ARBR RIP

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I used to be an avid visitor of this site. Every chance I got I would
visit. As a new recumbent owner/rider I learned a lot from a lot of the
folks who used to post on this site. Sometimes it was confusing becuase
there were a lot of differing opionion on topics. But all of it was
very informative.

You ought to get a subscription to RCN and not be listening to the blokes on
this forum. 90% of them do not know what they are talking about 90% of the
time.

Then came the off topic post, political post, the intolerant post, et
al. I cut back and then eventually stopped. I now visit very
inferquently. There is just not much in the way of informative
recumbent discussions and I find other sites to be more informative and
interesting. I guess like life it self all things follow a cycle of
brith, growth, and then death.

All newsgroups need a moderator to winnow out the nuts, jerks and
screwballs. A group without a moderator (editor) is like a ship without a
captain.

As someone else has resmarked and if I remember correctly from one of
the few post of yours that I read. Ed, I think it was you who made your
self judge and jury and was committed to rid this site of all those you
saw unfit. Nice to see someone who is so closed minded. You fit right
in with this brave new narrow minded world we live in.

Everyone is close minded provided you are no longer a teenager searching for
your true self. Being close minded means you have come to some conclusions
about life after having lived a long life. Show me someone who is not close
minded and I will show you an idiot.

The problem of course is the variety of opinions that prevail universally
among all mankind. But when you don't like someones else's opinion, then you
chant closed minded and narrow minded. In other words, think like me or else
I will call you names.

As the saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for it might just come
true".

Nothing I have ever wished for in my life has ever come true.

Oh and don't hurry to post a reply. If I do come back it probably won't
be for awhile and my interest will be gone by then.

I think the main problem with all top posters is that they are ego maniacs.
All that matters to them is to have their say. They are talkers, not
listeners.

Notice how he does not want to even hear my reply. So be it. Why should I
waste time on someone who does not want to listen. He can talk and listen to
himself only, like all top posters do.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Edward Dolan wrote:

Sigh, another top poster.

Rollensmoothe wrote in message
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Oh Sigh, my ass.
Hang in there at the bottom o the heap, Ed

I have decided that top posters do not merit a reply since they are not
engaged in a reply in the first instance. To do that they would have to
bottom post which is the only correct way to post - unless you want to be
altogether irrelevant.

I have never yet heard a good explanation for top posting other than
laziness. It messes everything up for the reader who is not directly engaged
in the conversation and following all the messages from the beginning. But
it is the hallmark of the top poster to show no consideration for the
reader. He is only writing for himself and he is only reading himself. That
is why he does not merit a reply.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota


On Tue, 3 May 2005 23:55:12 -0500, "Edward Dolan"
wrote:


"NoComRulez" wrote in message
groups.com...
People avoid this place because they don't want to have to endure your
Hannity wanna-be crap, Dolan. You've been dropping your
faux-conservative garbage all over for years... Couldn't be that people
don't want to read that, could it?

Sigh, another top poster.

I don't believe I ever posted a single message to any newsgroup in my
entire
life that was not a response to some liberal garbage. But liberals are
notorious for dishing it out but not knowing how to take it.

People always want to read what I have to say as witness all the responses
I get to
whatever I write. Well, we can't all be great like me.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

On Thu, 5 May 2005 01:59:35 -0500, "Edward Dolan"
wrote in message :

I have decided that top posters do not merit a reply since they are not
engaged in a reply in the first instance. To do that they would have to
bottom post which is the only correct way to post - unless you want to be
altogether irrelevant.

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 01:59:35 -0500, "Edward Dolan"
wrote in message :

I have decided that top posters do not merit a reply since they are not
engaged in a reply in the first instance. To do that they would have to
bottom post which is the only correct way to post - unless you want to be
altogether irrelevant.

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\ 1 9 / /
\ 0 / 10 /
\ TROLL-O-METER / /
\ / /
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This is entirely acceptable since Guy has bottom posted.

I am here to uphold standards. Without standards, civilization teeters on
the brink and is in danger of perishing. HOW one says something (the form)
is just as important as WHAT one says (the substance). And it is the
hallmark of an educated mind.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Versatility is the mark of a mature mind.
Feel free to waste your time scrolling down to
see what prompted that comment.

Edward Dolan wrote:


"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 May 2005 01:59:35 -0500, "Edward Dolan"
wrote in message :

I have decided that top posters do not merit a reply since they
are not engaged in a reply in the first instance. To do that they
would have to bottom post which is the only correct way to post -
unless you want to be altogether irrelevant.

+--------------------------------------+
\ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 /
\ 1 9 / /
\ 0 / 10 /
\ TROLL-O-METER / /
\ / /
\ / /
\_____________________/____/
\ /
\....................../

This is entirely acceptable since Guy has bottom posted.

I am here to uphold standards. Without standards, civilization
teeters on the brink and is in danger of perishing. HOW one says
something (the form) is just as important as WHAT one says (the
substance). And it is the hallmark of an educated mind.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

"Michael Baugh" wrote in message
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: Versatility is the mark of a mature mind.
: Feel free to waste your time scrolling down to
: see what prompted that comment.

Geez, don't sprain your wrist patting yourself on the back. What a guy! And
so humble, too!

Pat in TX

"Michael Baugh" wrote in message
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Versatility is the mark of a mature mind.
Feel free to waste your time scrolling down to
see what prompted that comment.
[...]

Versatility and originality are highly over rated. They are mainly the
province of the young and the dumb. Those of us like me who are old and wise
should strive for conventionality at all costs. When I do something that
millions of others have done in a similar matter, I feel very good about it.
After all, I have then come up to a standard, never very high, that at least
marks me as a civilized person who is part of society.

Top posting makes no sense at all, but I can see why others can fall into
the trap. It is less likely to happen when you have a proper newsreader like
Outlook Express. I must admit when I occasionally use the Google website I
do get confused and end up top posting myself. How mortifying!

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Well, I can appreciate a good and proper troll saying something
like Outlook Express being a proper newsreader. That's an
excellent bit of trolldom, and I just wanted to let you know
how appreciated it was. Your praise of a newsreader with so
many huge security holes was quite amusing..
Now, I realize that your 'bottom posting' crusade is a
similarly contrived bit of trollhoodism. Someone obviously as
articulate as yourself knows that most bottom-posted comments
get ignored unless the person is really interested in trying
to find the corn in the sh*t, but I think it's really neat
that you're willing to try to make the case for such an
outmoded bit of 'netiquet'.
Hey, just wanted to let you know I think you're doing a
great job, and I look forward to your posts. Don't read
several of them, but I know you're still in there.

Edward Dolan wrote:


"Michael Baugh" wrote in message
. ..
Versatility is the mark of a mature mind.
Feel free to waste your time scrolling down to
see what prompted that comment.
[...]

Versatility and originality are highly over rated. They are mainly
the province of the young and the dumb. Those of us like me who are
old and wise should strive for conventionality at all costs. When I
do something that millions of others have done in a similar matter, I
feel very good about it. After all, I have then come up to a
standard, never very high, that at least marks me as a civilized
person who is part of society.

Top posting makes no sense at all, but I can see why others can fall
into the trap. It is less likely to happen when you have a proper
newsreader like Outlook Express. I must admit when I occasionally use
the Google website I do get confused and end up top posting myself.
How mortifying!

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:41:28 -0600, "Edward Dolan"
said in :

Versatility and originality are highly over rated.

Yeah, just look at losers like Leonardo da Vinci and Robert Hooke.
They'll never get anywhere compared with an opinionated asshole like
Dolan, will they? I mean, who's going to remember them when they are
dead? Whereas when you are finally nailed down the whole of ARBR will
breathe a collective sigh of relief and get on with the real business
of recumbent cycling (that's if there's anyone left by then who's not
been driven off by your incessant trolling).

Guy
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

Just zis Guy, you know? Wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:41:28 -0600, "Edward Dolan"
said in :

Versatility and originality are highly over rated.

Yeah, just look at losers like Leonardo da Vinci and Robert Hooke.
They'll never get anywhere compared with an opinionated asshole like
Dolan, will they? I mean, who's going to remember them when they are
dead? Whereas when you are finally nailed down the whole of ARBR will
breathe a collective sigh of relief and get on with the real business
of recumbent cycling (that's if there's anyone left by then who's not
been driven off by your incessant trolling).

Guy
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This post is a new low for Guy.What would you like to happen when you
are finally nailed down?You are only surpassed by Wayne Laggett who was
the most foul mouthed poet ever to post here.
I think if you can't play nice then pick up your toys and go home.


--
nget