I wonder if Jim's visitors just get up and walk out of the house after dinner.

I see it more as leaving a bar -- you just get up and leave if you don't
like the conversation.

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:42:00 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:50:45 -0600, Skipper wrote:


"Jim," wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

I care and will miss his comments, but many of us understand his
reasons.


I wonder if Jim's visitors just get up and walk out of the house after dinner.

I see it more as leaving a bar -- you just get up and leave if you don't
like the conversation.

Well, most of the time (when I used to frequent bars) I would say something
along the lines of, "Gotta run, folks. ya'll have a good time."

That seems like pretty normal behavior.
--
John H

"It's *not* a baby kicking, bride of mine, it's just a fetus!"

Hypocrital Liberal

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:42:00 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:50:45 -0600, Skipper wrote:


"Jim," wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

I care and will miss his comments, but many of us understand his
reasons.


I wonder if Jim's visitors just get up and walk out of the house after dinner.

I see it more as leaving a bar -- you just get up and leave if you don't
like the conversation.

Well, most of the time (when I used to frequent bars) I would say something
along the lines of, "Gotta run, folks. ya'll have a good time."

That seems like pretty normal behavior.

What a delight. The person that frequently goes off the deep end here,
and will call someone the exact same name, or post the exact same
phrase to someone many, many times over, no matter what the subject,
trying to tell others what is "normal behavior"!!

Jim,

Tom has been one of the positive contributors to the group. He would get
involved in OT threads, but normally would not use the post as a troll to
insult others, but as a means to honest discussion. If he left w/o a
reason, many people would be concerned with his sudden departure.

I am surprised that he found the recent tone of the NG any different that
the tone for the last few years. The only difference I can see if the
rearrival of Skipper. Which could easily be handled with a filter. My
guess is he just got burned out the lack of boating posts and the constant
OT trolling political cut and paste.






"Jim," wrote in message
...
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
for a while.

It's getting pretty bad when people you thought were reasonable
individuals turn into petty partisan ideologues - left and right.

Have fun ****ing on each other's shoes.

I've got better things to do.

Later,

Tom

I never understood WHY it's necessary to announce a departure. You want
to leave -- leave. Who cares? No need to announce it

'Tom (AKA Shortwave Sportfishing) has left the building"?