It is OK to post to ARBR!

[Edward Dolan]

ARBR is an interesting newsgroup because it is such a small group. A
newsgroup like RBM (rec.bicycles.misc) is far less interesting because it is
such a large group. No one ever gets to know anyone much on such a large
group. Members come and go without any rhyme or reason. However, the
advantage of a large group is that it does not much matter who comes and
goes.

A small group like ARBR needs to have some regular members. When a regular
leaves a small group like ARBR it does matter. Anyone but me notice how this
group has gone to hell since Tom Sherman left. He was a regular, in fact,
the most regular member the group ever had in its history. I cannot replace
him because I am here to do nothing but tweak and annoy as many as possible.
In fact, it may be that I have scared off some. But I do not interfere with
on-topic posts. You will normally only encounter me when you get off-topic,
at which point I will swoop down on you like the vulture that I am.

I encourage any and all newbies to post away to your heart's content on this
newsgroup. There are still some regulars here who will be delighted to
respond you. Even I, as Great as I am, have been known to occasionally post
on-topic.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[JimmyMac]

Ed,

Can the ******** and adolescent bravado. You wouldn't have the
testicular fortitude to say half the **** that you do on ARBR up close
and personal. Prove me wrong. Post your address an invite your
adversaries over. Or ask for their address and pay them a visit.

What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.

Your proctologist called ... He found your head.

Jim McNamara

Edward Dolan wrote:
> ARBR is an interesting newsgroup because it is such a small group. A
> newsgroup like RBM (rec.bicycles.misc) is far less interesting because it is
> such a large group. No one ever gets to know anyone much on such a large
> group. Members come and go without any rhyme or reason. However, the
> advantage of a large group is that it does not much matter who comes and
> goes.
>
> A small group like ARBR needs to have some regular members. When a regular
> leaves a small group like ARBR it does matter. Anyone but me notice how this
> group has gone to hell since Tom Sherman left. He was a regular, in fact,
> the most regular member the group ever had in its history. I cannot replace
> him because I am here to do nothing but tweak and annoy as many as possible.
> In fact, it may be that I have scared off some. But I do not interfere with
> on-topic posts. You will normally only encounter me when you get off-topic,
> at which point I will swoop down on you like the vulture that I am.
>
> I encourage any and all newbies to post away to your heart's content on this
> newsgroup. There are still some regulars here who will be delighted to
> respond you. Even I, as Great as I am, have been known to occasionally post
> on-topic.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[Al K]

Hi Jim,
Ed D clearly has contributed to diverting arbr from cycling. But Tom S,
with his political views expressed on arbr, initiated politics on arbr. Ed
challenged Tom's political views, and arbr got diverted. This used to be a
nice recumbent cycling news group, not a political vent.
Al K


"JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ed,
SNIP
> What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
> showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.
SNIP
> Jim McNamara

 

[stratrider]

Al K wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> Ed D clearly has contributed to diverting arbr from cycling. But Tom S,
> with his political views expressed on arbr, initiated politics on arbr. Ed
> challenged Tom's political views, and arbr got diverted. This used to be a
> nice recumbent cycling news group, not a political vent.

Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
first to challenge him!

Jim Reilly
Reading, PA

 

[Edward Dolan]

"JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

> Ed,

No need to address me personally since this is Usenet (not email) where
many hundreds of folks will read whatever is written.

> Can the ******** and adolescent bravado. You wouldn't have the
> testicular fortitude to say half the **** that you do on ARBR up close
> and personal. Prove me wrong. Post your address an invite your
> adversaries over. Or ask for their address and pay them a visit.

Anyone but me notice how Jimbo is one of the sorriest assholes to ever
infest ARBR? It must be horrible to go through life with such an
inferiority complex, although in his case it is well deserved.

> What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
> showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.

Sherman would never leave on account of me. He had too much pride for that,
unlike you.
[...]

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota




> Edward Dolan wrote:
>> ARBR is an interesting newsgroup because it is such a small group. A
>> newsgroup like RBM (rec.bicycles.misc) is far less interesting because it
>> is
>> such a large group. No one ever gets to know anyone much on such a large
>> group. Members come and go without any rhyme or reason. However, the
>> advantage of a large group is that it does not much matter who comes and
>> goes.
>>
>> A small group like ARBR needs to have some regular members. When a
>> regular
>> leaves a small group like ARBR it does matter. Anyone but me notice how
>> this
>> group has gone to hell since Tom Sherman left. He was a regular, in fact,
>> the most regular member the group ever had in its history. I cannot
>> replace
>> him because I am here to do nothing but tweak and annoy as many as
>> possible.
>> In fact, it may be that I have scared off some. But I do not interfere
>> with
>> on-topic posts. You will normally only encounter me when you get
>> off-topic,
>> at which point I will swoop down on you like the vulture that I am.
>>
>> I encourage any and all newbies to post away to your heart's content on
>> this
>> newsgroup. There are still some regulars here who will be delighted to
>> respond you. Even I, as Great as I am, have been known to occasionally
>> post
>> on-topic.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
>> aka
>> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
>

 

[Jon Meinecke]

"stratrider" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
> soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
> first to challenge him!

Neither was first with such posts... Since '98, I've seen a lot of
posters come and go in ARBR. A lot of reasonable discussion
took place even between people of widely differing opinions. And
topical posts used to outnumber the non-topical. Imagine that.

Jon Meinecke



--
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[JimmyMac]

Edward Dolan wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!
>
> > Ed,
>
> No need to address me personally since this is Usenet (not email) where
> many hundreds of folks will read whatever is written.

And ... isn't that what you have just done here (Jim being understood
as implied) unless of course you are addressing the hundreds of folks
you imagine to read the tripe you struggle to scribble???.

> > Can the ******** and adolescent bravado. You wouldn't have the
> > testicular fortitude to say half the **** that you do on ARBR up close
> > and personal. Prove me wrong. Post your address an invite your
> > adversaries over. Or ask for their address and pay them a visit.

> Anyone but me notice how Jimbo is one of the sorriest assholes to ever
> infest ARBR? It must be horrible to go through life with such an
> inferiority complex, although in his case it is well deserved.

Diversion duly noted. Opinion stated as fact by the most opinionated
parastie to ever TROLL the ARBR waters. Ed, try not to let your mind
wander so ... It is far too small and fragile to be out and about all
by itself.

> > What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
> > showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.
>
> Sherman would never leave on account of me. He had too much pride for that,
> unlike you.
> [...]

Save your breath. You'll need it to blow up you date (read Vabndeman).

Jim McNamara

> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
>
>
>
>
> > Edward Dolan wrote:
> >> ARBR is an interesting newsgroup because it is such a small group. A
> >> newsgroup like RBM (rec.bicycles.misc) is far less interesting because it
> >> is
> >> such a large group. No one ever gets to know anyone much on such a large
> >> group. Members come and go without any rhyme or reason. However, the
> >> advantage of a large group is that it does not much matter who comes and
> >> goes.
> >>
> >> A small group like ARBR needs to have some regular members. When a
> >> regular
> >> leaves a small group like ARBR it does matter. Anyone but me notice how
> >> this
> >> group has gone to hell since Tom Sherman left. He was a regular, in fact,
> >> the most regular member the group ever had in its history. I cannot
> >> replace
> >> him because I am here to do nothing but tweak and annoy as many as
> >> possible.
> >> In fact, it may be that I have scared off some. But I do not interfere
> >> with
> >> on-topic posts. You will normally only encounter me when you get
> >> off-topic,
> >> at which point I will swoop down on you like the vulture that I am.
> >>
> >> I encourage any and all newbies to post away to your heart's content on
> >> this
> >> newsgroup. There are still some regulars here who will be delighted to
> >> respond you. Even I, as Great as I am, have been known to occasionally
> >> post
> >> on-topic.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> >> aka
> >> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
> >

 

[Edward Dolan]

"stratrider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Al K wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>> Ed D clearly has contributed to diverting arbr from cycling. But Tom S,
>> with his political views expressed on arbr, initiated politics on arbr.
>> Ed
>> challenged Tom's political views, and arbr got diverted. This used to be
>> a
>> nice recumbent cycling news group, not a political vent.
>
> Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
> soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
> first to challenge him!

What bothered me the most at the time was not so much Sherman's posts but
all those smarmy rejoinders his every utterance would get from all the other
liberal scumbags who infested the group. It was a Herculean effort to rid
ARBR of those types who were ruining it, but Ed Dolan the Great was up to
the task.

Once I got rid of all of Sherman's little echoes, we actually had some
pretty good threads going. But after a couple of years of having to put up
with Ed Dolan the Great, Sherman pretty much withdrew from the political
threads - and ARBR has been a saner, if duller, place ever since.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[Edward Dolan]

"Jon Meinecke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "stratrider" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
>> soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
>> first to challenge him!
>
> Neither was first with such posts... Since '98, I've seen a lot of
> posters come and go in ARBR. A lot of reasonable discussion
> took place even between people of widely differing opinions. And
> topical posts used to outnumber the non-topical. Imagine that.
>
> Jon Meinecke

I suspect Jon is right about this as he has been on this group a lot longer
than I have. But when I came on this group about 3 years ago I did not see
any balance nor did I think there were any reasonable discussions taking
place. All I saw was Sherman's rants followed by a lot of quipsters.
Conservatives especially seemed to be tongue-tied and never said much to
counterbalance all the liberal blather.

I took Sherman on point by point and was able to out-blather him. I give my
mentor, Rush Limbaugh, most of the credit for my ability to out-blather
anyone.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[Edward Dolan]

"JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Edward Dolan wrote:
>> "JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!
>>
>> > Ed,
>>
>> No need to address me personally since this is Usenet (not email) where
>> many hundreds of folks will read whatever is written.
>
> And ... isn't that what you have just done here (Jim being understood
> as implied) unless of course you are addressing the hundreds of folks
> you imagine to read the tripe you struggle to scribble???.

There are not hundreds of folks who are reading what I write, but thousands.
Try to get up to speed why don't you!

>> > Can the ******** and adolescent bravado. You wouldn't have the
>> > testicular fortitude to say half the **** that you do on ARBR up close
>> > and personal. Prove me wrong. Post your address an invite your
>> > adversaries over. Or ask for their address and pay them a visit.
>
>> Anyone but me notice how Jimbo is one of the sorriest assholes to ever
>> infest ARBR? It must be horrible to go through life with such an
>> inferiority complex, although in his case it is well deserved.
>
> Diversion duly noted. Opinion stated as fact by the most opinionated
> parastie to ever TROLL the ARBR waters. Ed, try not to let your mind
> wander so ... It is far too small and fragile to be out and about all
> by itself.

Yes, I am just so Great! I am like a God here on ARBR. l am not too
merciful but ever just. I do not suffer fools like Jimbo lightly who are
tend to be longwinded bores, but I will allow them some leeway. I do note
that he is not as longwinded as he used to be so I think he is learning
something under my instruction.

>> > What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
>> > showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.
>>
>> Sherman would never leave on account of me. He had too much pride for
>> that,
>> unlike you.
>> [...]
>
> Save your breath. You'll need it to blow up you date (read Vabndeman).

Tom Sherman was my one and only nemesis. He was worthy of me, however
wrongheaded he was about everything under the sun. I respected him and I
think he respected me. That is about all we can ever expect of any human
relationship among men.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[S Curtiss]

"Edward Dolan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>> And ... isn't that what you have just done here (Jim being understood
>> as implied) unless of course you are addressing the hundreds of folks
>> you imagine to read the tripe you struggle to scribble???.
>
> There are not hundreds of folks who are reading what I write, but
> thousands. Try to get up to speed why don't you!
And you get these number from where...? It is probable that more have you in
the killfile than are reading you.
>
>>
>> Diversion duly noted. Opinion stated as fact by the most opinionated
>> parastie to ever TROLL the ARBR waters. Ed, try not to let your mind
>> wander so ... It is far too small and fragile to be out and about all
>> by itself.
>
> Yes, I am just so Great! I am like a God here on ARBR. l am not too
> merciful but ever just. I do not suffer fools like Jimbo lightly who are
> tend to be longwinded bores, but I will allow them some leeway. I do note
> that he is not as longwinded as he used to be so I think he is learning
> something under my instruction.
Poor little eddie... Still making up for past failures by claiming
otherwise.
Tell me... Did you feel "great" when you wanted a woman raped...? Did you
feel "great" by calling an African-American a n*****? Did you feel "great"
by using course language and telling people to go "f*** themselves"?
>
>>> > What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
>>> > showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.
>>>
>>> Sherman would never leave on account of me. He had too much pride for
>>> that,
>>> unlike you.
>>> [...]
>>
>> Save your breath. You'll need it to blow up you date (read Vabndeman).
>
> Tom Sherman was my one and only nemesis. He was worthy of me, however
> wrongheaded he was about everything under the sun. I respected him and I
> think he respected me. That is about all we can ever expect of any human
> relationship among men.
Conjecture. For all you know, TS decided riding was more advantageous than
dueling wits with an unarmed adversary
>

 

[JimmyMac]

Edward Dolan wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Edward Dolan wrote:
> >> "JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >> ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!
> >>
> >> > Ed,
> >>
> >> No need to address me personally since this is Usenet (not email) where
> >> many hundreds of folks will read whatever is written.
> >
> > And ... isn't that what you have just done here (Jim being understood
> > as implied) unless of course you are addressing the hundreds of folks
> > you imagine to read the tripe you struggle to scribble???.
>
> There are not hundreds of folks who are reading what I write, but thousands.
> Try to get up to speed why don't you!

Delusion duly noted. Even hundreds is a gross exaggeration. Why don't
I get up to speed??? Why don't you get real???

> >> > Can the ******** and adolescent bravado. You wouldn't have the
> >> > testicular fortitude to say half the **** that you do on ARBR up close
> >> > and personal. Prove me wrong. Post your address an invite your
> >> > adversaries over. Or ask for their address and pay them a visit.
> >
> >> Anyone but me notice how Jimbo is one of the sorriest assholes to ever
> >> infest ARBR? It must be horrible to go through life with such an
> >> inferiority complex, although in his case it is well deserved.
> >
> > Diversion duly noted. Opinion stated as fact by the most opinionated
> > parastie to ever TROLL the ARBR waters. Ed, try not to let your mind
> > wander so ... It is far too small and fragile to be out and about all
> > by itself.
>
> Yes, I am just so Great! I am like a God here on ARBR. l am not too
> merciful but ever just. I do not suffer fools like Jimbo lightly who are
> tend to be longwinded bores, but I will allow them some leeway. I do note
> that he is not as longwinded as he used to be so I think he is learning
> something under my instruction.

Errant assumption. One cannot learn from an inferior. The only thing
I've learned is not to waste too much time on someone so unworthy. I
don't take instruction from fools and you certainly qualify as a fool.

> >> > What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
> >> > showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.
> >>
> >> Sherman would never leave on account of me. He had too much pride for
> >> that,
> >> unlike you.
> >> [...]
> >
> > Save your breath. You'll need it to blow up you date (read Vabndeman).
>
> Tom Sherman was my one and only nemesis. He was worthy of me, however
> wrongheaded he was about everything under the sun. I respected him and I
> think he respected me. That is about all we can ever expect of any human
> relationship among men.

>From the myopic visionary, comes another errant observation regarding
that which he admittedly shuns ... interpersonal realationships ...
thus speaketh the hermit misanthrope.

Jim McNamara

>
> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[Edward Dolan]

"JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Edward Dolan wrote:
[...]
>> Yes, I am just so Great! I am like a God here on ARBR. l am not too
>> merciful but ever just. I do not suffer fools like Jimbo lightly who are
>> tend to be longwinded bores, but I will allow them some leeway. I do note
>> that he is not as longwinded as he used to be so I think he is learning
>> something under my instruction.
>
> Errant assumption. One cannot learn from an inferior. The only thing
> I've learned is not to waste too much time on someone so unworthy. I
> don't take instruction from fools and you certainly qualify as a fool.

Nope, Jimbo is no longer longwinded like he used to be with his every post.
He is also using more down to earth language eschewing all the former
highfaluting verbiage. So I do take credit for this progress in his affairs.
I am a better teacher than I know!
[...]

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman]

Al K wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> Ed D clearly has contributed to diverting arbr from cycling. But Tom S,
> with his political views expressed on arbr, initiated politics on arbr. Ed
> challenged Tom's political views, and arbr got diverted. This used to be a
> nice recumbent cycling news group, not a political vent.
> Al K

Revising history, eh? I thought you were better than that, Al.

There were long off-topic debates on alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent long
before I ever posted anything political, and several years before Ed
Dolan turned up. For instance, this discussion [1] predates my first
recumbent purchase by 32 days, and therefore I am certain any postings
to this newsgroup.

[1]
<http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent/browse_frm/thread/14013b94dc0b7112/1c6d6ebd019f6ab8?lnk=gst&q=gus+morrow+gun&rnum=12#1c6d6ebd019f6ab8>.

--
Tom Sherman - Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Post Free or Die!

 

[Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman]

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> Al K wrote:
> > Hi Jim,
> > Ed D clearly has contributed to diverting arbr from cycling. But Tom S,
> > with his political views expressed on arbr, initiated politics on arbr. Ed
> > challenged Tom's political views, and arbr got diverted. This used to be a
> > nice recumbent cycling news group, not a political vent.
>
> Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
> soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
> first to challenge him!

I see Jim Reilly of Reading, PA can not get his chronology correct
either. DAGS - it will prove that I did not initiate the off-topic
political discussions on this group.

I will be generous and assume for the time being that Mr. Reilly has
merely committed an error, and not libel.

--
Tom Sherman - Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Post Free or Die!

 

[Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman]

Mr. Ed Dolan wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!
>
> > Ed,
>
> No need to address me personally since this is Usenet (not email) where
> many hundreds of folks will read whatever is written.
>
> > Can the ******** and adolescent bravado. You wouldn't have the
> > testicular fortitude to say half the **** that you do on ARBR up close
> > and personal. Prove me wrong. Post your address an invite your
> > adversaries over. Or ask for their address and pay them a visit.
>
> Anyone but me notice how Jimbo is one of the sorriest assholes to ever
> infest ARBR? It must be horrible to go through life with such an
> inferiority complex, although in his case it is well deserved.
>
> > What everyone has noticed is how ARBR went to hell when your sorry ass
> > showed up showed up. I suspect that Tom Sherman left because of you.
>
> Sherman would never leave on account of me. He had too much pride for that,
> unlike you....

I will assume that Ed Dolan had nothing to do with the difficulty in an
order for VDSL modems not being fulfilled.

--
Tom Sherman - Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Post Free or Die!

 

[Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman]

Jon Meinecke wrote:
> "stratrider" <[email protected]> wrote
> >
> > Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
> > soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
> > first to challenge him!
>
> Neither was first with such posts...

Someone finally gets it right.

> Since '98, I've seen a lot of
> posters come and go in ARBR. A lot of reasonable discussion
> took place even between people of widely differing opinions. And
> topical posts used to outnumber the non-topical. Imagine that.

The real rot started with the 2000 US presidential election, and went
much further after September 11, 2001.

--
Tom Sherman - Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Post Free or Die!

 

[Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman]

Mr. Ed Dolan wrote:
> "Jon Meinecke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "stratrider" <[email protected]> wrote
> >>
> >> Al, you are absolutely correct. Sherman was the first to use ARBR as a
> >> soapbox for his left leaning political editorials. And yes, Ed was the
> >> first to challenge him!
> >
> > Neither was first with such posts... Since '98, I've seen a lot of
> > posters come and go in ARBR. A lot of reasonable discussion
> > took place even between people of widely differing opinions. And
> > topical posts used to outnumber the non-topical. Imagine that.
> >
> > Jon Meinecke
>
> I suspect Jon is right about this as he has been on this group a lot longer
> than I have. But when I came on this group about 3 years ago I did not see
> any balance nor did I think there were any reasonable discussions taking
> place. All I saw was Sherman's rants followed by a lot of quipsters.
> Conservatives especially seemed to be tongue-tied and never said much to
> counterbalance all the liberal blather....

Eddie Boy,

Read the Google alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent archives from 2000 and 2001
and you will find plenty of right-wing posts, quips, etc. I expect you
might actually have been able to get along with Gus Morrow.

--
Tom Sherman - Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Post Free or Die!

 

[JimmyMac]

Edward Dolan wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Edward Dolan wrote:
> [...]
> >> Yes, I am just so Great! I am like a God here on ARBR. l am not too
> >> merciful but ever just. I do not suffer fools like Jimbo lightly who are
> >> tend to be longwinded bores, but I will allow them some leeway. I do note
> >> that he is not as longwinded as he used to be so I think he is learning
> >> something under my instruction.
> >
> > Errant assumption. One cannot learn from an inferior. The only thing
> > I've learned is not to waste too much time on someone so unworthy. I
> > don't take instruction from fools and you certainly qualify as a fool.
>
> Nope, Jimbo is no longer longwinded like he used to be with his every post.
> He is also using more down to earth language eschewing all the former
> highfaluting verbiage. So I do take credit for this progress in his affairs.
> I am a better teacher than I know!
> [...]
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

 

[Jon Meinecke]

"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" <[email protected]> wrote

Welcome back, JSTS.

> Jon Meinecke wrote:
>> Neither was first with such posts...
>
> Someone finally gets it right.

Better than a stopped clock, I hope, more than twice
a day correct. %^)

>> Since '98, I've seen a lot of
>> posters come and go in ARBR
>
> The real rot started [after 2000]

Perhaps. The group dynamic shifted somewhat subtlety
several times before that in my recollection. But what
become a mean-spirited and abusive/vulgar norm, with
negative topical content is quite different than the *generally*
congenial group culture in the late previous millennia.

"She turned me into a newt!"

We can get better. Posters choice.

Jon Meinecke
net.subtle-apteryx