On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:28:52 -0800, "jackk"
wrote:

Cyli,
What you write is true, but it is not the bigget problem on these boards.
The biggest is the lack of courtesy, much of it in a failed attempt at
humor. The other is the all of the OT posts. This site has become the
meeting place of a half dozen people who post on any subject except fishing.
I will gladly accept poor english, and poor compositon if it is courteous,
pleasant and on topic.


The first message from milo was _very_ hard to read. Trying to make
sense of it was not easy. And it had very little to say. If he can
correct the last part of that, I might be willing to give him some
leeway on the first part.

I don't think the guy who was sarcastic was trying to be humourous. I
think he was trying to get rid of someone he didn't think was any good
to have around. I've goofed on that before, though. I wasn't being
sarcastic. I was trying to give milo a pointer or two to avoiding
being flamed. If he continues as he has, he will get flamed almost
every time he posts. Especilally if he continues with the ! in
series.

This has never been a very useful group to me. The only reason I've
kept it is that it's very low in posts and easy to scan quickly for
the once in a while gem or even mildly interesting post. Most of the
fishing groups have been like that, so I'm only on two now. I just
have no interest in, "My xxxhorsepower motor moves me fast." or "I
caught xxx bass somewhere today." I want to know things like _where_
to move (in a canoe or kayak in my case, no horsepower involved) and
why and what sort of conditions a particular fish like a bass wants
and what it'll bite at the end of my line.

Most groups have a lot of OT stuff. The other fishing group I'm in
takes forays into cooking, quilting, art, too much of politics, etc.
But I've gotten to know those guys over the years of reading and
finally have gone fishing with some of them. So I give lots of leeway
there. And at least once or more a month, there's some in depth stuff
about what fish do, what they feed on, where they lurk, where they
feed, what the feds and state DNRs are doing about them (mostly about
steelhead and trout) and such things.

I'm, personally, a lousy fisher person, but I camp by water almost any
time I can find it and like to toss out a line for an additional
reason to be standing in cold water on a hot summer day. And I'm
interested in fish behaviour. Fascinating creatures.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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