In article ,
General Von Clinkerhoffen writes:
what about abandoning Usnet and creating a forum, that way every member
would have to register and spam would be kept out, just a thought,

Doesn't such a forum already exist, in the form of
www.theweatheroutlook.com ? I know that it's sometimes had a bad press
here but, having looked at it for the first time a few days ago, on the
whole I was favourably impressed.
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)