derek wrote in message ...

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A sure sign that this group has gone to the dogs is the fact that all
the women have been chased off. Or anyone with any level of sensibility
for that matter. I remember the good old days when there were posts
by the likes of Beth, or Marci, or Melanie, and I am sure I am leaving
out others. I miss folks with a good sense of humor like Scott, or
those that have a passion for cycling and broad experience and the
ability to express themselves beautifully like Kent Peterson.

Good Grief! Who wants any women on this newsgroup? If they know how to
think like men, then OK , but otherwise forget it! I mean, what good
are they? Like Kipling, I prefer a good smoke!

Also, what often passes for a "good sense of humor" is anything but.
Humor is not universal but is one of the most parochial of things. It
should aways be used with great caution. Usually some else's humor is
some else's getting ****ed off at (see my above comment about women
for instance).

I also remember saars.lists.recumbent and the really good technical
information to be found there before it died. The point I am making is
that the best recumbent posting is no longer going on in this NG - it is
a wasteland now to be scanned periodically but given low priority
because it is so troll infested. Permanently, it seems. The bent bent
posts are to be found at other sources now, which I will not divulge for
obvious reasons.

It is impossible to get any good bent information without an editor
overseeing the entire process. What you are getting is other people's
half-ass opinions for free and that is about what they are worth. This
newsgroup must really have been horrible when you and Cletus were
calling the shots. Now that it has opened up I am glad to see that you
have found another cozy little club elsewhere. And, no, I do not want
to know where you have plopped yourself down. Your new sources for
bent information are probably infested with liberals too and are
exactly the sort of pigsty ARBR was until I came along.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota