What's amazing is...

"Tom Littleton" wrote

Bottom line: Usenet is what it is, and some like it, some do not. No one
is forcing you to post, or even read here.


And many that used to like it, and post valuable and friendly content, no
longer do. It is what it is, just not what it used to be or possibly
'could' be ... that, I believe, has been settled.

"J the Trout" wrote in message
...

As a self confessed lurker, I take the view that I will only contribute
when I have someting useful to say ...
snip
J

Why then did you make this post which directly refutes that view?

Bob Weinberger La Grande, OR

P.S.
BTW has anyone been checking the Milwaukie obituaries? I can't believe that
Wolfgang could keep his finger off the trigger in the target rich
environment of the last few days.

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
And many that used to like it, and post valuable and friendly content, no
longer do. It is what it is, just not what it used to be or possibly
'could' be ... that, I believe, has been settled.

um, Larry, my memory escapes me here. Were you subscribed to ROFF back when
George Gherke posted
here?? Or, when TBone(now Halfordian Golfer, really
Tim Walker) posted heavily regarding catch and release??
I stand by my description. The only thing changed, that I see, is a more
bitter set of exchanges at times regarding what I would call off-topic
political stuff. And that, to my mind, reflects the tone of debate prevalent
in the nation and the world in the past 5, maybe 10 years.
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrote

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political stuff. And that, to my mind, reflects the tone of debate
prevalent in the nation and the world in the past 5, maybe 10 years.
Tom


No, I'm post Gink era. Certainly the National Nastiness has be reflected
here. But neither "America, Love It or Leave It" or "ROFF, Love it or
leave it" impress me as thoughtful response to basically well meaning
criticism.

You did NOT say the latter, .... but I DID kinda read it that way, .... and
mumbled as I typed, "Common, Tom, anyone that 'keeps notes' on his fly
designs has to be less lame than that."

Thus my post above was a bit "knee jerk" and if there was a way I would have
deleted it soon after first posting and then "thinking" .... I sometimes get
the correct order mixed up. Sorry.

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:47:50 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote:


"Larry L" wrote in message
...
And many that used to like it, and post valuable and friendly content, no
longer do. It is what it is, just not what it used to be or possibly
'could' be ... that, I believe, has been settled.

um, Larry, my memory escapes me here. Were you subscribed to ROFF back when
George Gherke posted
here?? Or, when TBone(now Halfordian Golfer, really
Tim Walker) posted heavily regarding catch and release??
I stand by my description. The only thing changed, that I see, is a more
bitter set of exchanges at times regarding what I would call off-topic
political stuff. And that, to my mind, reflects the tone of debate prevalent
in the nation and the world in the past 5, maybe 10 years.
Tom



I got here in time for both. Nope, not much change, except for the
names and, occasionally, the choice of what the new names anally
espouse as different from what the old names did.

Gotta say I rather enjoyed the catch and kill versus catch and release
with little input from the catch and release until bored and then
catch and kill and take back for dinner.
--

r.bc: vixen
Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher.
Almost entirely harmless. Really.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

Bob Weinberger wrote:
"J the Trout" wrote:.
As a self confessed lurker, I take the view that I will only contribute
when I have someting useful to say ...

Why then did you make this post which directly refutes that view?

Bob Weinberger La Grande, OR

P.S.
BTW has anyone been checking the Milwaukie obituaries? I can't believe that
Wolfgang could keep his finger off the trigger in the target rich
environment of the last few days.

If I really have caused the anonymous lurker twit "J the Trout"
to unsubscribe from roff, (with anonymous twits how do you know),
I'll feel a little bit guilty.

Say what you will about Little Wolfie, but he does do more than
his share to help keep roff a *Twit-Free Zone* and by all rights
he should have a shot at this one.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:46:24 GMT, "Bob Weinberger"
wrote:


"J the Trout" wrote in message
...

As a self confessed lurker, I take the view that I will only contribute
when I have someting useful to say ...
snip
J

Why then did you make this post which directly refutes that view?

Bob Weinberger La Grande, OR

P.S.
BTW has anyone been checking the Milwaukie obituaries? I can't believe that
Wolfgang could keep his finger off the trigger in the target rich
environment of the last few days.

What makes you so sure he has kept it off? Ever seen him and Nomen
Nescio, Anonyma, johnno, stevo, J the Trout, etc. all on the
trainstation platform together?

It may help, but then again....,
R
....OTOH, maybe he just couldn't take what ROFF has become, and shall
never post here again...hee hee hee....