Looked at USW this morning,4 most recent threads.

1. 'My Apologies' dug up by Jim Cannon
2. A weatherlawrer special
3. A Dawlish 240hr ego trip.
4. A UKIP anthem?

Ah well, I'll check in 2015 to see if the things have improved.

There's only some much **** worth searching through to find a gold nugget. It's a shame as I've learnt a lot from the interesting posts of people who know what they are talking about, and am in touch with several from USW (present & past).

Graham

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:22:50 -0700 (PDT)
Graham Easterling wrote:

Looked at USW this morning,4 most recent threads.

1. 'My Apologies' dug up by Jim Cannon
2. A weatherlawrer special
3. A Dawlish 240hr ego trip.
4. A UKIP anthem?

Ah well, I'll check in 2015 to see if the things have improved.

There's only some much **** worth searching through to find a gold
nugget. It's a shame as I've learnt a lot from the interesting posts
of people who know what they are talking about, and am in touch with
several from USW (present & past).


Why not kill-file the numpties?



--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they're open". -
Lord Dewar (1864-1930)

People you haven't killfiled reply to the wierdos so the rubbish appears and needs sifting as Graham says.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale

On 25/10/2014 09:46, Ken Cook wrote:
People you haven't killfiled reply to the wierdos so the rubbish appears and needs sifting as Graham says.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale


Also they can easily kill file dodge by calling themselves by a
different nom-de-plume, there is no escaping them. Might as well go to
a moderated weather group. This group as gone like all unmoderated
ng's, descended into ****! :-(

In message , Speaker
writes
Also they can easily kill file dodge by calling themselves by a
different nom-de-plume, there is no escaping them.

They /can/, but fortunately the most prolific offenders haven't up till
now.
--
John Hall "Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles
are worse than your own." Nelson Algren

There are plenty more places on the Internet (or even real life) where you can complain that the content doesn't suit you. So many times, someone has flounced off from UKSW because they aren't happy with something, only to quietly sneak back in a short while, as if nothing is different. When someone actually leaves; they go.

So seldom does life = perfection and by joining a newsgroup *any newsgroup* you won't find a perfect world where everyone contributes what you wish them to, I can assure you. That's because people have different opinions to each other and express them. Long may that happen. I don't like some of those threads, but I'd defend the right of any of the contributors to start them; *any* of them.

Cue a few spleen-venters, as usual, who have every right to vent. *))

On Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:39:07 AM UTC+1, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:22:50 -0700 (PDT)
Graham Easterling wrote:

Looked at USW this morning,4 most recent threads.

1. 'My Apologies' dug up by Jim Cannon
2. A weatherlawrer special
3. A Dawlish 240hr ego trip.
4. A UKIP anthem?

Ah well, I'll check in 2015 to see if the things have improved.

There's only some much **** worth searching through to find a gold
nugget. It's a shame as I've learnt a lot from the interesting posts
of people who know what they are talking about, and am in touch with
several from USW (present & past).


Why not kill-file the numpties?



--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they're open". -
Lord Dewar (1864-1930)

One person's "numpty" is another person's most interesting person in the newsgroup. Killfilng someone's opinion is ridiculous, IMO, but again, if you wish to be one of the three wise monkeys, please be my guest.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:46:46 -0700 (PDT)
Ken Cook wrote:

People you haven't killfiled reply to the wierdos so the rubbish
appears and needs sifting as Graham says.

If I see that happen, I simply click on the "ignore thread" button.

The other day, I saw there were 24 postings in USW but when I clicked
to open the group, the number dropped to 3 as the dross was removed!
That was an extreme example as the signal-to-noise ratio is usually a
lot better than that.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they're open". -
Lord Dewar (1864-1930)

On Saturday, October 25, 2014 10:00:54 AM UTC+1, Speaker wrote:
On 25/10/2014 09:46, Ken Cook wrote:
People you haven't killfiled reply to the wierdos so the rubbish appears and needs sifting as Graham says.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale


Also they can easily kill file dodge by calling themselves by a
different nom-de-plume, there is no escaping them. Might as well go to
a moderated weather group. This group as gone like all unmoderated
ng's, descended into ****! :-(

Bet you it's here in 5 years time and bet you the same people are complaining about the same things. Others will still be enjoying reading the posts. *))

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 10:00:54 UTC+1, Speaker wrote:
On 25/10/2014 09:46, Ken Cook wrote:
People you haven't killfiled reply to the wierdos so the rubbish appears and needs sifting as Graham says.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale


Also they can easily kill file dodge by calling themselves by a
different nom-de-plume, there is no escaping them. Might as well go to
a moderated weather group. This group as gone like all unmoderated
ng's, descended into ****! :-(

Non de Plume?

What about the clean air act.