Curious -- Why Do You Continue To Stay With ARBR

"skip" wrote in message ...
"Joe Keenan" wrote in message
...
I'm curious why folks stay with this newsgroup given that any thread
is immediately subject to contamination. (I'm being kind) Yup, I'm a
"usta be" and just stopped in to see if things had changed in a few
months.

Slow Joe Recumbo


I don't visit here as much as I used too due to some of the obvious
problems. But over the years I have gotten a lot of good information
from some of the contributors so I switch back occasionally to see if
the vitrol contained in some of the comments has changed. I appreciate
some of even the most critical comments when they are voiced on issues
rather than personalities, but I find I get bored quickly with the
constant personality bashing.

Mike S.
St. Louis, Mo.

"Larry Varney" wrote in message
...
Tom Sherman wrote:
snip
Kill files are for people who lack the intelligence to sort what is
worthwhile to them, and the self-control to ignore what they consider
useless.

Kill files are for people who *have* the intelligence to sort what is
worthwhile, and have automated the process. Just as some program their
televisions to skip over the channels that do not contain programming,
they will program their newsreaders to skip over those posters who offer
little of interest to them.


Even Mr. Ed Dolan has something worthwhile to say on recumbent bicycles
0.1% of the time.


I haven't done the math, but given that you have and that the amount is
accurate: would you read a book, watch a movie, eat a meal, where just
one-tenth of one person was worth it?
But that's up to the person doing the ignoring, either manually or
automatically. They might miss that .1% by doing so, and that will be
their loss, relatively speaking.

This screwball Varney weighs in on a one sentence post of Mr. Sherman's. But
he never has much to say about anything anyway. He is like a leech who
latches on to others in order to get in his measly two cents worth. He is
nothing but a ****ing kill filer who does not have the courage to read me,
but yet still wants to comment on me. These type of assholes are beneath
contempt.

Varney knows that I don't like him because I think he is a lustful depraved
Santa Claus looking clown. It amuses me that Varney has not kill filed Mr.
Sherman although Mr. Sherman is easily off topic as much as I am if not
more. But Mr. Sherman has mastered the art of not ****ing off assholes. I
see no reason NOT to **** off assholes - and so I do. **** 'em and most
especially **** Varney.

--
****ing Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Larry Varney Wrote:
skip wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
...

Larry Varney wrote:


Tom Sherman wrote:


M wrote:


I'm staying with this group as an experiment. I want to see how
many
people I have to put in the kill file before it becomes a group
about
recumbent bikes again. Anyone who responds to Dolan is in my
kill
file. Now I can read this group in five minutes and most of what
I
read is about recumbent bikes. To all of you "on topic" people,
thank
you for all the good info. To all of you "off topic" people, see
ya!



Kill files are for people who lack the intelligence to sort what
is
worthwhile to them, and the self-control to ignore what they
consider
useless.


Kill files are for people who *have* the intelligence to sort what
is
worthwhile, and have automated the process. Just as some program
their
televisions to skip over the channels that do not contain
programming,
they will program their newsreaders to skip over those posters who
offer
little of interest to them.

Even Mr. Ed Dolan has something worthwhile to say on recumbent
bicycles
0.1% of the time.



If someone puts a gun to my head and says "read this" I will read
whatever
it is, but until that happens I will continue to read only what I
choose to
read. I have difficulty whatsoever making my own reading choices.



Don't you just hate it when you read something you've written, and find
that
you've left out one little word that makes all the difference?

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney
When an honest mistake is made,as in the above case,an adult reader
will fill in the missing word and think no more about it.If someone
errors on purpose then you should call them on it.


--
nget

"Steve Baker" wrote in message
om...
ndSlow (Guess Who I Am) wrote in message
why don't we admit to it that "ED asshole DOLAN and a couple other
assholes has
made this board not as attractive as it used to be for some people.

lets stop it NOW, OK!

Couldn't have said it better myself! (So I won't)

Thanks, Earl!

Steve Baker

Note that Earl said "some people." In other words, not all people. And so it
goes. Some people are not happy, other people are happy. Who is to say which
people matter.

When I compare ARBR of today with what it was two years ago, I do not see
any difference at all other than that there is now some political balance to
off topic messages. Another difference is that on topic messages are no
longer being corrupted and contaminated by political messages. I see this as
an improvement. The only ones who don't like it are liberals who think they
have a God given right to shove their odious politics down everyone's
throat. Mr. Ball, the moderator of BROL, once told me that he thought it was
just fine that liberals were posting their nonsense on the group since he
thought most ARBR'ers were liberal. Thankfully, he is gone from here now and
may he never return. We do not need arrogant *******s like him here.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

mike s Wrote:
"skip" wrote in message
...
"Joe Keenan" wrote in message
...
I'm curious why folks stay with this newsgroup given that any
thread
is immediately subject to contamination. (I'm being kind) Yup, I'm
a
"usta be" and just stopped in to see if things had changed in a
few
months.

Slow Joe Recumbo


I don't visit here as much as I used too due to some of the obvious
problems. But over the years I have gotten a lot of good information
from some of the contributors so I switch back occasionally to see if
the vitrol contained in some of the comments has changed. I appreciate
some of even the most critical comments when they are voiced on issues
rather than personalities, but I find I get bored quickly with the
constant personality bashing.

Mike S.
St. Louis, Mo.
You're not going to bring up that RANS seat problem are you?Talk about
boring,that does it for me,I really can't take anymore of it.


--
nget

nget wrote:
Larry Varney Wrote:

skip wrote:

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
...


Larry Varney wrote:



Tom Sherman wrote:



M wrote:



I'm staying with this group as an experiment. I want to see how

many

people I have to put in the kill file before it becomes a group

about

recumbent bikes again. Anyone who responds to Dolan is in my

kill

file. Now I can read this group in five minutes and most of what

I

read is about recumbent bikes. To all of you "on topic" people,

thank

you for all the good info. To all of you "off topic" people, see

ya!



Kill files are for people who lack the intelligence to sort what

is

worthwhile to them, and the self-control to ignore what they

consider

useless.


Kill files are for people who *have* the intelligence to sort what

is

worthwhile, and have automated the process. Just as some program

their

televisions to skip over the channels that do not contain

programming,

they will program their newsreaders to skip over those posters who

offer

little of interest to them.

Even Mr. Ed Dolan has something worthwhile to say on recumbent

bicycles

0.1% of the time.



If someone puts a gun to my head and says "read this" I will read

whatever

it is, but until that happens I will continue to read only what I

choose to

read. I have difficulty whatsoever making my own reading choices.



Don't you just hate it when you read something you've written, and find
that
you've left out one little word that makes all the difference?

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

When an honest mistake is made,as in the above case,an adult reader
will fill in the missing word and think no more about it.If someone
errors on purpose then you should call them on it.



Come on, I wasn't taking a shot at you - it is a common and honest mistake.
I just happened to think it was kind of funny. I didn't believe it was on purpose.
A similar error that pops up frequently is the repeated word, especially
words like "the". If it's at the end of a line, it seems even more common to
see it repeated. I'm not sure why that is, but I suspect someone in some
college somewhere has written a paper on it.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

Edward Dolan wrote:
"Larry Varney" wrote in message
...

Tom Sherman wrote:
snip

Kill files are for people who lack the intelligence to sort what is
worthwhile to them, and the self-control to ignore what they consider
useless.


Kill files are for people who *have* the intelligence to sort what is
worthwhile, and have automated the process. Just as some program their
televisions to skip over the channels that do not contain programming,
they will program their newsreaders to skip over those posters who offer
little of interest to them.


Even Mr. Ed Dolan has something worthwhile to say on recumbent bicycles
0.1% of the time.


I haven't done the math, but given that you have and that the amount is
accurate: would you read a book, watch a movie, eat a meal, where just
one-tenth of one person was worth it?
But that's up to the person doing the ignoring, either manually or
automatically. They might miss that .1% by doing so, and that will be
their loss, relatively speaking.


This screwball Varney weighs in on a one sentence post of Mr. Sherman's. But
he never has much to say about anything anyway. He is like a leech who
latches on to others in order to get in his measly two cents worth. He is
nothing but a ****ing kill filer who does not have the courage to read me,
but yet still wants to comment on me. These type of assholes are beneath
contempt.

Varney knows that I don't like him because I think he is a lustful depraved
Santa Claus looking clown. It amuses me that Varney has not kill filed Mr.
Sherman although Mr. Sherman is easily off topic as much as I am if not
more. But Mr. Sherman has mastered the art of not ****ing off assholes. I
see no reason NOT to **** off assholes - and so I do. **** 'em and most
especially **** Varney.


Try reading what has been written, Dolan, rather than just exercising your
vulgarity. I responded to an earlier, multi-sentence post of Tom's. *HE*
responded with a one-sentence post, that I then commented upon.
And perhaps you can get someone at the home to read this to you, since you
obviously didn't catch it in an earlier posting of mine: I have not kill-filed
anyone. And I do not mind off-topic posts, especially if they're labeled as such.
What I don't like are crude, prejudiced, vulgar posts and their posters. And
admit it, Dolan. The only reason you don't like me, is that I have pointed out
at various times the silly inconsistencies in your arguments - which led to the
famous "sui generis" weasel attempt of yours to avoid any responsibility for
what you have posted - and this just causes you to froth at the mouth even
more, showing just how vulgar, crude, childish and loathsome you can become.
You can try to make this into some political thing, conservative vs. liberal,
but guess what: no one is buying it.
And as for Mr. Sherman: Rans, Rans, Rans. So there.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney

"Larry Varney" wrote in message
...
Edward Dolan wrote:
[...]
Larry Varney just kill files anyone who crosses him. That is what it
comes down to. Why he is still here is a mystery. He is the ultimate
moderator, a liberal tyrant who would control speech that he disagrees
with. I am not too different in that respect myself. I would like to shut
up all the liberals in the world, but I do not put a gloss on it by
pontificating about politeness and other irrelevant matters. Larry would
like me to shut up; I would like him to shut up. So what else is new?


I have kill-filed no one, whether they "cross" me or not. I do not wish
to control anyone's speech, though it would benefit some immensely. And it
has nothing to do with whether or not they agree with me: childish,
vulgar, crude behavior is wrong, no matter whether they are in agreement
with me or not.
And if you think anyone believes that this has anything to do with
politics, "liberal vs. conservative", you're wrong. You really don't want
us to believe that crude, vulgar, childish and boorish behavior and speech
is a conservative thing, do you?

Liberals are the most rude discourteous folks ever to come down the pike.
They all have a killer instinct and most of them are fairly articulate into
the bargain. When the going gets rough, they will resort to name calling at
the drop of a hat. However, when they encounter me they are up against a
phenomenon because I know where they are coming from and how they think and
feel. And so I beat them to the punch. I can them a ******* before they can
call me a *******. I have never been wrong about them yet.

You are an example of a preacher. You pretend to take the high road but you
are a killer like all the rest of your liberal brethren. Pontificating won't
work with me because I know what you are really like. You want me to shut
up - period. All this blather about "behavior" is nothing but another way
for you to lord it over everyone with which you disagree.

Let's face it, I disagree with you about most things and I am up front about
it and I do not pull any punches, not with you or anyone else. We are all
adults here and I do not see any reason why I should not say exactly what I
think about anything that is on my mind in my own inimitable way. Too bad we
don't see eye to eye, but that is life. I don't like your style either, but
I don't make a big issue out of it. I just accept it and get on with things.
You should do the same.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
...
harv wrote:

Cause here I can tell the sycophants and stepford wives to **** off...

Harv,

Don't you mean "fock off"?

--
Tom Sherman

Darn it, I can never spell fock right! At least I generally capitalize the
name of the bents from Hayes Ks.

See, we can carry on light side discussions and easy banter here, as well as
benting stuff too. Not possible on some moderated boards. I remember when
most all the regular posters here banded togeher to denounce a poster's
overtly bigotted posts, then afer the outrage we got back to bents. Seems
like the "I have to add my reply to every thread"posters have thank fully
moved on to rhymes with droll board. Most of the fun characters have moved
on (who used to write about cruising the local jr. high trying to impress
the little chickies?..The east coast PhD statisticial analyst and now gun
nut, the Boston blue V-REX guy, the bent babes...dog owners and boytoy
trainers, the sculptor and the upholsterer?...The folks who bought
Blackbents, the grad student riding around central Il in a socked wavewind,
the be fast wannabees, the FOGs (me). Then came Ed and most of the fun to
read posters end up baiting him to some ego stroking ends not to related to
recumbancy.

So to Melanie, Beth, Carol, Jeffy, Dr. Scott, Perry, John, Tom, Earl, et al,
come on back hear? This is still a good place to post and run...no
registration, fora topics, formality. Write emmis or bull****. There's room
for it all. To paraphrase the neocon bumper sticker; post it all, let the
readers sort it out.

Edward Dolan wrote:
"Larry Varney" wrote in message
...

Edward Dolan wrote:

[...]

Larry Varney just kill files anyone who crosses him. That is what it
comes down to. Why he is still here is a mystery. He is the ultimate
moderator, a liberal tyrant who would control speech that he disagrees
with. I am not too different in that respect myself. I would like to shut
up all the liberals in the world, but I do not put a gloss on it by
pontificating about politeness and other irrelevant matters. Larry would
like me to shut up; I would like him to shut up. So what else is new?


I have kill-filed no one, whether they "cross" me or not. I do not wish
to control anyone's speech, though it would benefit some immensely. And it
has nothing to do with whether or not they agree with me: childish,
vulgar, crude behavior is wrong, no matter whether they are in agreement
with me or not.
And if you think anyone believes that this has anything to do with
politics, "liberal vs. conservative", you're wrong. You really don't want
us to believe that crude, vulgar, childish and boorish behavior and speech
is a conservative thing, do you?


Liberals are the most rude discourteous folks ever to come down the pike.
They all have a killer instinct and most of them are fairly articulate into
the bargain. When the going gets rough, they will resort to name calling at
the drop of a hat. However, when they encounter me they are up against a
phenomenon because I know where they are coming from and how they think and
feel. And so I beat them to the punch. I can them a ******* before they can
call me a *******. I have never been wrong about them yet.

You are an example of a preacher. You pretend to take the high road but you
are a killer like all the rest of your liberal brethren. Pontificating won't
work with me because I know what you are really like. You want me to shut
up - period. All this blather about "behavior" is nothing but another way
for you to lord it over everyone with which you disagree.

Let's face it, I disagree with you about most things and I am up front about
it and I do not pull any punches, not with you or anyone else. We are all
adults here and I do not see any reason why I should not say exactly what I
think about anything that is on my mind in my own inimitable way. Too bad we
don't see eye to eye, but that is life. I don't like your style either, but
I don't make a big issue out of it. I just accept it and get on with things.
You should do the same.

Dolan, grow up. It's not a matter of disagreeing, but of being
disagreeable. I have several friends with whom I've argued about politics,
food, favorite vacation spots, etc. - and none of us feel that it's necessary
to use vulgarity. That is childish. And this nonsensical ranting about "killer
instinct" - absolutely hilarious, and stupid to boot. No one is buying it,
just as no one is buying your political excuses for your behavior.
And no, I'm not a preacher. I am not pretending to take the high road. I am
taking it right out in the open: vulgarity is seldom necessary, and blaming
others for your behavior is just typical of those who refuse to take
responsibility for themselves.
The "going" has not gotten rough, Dolan; it's just that you have become a
tiresome, repetitive and obnoxious joke. You behave like a spoiled,
self-centered, irresponsible and vulgar child, and you want to claim it's
someone else's fault. It's not. You have made your own pile of dung, and it's
up to you to pull yourself out of it - not throw it by the handfuls at everyone
around you.

--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney