Joe Hunt wrote:

On 2008-07-06 21:58:24 +0100, Richard Dixon
said:

Dawlish wrote in

m:

That deserves a response in defence.

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As largely a lurker on here these days, I find it gobsmacking that
people can actually get het up enough to write enormous emails
defending themselves. Just let it lie, and I politely suggest get
on with your life outside the newsgroup for heavens' sake!

Richard

Richard - I completely agree. To spend so much time and energy
articulating a justfication or an argument (with people you'll
probably never meet face to face) when it should be spent enjoying a
hobby is beyond me.

50% of posts nowadays resemble a Jeremy Kyle blog site; where did the
newsgroup of 6 years ago disappear to?

Joe

The kill-file gets rid of all the irritating posters and keeps the
group much the same as it used to be. If I go into a book shop I don't
buy a book by an author I don't like. The kill-file enables me to make
the same choice on usenet.

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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On Jul 6, 10:32*pm, "Norman" normanthis...@thisbitweather-
consultancy.com wrote:
Joe Hunt wrote:
On 2008-07-06 21:58:24 +0100, Richard Dixon
said:

Dawlish wrote in

m:

That deserves a response in defence.

Large post snipped

As largely a lurker on here these days, I find it gobsmacking that
people can actually get het up enough to write enormous emails
defending themselves. Just let it lie, and I politely suggest get
on with your life outside the newsgroup for heavens' sake!

Richard

Richard - I completely agree. To spend so much time and energy
articulating a justfication or an argument (with people you'll
probably never meet face to face) when it should be spent enjoying a
hobby is beyond me.

50% of posts nowadays resemble a Jeremy Kyle blog site; where did the
newsgroup of 6 years ago disappear to?

Joe

The kill-file gets rid of all the irritating posters and keeps the
group much the same as it used to be. If I go into a book shop I don't
buy a book by an author I don't like. The kill-file enables me to make
the same choice on usenet.

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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Exactly what people should do, Norman, if that is what they want to
do. Things change over time. No-one is the same as anyone else. I've
found a rich diversity on weather sites. Some extremely informative
and knowledgeable people; some idiots; some who are simply agenda
items; some professional meteorologists who it is a pleasure to
converse with; some who make me laugh with almost every post; some who
post to entertain; some argumentative gits(!), some abusive people;
some who provide stats and data of the highest order, which I can use;
some who post beause they just have to; many who form the band of
amateur (and professional) weather recorders, for whom the Internet
has been such a boon and for whose data I'm very grateful; enemies; a
stalker and many friends with whom I swap many emails and make it a
pleasure to log on each morning......and lots more...and lots of
combinations of these.

I recognise many of the people I've encountered here, though this is
just the start!

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...enceabused.htm

Gave me a laugh anyway.

Even though people have moved on, we're here. For me, I wouldn't
killfile any of the above. It's the combination of them all that keeps
me coming back.

Paul *))



Back to the weather.

On Jul 6, 11:44*am, "jovian hypercane" jovian hypercane@global
warming .com wrote:
Does anyone seriously believe the out-of-character post originated from TH
himself rather an interloper acting as an agent provocoteur in this
instance?Permit the accused to explain the circumstances if possible prior
the hard and fast accusations.

Oh, it was me all right, and sober. You're too kind. I'll be
back when things improve and the content-free verbal diarrhoea
ceases. You never know, it could.

Tudor Hughes.