Off topic
ha...@fantasy.nl
working.
To my surprise most of the subjects are political, at least a great
number of them.
Being a non US resident (Dutch in fact) I wonder why all these off-
topic subjects should appear in this newsgroup.
Hans
Tim Wescott
Because it's not a moderated group, and for some reason the nuts collect
here. The more you refrain from replying to them, the less reward they
get from posting.
It is unfortunate, but it's the price you pay for an unmoderated group.
If you have the latest Thunderbird you can filter out the posts by where
they are cross-posted.
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Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com
Jim Stewart
Because it's easier to complain and flame than to
do stand-up metalworking.
ha...@fantasy.nl
wrote:
>ha...@fantasy.nl wrote:
>> Hi, I just subscribed to this newgroup since I am interested in metal
>> working.
>> To my surprise most of the subjects are political, at least a great
>> number of them.
>> Being a non US resident (Dutch in fact) I wonder why all these off-
>> topic subjects should appear in this newsgroup.
>> Hans
>
>Because it's not a moderated group, and for some reason the nuts collect
>here. The more you refrain from replying to them, the less reward they
>get from posting.
>
>It is unfortunate, but it's the price you pay for an unmoderated group.
>
>If you have the latest Thunderbird you can filter out the posts by where
>they are cross-posted.
Thanks Tim for your explanation!
Hans
Gunner Asch
Because my friend..we are a happy group of people who do work metal, and
chat about other things as we do so. Now if you have any questions,
suggestions or things to show, we would be most happy to look at them,
comment on them, give suggestions, ask questions and so forth.
Here...
http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch
This is what Im currently doing at the moment.
http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/CurrentProjects02#
Metalworking all.
What are you doing?
Say..you dont have any idea where I can get carby rebuild parts for a
Emglo gasoline powered air compressor, do you?
Gunner
"First Law of Leftist Debate
The more you present a leftist with factual evidence
that is counter to his preconceived world view and the
more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without
losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot,
homophobe approaches infinity.
This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned
race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to
the subject." Grey Ghost
Existential Angst
news:C66dnfLLWYlcNFHW...@posted.isomediainc...
> This is nothing. You want to see a real cesspool? Rec.boats.
> JR
> Dweller in the cellar
Some very fine groups have been obliterated: sci.med.nutrition,
misc.fitness.misc, even sci.physics is grinding down to the asphalt.
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Existential Angst
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> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:48:16 +0200, ha...@fantasy.nl wrote:
>
>>Hi, I just subscribed to this newgroup since I am interested in metal
>>working.
>>To my surprise most of the subjects are political, at least a great
>>number of them.
>>Being a non US resident (Dutch in fact) I wonder why all these off-
>>topic subjects should appear in this newsgroup.
>>Hans
>
> Because my friend..we are a happy group of people who do work metal, and
> chat about other things as we do so. Now if you have any questions,
> suggestions or things to show, we would be most happy to look at them,
> comment on them, give suggestions, ask questions and so forth.
>
> Here...
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch
>
> This is what Im currently doing at the moment.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/CurrentProjects02#
Nice pics!
Nice bmw. R75? R90? what year?
Are you riding it? It should last pert near forever.
Hey, your response to the OP was a little misleading -- he might think
you're *rational*!!!
My response to him would be:
If you (in Holland) were corPirately fucked in the ass the way we are
here, you'd be off-topic posting too.
--
EA
JR North
JR
Dweller in the cellar
ha...@fantasy.nl wrote:
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Gunner Asch
<UNfi...@UNoptonline.net> wrote:
>"Gunner Asch" <gunne...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:vg5ps5l339m0798p8...@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:48:16 +0200, ha...@fantasy.nl wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, I just subscribed to this newgroup since I am interested in metal
>>>working.
>>>To my surprise most of the subjects are political, at least a great
>>>number of them.
>>>Being a non US resident (Dutch in fact) I wonder why all these off-
>>>topic subjects should appear in this newsgroup.
>>>Hans
>>
>> Because my friend..we are a happy group of people who do work metal, and
>> chat about other things as we do so. Now if you have any questions,
>> suggestions or things to show, we would be most happy to look at them,
>> comment on them, give suggestions, ask questions and so forth.
>>
>> Here...
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch
>>
>> This is what Im currently doing at the moment.
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/CurrentProjects02#
>
>Nice pics!
>Nice bmw. R75? R90? what year?
>Are you riding it? It should last pert near forever.
Its a 1978 R90/6. I bought it with 35k on the odo in 1986..it now has
187k on the odometer..and its now just starting to use a little oil.
Original clutch, starter etc etc. It needs tires and a battery.
Shrug..when I get work regular again.
Ive ridden it to the East Coast, down into Mexico, Canada, all over the
West.
Ive pulled at least 10 Harleys into the nearst town with it as well.
<G>
They ARE a bit hard on clutch cables. So there are two (new) of them
laying along the frame under the tank. Shrug.
>
>Hey, your response to the OP was a little misleading -- he might think
>you're *rational*!!!
>
>My response to him would be:
> If you (in Holland) were corPirately fucked in the ass the way we are
>here, you'd be off-topic posting too.
This topic has come up more than once. If one wants pure
metalworking..Pluaski (sp?) etc etc provide nearly 100% metal working.
For metalworking and talk between friends..its hard to beat this
newsgroup. Even with more than a few brain dead leftards <G>
David R.Birch
> Its a 1978 R90/6. I bought it with 35k on the odo in 1986..it now has
> 187k on the odometer..and its now just starting to use a little oil.
> Original clutch, starter etc etc. It needs tires and a battery.
> Shrug..when I get work regular again.
BBBZZZZTTTTT...
The last R90/6 was made in 1976, like mine!
David
Gunner Asch
wrote:
Damn...you are absolutely correct. I just had to go look at the title.
Its a 74, not a 76.
I still have the kick starter as well as the electric starter. Which
they stopped in 75
That stroke gives me surprises on occasion...shrug. Fewer and fewer as
time goes on...but...sigh.
Mea Culpa!
Steve B
about herring and girls who smell like herring. You can't talk about der
bizness all der time.
Hope this helps.
Lots of good metal stuff here among the weeds.
Steve
<ha...@fantasy.nl> wrote in message
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Wes
Well, a lot of us here are Americans and we don't play well with rules. You are going to
have to learn how to filter and kill file if you want to have a pleasant day here.
Btw, my heritage is split between English and Dutch.
Anyway, you are using agent. Right off the bat, add Too Many Tools, Hot ham and Cheese,
and of course Cliff Hulprich to a kill filter. Just do it, trust me.
Right click on Date, select "Thread with newest message first" and that will give you a
view of most recent replies. That is how most web forums present a view.
Now set up a view checking "unread" and "not ignored". Set that as your default view.
Now is when the fun begins.
When you see a thread that is political and not interesting, some can be, seldom do they
come back to metalworking, but it has happened. For that thread press I for ignore, press
F5 to refresh and the thread will go away as long as the servers work correctly or some
miscreant doesn't change the header to keep the thread going.
If the thread is marginal, press X with the thread collapsed and then press F5 to make it
go away for a while until there is another reply.
Please keep in mind that *some* of the very political actually know something about
metalworking and will respond to an on topic question so be careful on filtering too soon.
For example, Ed Huntress used to write for machining magazines and John Carroll is a
wizzard at multi axis machining for just for example.
I am a repair tech in a machining based manufacturing facility and am building a RGG .22
LR Gatlin gun for fun in my home shop. Fair warning, I respond to political stuff.
Welkom
Wes
Gunner Asch
wrote:
Im a machine tool service tech for OmniTurn.com and other machine
tools..and have a small home shop.
http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch
And I believe Im one of the Very Political mentioned above....<G>
Feel free to plonk me or not...I can help..if you dont mind swerving
around the threads that are political.
<G>
Gunner, who's great-grandfathers name was Barnhart and was from
Hindeloopen
DoN. Nichols
They should *not* -- but there is no way to keep them out.
The best thing is a newsreader with a good killfile which can
kill articles on many characteristics.
My first line of defense is blocking anything cross-posted to
more than three newsgroups. (Look for three or more commas in the
"Newsgroups: " header.)
A lot of blocking on "NNTP-Posting-Host: " IPs from places where
nothing but spam comes in (China, Korea, India and many other places).
Blocking on *any* cross-posting to specific other newsgroups,
such as "misc.survivalism", several gun-related newsgroups, any
newsgroup with "politics" in the name, and as you see more unwanted
material, you can add individual posters by name. Note that some who are
large sources of political discussion also post valid things in the
metalworking subject area.
Best of luck,
DoN.
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Hans,
If you'd like to connect with a forum that is metal working related, where
religion, politics and profanity are not acceptable, check the Chaski Home
Machinist board.
Sure to please if you have manners.
Harold
Harold & Susan Vordos
"Jim Stewart" <jste...@jkmicro.com> wrote in message
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I can't add much to that! :-)
Harold
ha...@fantasy.nl
Thanks Harold for your suggestion.
I think that forum suits my interests very well.
Regards, Hans