On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:32:36 -0800, "Dene" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
On 10 Jan 2006 21:25:43 -0800, wrote:


JimH wrote:
.........rained in Seattle for 24 straight days! Have you finished
building the Ark yet?

Naw. I think I got the instructions confused. I got lost when I tried
to "go fer" wood, and while my inclination would be to saw it into
planks for some reason ark building requires that one "cube" it.

It has been raining, sometimes hard, for at least some portion of the
last 24 days.
The record is something like 33 days.

My ark will be diesel powered, of course, and fully provisioned for an
offshore voyage of 40 days and 40 nights. I think a watermaker will be
essential.

Here's my question (asked of several who have come to my door asking if I
believed the Bible):

Once you've built your ark, and loaded two of all the animals on earth
thereon, and spent about two weeks at sea, who cleaned up all the crap in
the bottom of your ark?


That's easy. It all flowed into a portable waste disposal unit and out into
the drink. Enviromental concerns were waylaid at the time, given that there
was plenty of water to dilute the stuff.

-Greg


Ah, just like the chicken ranches along the Chesapeake Bay!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

JimH wrote:


I appreciate the new tone. However, I think that everyone needs to step
back and stop the netcopping (as I have been guilty of in the past, and
perhaps am guilty of with this post). I think folks should be allowed to
post whatever they want to. I think that folks should take it upon
themselves to decide what discussions they want to participate in. I think
some folks here need to remain consistent on what they find acceptable and
not acceptable here (I know I do).

What do you think?


Everybody is of course allowed to post "anything they want to." People
do. Nobody can or is going to stop it.

You can start a thread expressing your outrage over the sentence handed
down to a sex offender- and you did. I could suggest another newsgroup
that specializes in the discussion of sexual offenders, rather than
boats, and I did. We both posted "anything we wanted." :-)

If we want a chat room, we have a fine one. If we want a boating
newsgroup, it would be better if most of the discussions had something
to do with boating.

Peggie Hall once defined a participant in this group as a person who
never learned the difference between having something to say, and
simply having to say something.

JimH wrote:
.... I think folks should be allowed to
post whatever they want to.

This being usenet, of course you are free to post whatever
you want, as is anybody with access. The restraints are your
personal code of morals & ethics.


What do you think?


I think some people's personal code of morals & ethics needs
a heck of a lot of work. But this NG has been better, the
past few weeks.


wrote:
Everybody is of course allowed to post "anything they want to." People
do. Nobody can or is going to stop it.

You can start a thread expressing your outrage over the sentence handed
down to a sex offender- and you did. I could suggest another newsgroup
that specializes in the discussion of sexual offenders, rather than
boats, and I did. We both posted "anything we wanted." :-)

If we want a chat room, we have a fine one. If we want a boating
newsgroup, it would be better if most of the discussions had something
to do with boating.


Agreed- and that covers such a huge range of material that
only a boor ever need be bored. People who are genuinely
interested in boats should always be able to both bring
something to the table, and take away somoething to their taste.

Regards
Doug King

DownTime wrote:
JimH wrote:
PS. What I think about the new and improved NG:


I appreciate the new tone. However, I think that everyone needs to
step back and stop the netcopping (as I have been guilty of in the
past, and perhaps am guilty of with this post). I think folks should
be allowed to post whatever they want to. I think that folks should
take it upon themselves to decide what discussions they want to
participate in. I think some folks here need to remain consistent on
what they find acceptable and not acceptable here (I know I do).

What do you think?

i think the more you talk about the rules and netcopping other , the
more it encourages people to bait you into action. heck i enjoy sarcasm
and stirring the proverbial pot on occaion, but there are some subjects
which i chose to ignore. the simple fact is that people can be strongly
biased and no amount of logic, facts, or common sense will get them to
change their mind to agree with me.

everyone is entitled to their own opinion, no matter how much I may
disagree with it.
There are some threads that obviously beg to be ignored.

--
Reggie
************************************************** *********************
If you would like to make rec.boats an enjoyable place to discuss
boating, please do not respond to the political and inflammatory
off- topic posts and flames.
************************************************** *********************

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:28:47 -0500, DSK wrote:

JimH wrote:
.... I think folks should be allowed to
post whatever they want to.

This being usenet, of course you are free to post whatever
you want, as is anybody with access. The restraints are your
personal code of morals & ethics.


What do you think?


I think some people's personal code of morals & ethics needs
a heck of a lot of work. But this NG has been better, the
past few weeks.


wrote:
Everybody is of course allowed to post "anything they want to." People
do. Nobody can or is going to stop it.

You can start a thread expressing your outrage over the sentence handed
down to a sex offender- and you did. I could suggest another newsgroup
that specializes in the discussion of sexual offenders, rather than
boats, and I did. We both posted "anything we wanted." :-)

If we want a chat room, we have a fine one. If we want a boating
newsgroup, it would be better if most of the discussions had something
to do with boating.


Agreed- and that covers such a huge range of material that
only a boor ever need be bored. People who are genuinely
interested in boats should always be able to both bring
something to the table, and take away somoething to their taste.

Regards
Doug King

I simply have to say something and I'll have nothing more to say on it.

Well said, Doug.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 10 Jan 2006 21:25:43 -0800, wrote:


JimH wrote:
.........rained in Seattle for 24 straight days! Have you finished
building the Ark yet?

Naw. I think I got the instructions confused. I got lost when I tried
to "go fer" wood, and while my inclination would be to saw it into
planks for some reason ark building requires that one "cube" it.

It has been raining, sometimes hard, for at least some portion of the
last 24 days.
The record is something like 33 days.

My ark will be diesel powered, of course, and fully provisioned for an
offshore voyage of 40 days and 40 nights. I think a watermaker will be
essential.

Here's my question (asked of several who have come to my door asking if I
believed the Bible):

Once you've built your ark, and loaded two of all the animals on earth
thereon, and spent about two weeks at sea, who cleaned up all the crap in
the bottom of your ark?

Peggy Hall may have an interest in this also!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

There was a study, or paper one time about just this. They said, since the
animals would not be able to move much, the metabolism would slow down and
both reduce intake and output. IMHO, is why they abandoned the ark high on
a mountain where it is hard to get to. Probably still stinks bad.

Calif Bill wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 10 Jan 2006 21:25:43 -0800, wrote:


JimH wrote:
.........rained in Seattle for 24 straight days! Have you finished
building the Ark yet?

Naw. I think I got the instructions confused. I got lost when I tried
to "go fer" wood, and while my inclination would be to saw it into
planks for some reason ark building requires that one "cube" it.

It has been raining, sometimes hard, for at least some portion of the
last 24 days.
The record is something like 33 days.

My ark will be diesel powered, of course, and fully provisioned for an
offshore voyage of 40 days and 40 nights. I think a watermaker will be
essential.

Here's my question (asked of several who have come to my door asking if I
believed the Bible):

Once you've built your ark, and loaded two of all the animals on earth
thereon, and spent about two weeks at sea, who cleaned up all the crap in
the bottom of your ark?

Peggy Hall may have an interest in this also!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

There was a study, or paper one time about just this. They said, since the
animals would not be able to move much, the metabolism would slow down and
both reduce intake and output. IMHO, is why they abandoned the ark high on
a mountain where it is hard to get to. Probably still stinks bad.

Noah pretty well had his fill of that floating zoo. Doesn't the Bible
say that just about the first thing he did after they escaped the ark
was plant a vineyard? Priorities, you know. :-)


On topic slant: If the stories about Noah, Gilgamesh, etc etc etc etc
are either true or remotely close to true, then it looks like a whole
lot of mankind is directly descended from.........Boaters! :-)

More rain today, more forecast for tomorrow. Moving rapidly into second
place for the number of consecutive rainy days in this region since
modern record keeping began.

If Noah had his wits about him, he probably ran the ark with a steam
engine. Lots of water available, and with just a bit of drying out he
would have had plenty of animal "chips" to use for fuel.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:01:01 -0800, chuckgould.chuck wrote:


On topic slant: If the stories about Noah, Gilgamesh, etc etc etc etc are
either true or remotely close to true, then it looks like a whole lot of
mankind is directly descended from.........Boaters! :-)

I'm sure you have heard there is some speculation that the Black Sea
Deluge was "the flood".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_theory

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-crs/crs-blacksea.html

On 12 Jan 2006 01:01:01 -0800, wrote:


Calif Bill wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 10 Jan 2006 21:25:43 -0800, wrote:


JimH wrote:
.........rained in Seattle for 24 straight days! Have you finished
building the Ark yet?

Naw. I think I got the instructions confused. I got lost when I tried
to "go fer" wood, and while my inclination would be to saw it into
planks for some reason ark building requires that one "cube" it.

It has been raining, sometimes hard, for at least some portion of the
last 24 days.
The record is something like 33 days.

My ark will be diesel powered, of course, and fully provisioned for an
offshore voyage of 40 days and 40 nights. I think a watermaker will be
essential.

Here's my question (asked of several who have come to my door asking if I
believed the Bible):

Once you've built your ark, and loaded two of all the animals on earth
thereon, and spent about two weeks at sea, who cleaned up all the crap in
the bottom of your ark?

Peggy Hall may have an interest in this also!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

There was a study, or paper one time about just this. They said, since the
animals would not be able to move much, the metabolism would slow down and
both reduce intake and output. IMHO, is why they abandoned the ark high on
a mountain where it is hard to get to. Probably still stinks bad.

Noah pretty well had his fill of that floating zoo. Doesn't the Bible
say that just about the first thing he did after they escaped the ark
was plant a vineyard? Priorities, you know. :-)


On topic slant: If the stories about Noah, Gilgamesh, etc etc etc etc
are either true or remotely close to true, then it looks like a whole
lot of mankind is directly descended from.........Boaters! :-)

More rain today, more forecast for tomorrow. Moving rapidly into second
place for the number of consecutive rainy days in this region since
modern record keeping began.

If Noah had his wits about him, he probably ran the ark with a steam
engine. Lots of water available, and with just a bit of drying out he
would have had plenty of animal "chips" to use for fuel.

I think the Redskins are turning the sprinklers on for their practices.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 12 Jan 2006 01:01:01 -0800, wrote:


Calif Bill wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 10 Jan 2006 21:25:43 -0800, wrote:


JimH wrote:
.........rained in Seattle for 24 straight days! Have you
finished
building the Ark yet?

Naw. I think I got the instructions confused. I got lost when I tried
to "go fer" wood, and while my inclination would be to saw it into
planks for some reason ark building requires that one "cube" it.

It has been raining, sometimes hard, for at least some portion of the
last 24 days.
The record is something like 33 days.

My ark will be diesel powered, of course, and fully provisioned for
an
offshore voyage of 40 days and 40 nights. I think a watermaker will
be
essential.

Here's my question (asked of several who have come to my door asking
if I
believed the Bible):

Once you've built your ark, and loaded two of all the animals on
earth
thereon, and spent about two weeks at sea, who cleaned up all the
crap in
the bottom of your ark?

Peggy Hall may have an interest in this also!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

There was a study, or paper one time about just this. They said, since
the
animals would not be able to move much, the metabolism would slow down
and
both reduce intake and output. IMHO, is why they abandoned the ark
high on
a mountain where it is hard to get to. Probably still stinks bad.

Noah pretty well had his fill of that floating zoo. Doesn't the Bible
say that just about the first thing he did after they escaped the ark
was plant a vineyard? Priorities, you know. :-)


On topic slant: If the stories about Noah, Gilgamesh, etc etc etc etc
are either true or remotely close to true, then it looks like a whole
lot of mankind is directly descended from.........Boaters! :-)

More rain today, more forecast for tomorrow. Moving rapidly into second
place for the number of consecutive rainy days in this region since
modern record keeping began.

If Noah had his wits about him, he probably ran the ark with a steam
engine. Lots of water available, and with just a bit of drying out he
would have had plenty of animal "chips" to use for fuel.

I think the Redskins are turning the sprinklers on for their practices.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Wouldn't surprise me if D.C. gets more annual rain than Seattle. Know for
certain that NYC does....by about 10 inches.

Go Seahawks!!

-Greg