I've had it.

Dan Luke wrote:
"Bob Gardner" wrote:

The rec.aviation newsgroups have become useless.

You quit easily.

Surprising.

Not in the least. I understand his reasoning completely.

--
Dudley Henriques

"gatt" wrote in message . ..
Blueskies wrote:


-C. Gattman
CP-ASEL-IA-AGI - CFI Candidate - Sim Geek - Student Pilot


Hey, post some of your plans...I'd like to see one

I sent you a PM with (virus-scanned) Word files attached. I tried
pasting one into a reply but the formatting looked awful.

-chris

didja fix the address? blueskies at
ameritech dot net

Dudley Henriques writes:
I have to admit it Hilton. I agree with Bob.

Ditto -- I just registered with pilotsofamerica too. The s/n ratio
here is getting too low...

Chris

With all you guys leaving, pretty soon I'll have this group all to myself.
g

"BG" == Bob Gardner writes:

BG I hate cross-posting, but just this once I will give in to the
BG temptation. The rec.aviation newsgroups have become
BG useless. There is very little "meat" in the
BG postings...sushidot is about the only poster interested in
BG learning anything. If anyone is looking for me, I hang out in
BG the AOPA Forum, Pilots of America, and Purple boards.

I might follow you there also. The kooks and attention seekers have
taken over any forum not moderated. These days, building an RV, the
only half-useful forum is Vans Air Force, which is moderated. I've
heard the AOPA Forum is anti-experimental but I'll give it a go.

Too bad, because the Usenet format is still far superior to the
"forum" format. Very low bandwidth required for pure text and all
groups in one convenient tool (your newsreader). Using GNUS (Emacs) I
can get through a dozen different groups in 2 to 3 minutes. With the
online, web-based forums it takes far longer to cruise through the
posts. Gotta love the old Un*x tools, still the best for productivity.
--
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
~ Galileo Galilei

Bob Fry wrote:
"BG" == Bob Gardner writes:

BG I hate cross-posting, but just this once I will give in to the
BG temptation. The rec.aviation newsgroups have become
BG useless. There is very little "meat" in the
BG postings...sushidot is about the only poster interested in
BG learning anything. If anyone is looking for me, I hang out in
BG the AOPA Forum, Pilots of America, and Purple boards.

I might follow you there also. The kooks and attention seekers have
taken over any forum not moderated. These days, building an RV, the
only half-useful forum is Vans Air Force, which is moderated. I've
heard the AOPA Forum is anti-experimental but I'll give it a go.

Too bad, because the Usenet format is still far superior to the
"forum" format. Very low bandwidth required for pure text and all
groups in one convenient tool (your newsreader). Using GNUS (Emacs) I
can get through a dozen different groups in 2 to 3 minutes. With the
online, web-based forums it takes far longer to cruise through the
posts. Gotta love the old Un*x tools, still the best for productivity.

I agree. I participate in a couple of motorcycle forums and find the
user interface overly complex and hard to use as compared to good old
usenet. Some things were just right from the start and usenet is one of
them.

Matt

Blueskies wrote:

I sent you a PM with (virus-scanned) Word files attached. I tried
pasting one into a reply but the formatting looked awful.

-chris


didja fix the address? blueskies at ameritech dot net

Should have. Did you get them?

-c

Dudley Henriques wrote:
Bob Gardner wrote:
I hate cross-posting, but just this once I will give in to the
temptation. The rec.aviation newsgroups have become useless. There is
very little "meat" in the postings...sushidot is about the only poster
interested in learning anything. If anyone is looking for me, I hang
out in the AOPA Forum, Pilots of America, and Purple boards.

Bob Gardner

Bob;
I'm registering today on Pilots of America and I'll hit the AOPA forum
as well.
Hope to see you there.


I wonder if AOPA would start us a sub forum Rec.Aviation.Refuges?

"gatt" wrote in message ...
Blueskies wrote:

I sent you a PM with (virus-scanned) Word files attached. I tried
pasting one into a reply but the formatting looked awful.

-chris


didja fix the address? blueskies at ameritech dot net

Should have. Did you get them?

-c

Hmmm, no, but I am on running on a generator right now, power out from the storms.

If you don't mind, please try again...

Thanks!

"Matt Whiting" wrote:


I agree. I participate in a couple of motorcycle forums and find the user
interface overly complex and hard to use as compared to good old usenet.
Some things were just right from the start and usenet is one of them.

Indeed.

Simplest is best.

--
Dan

T182T at 4R4