Poll on NBC Yes or No

No. OT works fine.

C.C.

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NBC = No Bent Content

(added) to the Subject Line of any Post that has Nothing to do whatsoever

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with Recumbents.

SO....solution is: IF the Post has NO Bent Content, then add NBC to the end

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of the Subject Line.

And if You agree to the NBC idea...say so over the weekend

"Joshua Goldberg" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse
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NBC = No Bent Content

Why advertise for a cable network when OT for Off-Topic has worked fine. Just to be different?

I say No. Anyway you can't run a newsgroup like a democracy. Reread the old Netiquette threads if
you don't believe me. Some people feel its their right to post in a nonproductive manner. That
includes me sometimes.

M.

Carol Cohen said:

No. OT works fine.

C.C.

Quoted message said:

NBC = No Bent Content

(added) to the Subject Line of any Post that has Nothing to do whatsoever

Quoted message said:

with Recumbents.

SO....solution is: IF the Post has NO Bent Content, then add NBC to the end

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of the Subject Line.

And if You agree to the NBC idea...say so over the weekend

Oh, I have no problem with OT, either. And I'd rather see thse things put on the beginning rather
than the end, where they might be truncated. But if the subject lines adequately reflected the
subject, then we would have no need for OT, NBC, or any other such labels.

--
Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY home.fuse.netlarryvarneyOpen ↗

Joshua Goldberg said:

NBC = No Bent Content 2B (added) to the Subject Line of any Post that has Nothing to do whatsoever
with Recumbents.

-Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts have gone
totally off topic and they do not wish to weed through looking for Bent Content. Considering some
do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a drag having to hit post after post looking for some
message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush, Acts
(pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the correct forum for these posts.
OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent issues) and feel the need to
share and in some convoluted reasoning...this MIGHT be the correct NG.

SO....solution is: IF the Post has NO Bent Content, then add NBC to the end of the Subject Line.

And if You agree to the NBC idea...say so over the weekend

I like posts that have subject lines that match the subjects. If they're off-topic as concerning
recumbent bikes, fine, I don't have a problem with NBC. But I have to wonder: just how slow are
some people's connections? I don't have DSL, and I live far enough out in the weeds that my 56k
modem won't connect faster than 28.8 (rarely at 33.3). And it doesn't take that long to sift
through a bunch of text messages. I vote for NBC, and also for having the subject lines agree
with the subjects.

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Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY home.fuse.netlarryvarneyOpen ↗

Joshua Goldberg said:

... -Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts have
gone totally off topic and they do not wish to weed through looking for Bent Content. Considering
some do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a drag having to hit post after post looking for
some message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush,
Acts (pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the correct forum for these
posts. OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent issues) and feel the
need to share and in some convoluted reasoning...this MIGHT be the correct NG....

Some of us do not originate these discussions, but feel compelled to reply to those who do.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

Carol Cohen said:

No. OT works fine.

I agree. There's no reason to invent a new one.

Ken Kobayashi [email hidden] solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jppersonalOpen ↗

I agree with Tom S. .I also think that anyone starting a Thread on the subject of "Politics" should
be forced to park their bents for a period of 2 weeks and ride only upright bikes during this
period. The punishment for the second offense would be manditory proof reading by Tom Sherman of any
and all correspondence to this N.G. from the offending person. Tom would ,of course, approve the
subject matter of the correspondence and make many suggestions for correction and improvement.

Ben fox "Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Joshua Goldberg said:

... -Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts have
gone totally off topic and they do not wish to

weed

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through looking for Bent Content. Considering some do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a
drag having to hit post after post looking

for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

some message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush,

Acts

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the correct forum for these posts.
OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent

issues)

Quoted message said:

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and feel the need to share and in some convoluted reasoning...this MIGHT

be

Quoted message said:

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the correct NG....

Some of us do not originate these discussions, but feel compelled to reply to those who do.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

Carol Cohen said:

No. OT works fine.

DItto for me please . My tiny little mind has very little room for additional TLA's -

Yep, I just tried it. I can set Outlook Express to ignore an entire thread, regardless of what the
subject line is changed to. Of course you still see that red circle with a line through it next to
the posts, so it doesn't completely defeat the temptation to read illicit material.

--
--Scott [email hidden] Cut the "tail" to send email.

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Quoted message said:

NBC = No Bent Content 2B (added) to the Subject Line of any Post that has Nothing to do

whatsoever

Quoted message said:

with Recumbents.

-Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts have gone
totally off topic and they do not wish to weed through looking for Bent Content. Considering some
do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a drag having to hit post after post looking for some
message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush, Acts
(pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the correct forum for these posts.
OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent issues) and feel the need to
share and in some convoluted reasoning...this MIGHT

be

Quoted message said:

the correct NG.

SO....solution is: IF the Post has NO Bent Content, then add NBC to the

end

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of the Subject Line.

And if You agree to the NBC idea...say so over the weekend

Ben:

Well, I just want to express the fact that I appreciate that so many people are able to express the
fact that their expressions are expressing something other than what everyone else is expressing,
without interfering with the self expression of others.

(cough)

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--Scott [email hidden] Cut the "tail" to send email.

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I agree with Tom S. .I also think that anyone starting a Thread on the subject of "Politics"
should be forced to park their bents for a period of 2 weeks and ride only upright bikes during
this period. The punishment for the second offense would be manditory proof reading by Tom Sherman
of any and all correspondence to this N.G. from the offending person. Tom would ,of course,
approve the subject matter of the

correspondence

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and make many suggestions for correction and improvement.

Ben fox "Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Joshua Goldberg said:

... -Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts
have gone totally off topic and they do not wish to

weed

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through looking for Bent Content. Considering some do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a
drag having to hit post after post looking

for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

some message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush,

Acts

Quoted message said:

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(pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the

correct

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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forum for these posts. OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent

issues)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and feel the need to share and in some convoluted reasoning...this

MIGHT

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be

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the correct NG....

Some of us do not originate these discussions, but feel compelled to reply to those who do.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

I like this one
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Now see, this post has no bent content, and I've changed the subject line. The post is is off topic
to the group, but not off topic to the original post. I do wonder who the disgruntled malcontent
with the persecution complex is, whose posts indirectly spawned this NBC thread in the first place.
Wonder is that's akin not not being able to download efficiently, or enable filters properly, and
then complaining about things that are beyond an individual's control (content in the group), vs.
addressing things that are in an individual's control (i.e. enabling filters, upgrading
connectivity, etc). If I can't ride as fast as a group of riders, wouldn't immproving my speed be a
better approach to take, than berating them for riding too fast for me?

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Quoted message said:

NBC = No Bent Content 2B (added) to the Subject Line of any Post that has Nothing to do

whatsoever

Quoted message said:

with Recumbents.

-Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts have gone
totally off topic and they do not wish to weed through looking for Bent Content. Considering some
do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a drag having to hit post after post looking for some
message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush, Acts
(pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the correct forum for these posts.
OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent issues) and feel the need to
share and in some convoluted reasoning...this MIGHT

be

Quoted message said:

the correct NG.

SO....solution is: IF the Post has NO Bent Content, then add NBC to the

end

Quoted message said:

of the Subject Line.

And if You agree to the NBC idea...say so over the weekend

baronn1 said:

... If I can't ride as fast as a group of riders, wouldn't immproving my speed be a better
approach to take, than berating them for riding too fast for me?

If the ride in question was an organized group ride with an advertised pace, and the group was
significantly exceeding that pace, then a complaint would be justified.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side) Various HPV's

Yes, given those suppositions, that is a true statement. Hey, did you ever get back to that ob/gyn,
to fill him in on the first half of the correction your were making during your delivery?

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

baronn1 said:

... If I can't ride as fast as a group of riders, wouldn't immproving my

speed

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

be a better approach to take, than berating them for riding too fast for

me?

Quoted message said:

If the ride in question was an organized group ride with an advertised pace, and the group was
significantly exceeding that pace, then a complaint would be justified.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side) Various HPV's

This is a good example of why the subject line needs to be changed to fit the new subject.
-------------------or something like that-------------------- "Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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baronn1 said:

... If I can't ride as fast as a group of riders, wouldn't immproving my

speed

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

be a better approach to take, than berating them for riding too fast for

me?

Quoted message said:

If the ride in question was an organized group ride with an advertised pace, and the group was
significantly exceeding that pace, then a complaint would be justified.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side) Various HPV's

But if we devote 'NBC' to 'No Bent Content', what are we going to label posts on the broadcast
company or those that deal with Nuclear / Biological / Chemical warfare?

[NBCNBCNBC] for the subject line of a.r.b.r posts dealing with news coverage of nerve gas attacks.?

Just wondering, Fred Klingener

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Quoted message said:

NBC = No Bent Content 2B (added) to the Subject Line of any Post that has Nothing to do

whatsoever

Quoted message said:

with Recumbents.

-Every so often someone does mention they have decided to exit the NG because the posts have gone
totally off topic and they do not wish to weed through looking for Bent Content. Considering some
do NOT have DSL connections, it would be a drag having to hit post after post looking for some
message about bents. The recent threads on Mag-Levs, Iraqi situation, President G.W.Bush, Acts
(pending) in Congress etc. are interesting, but this is NOT the correct forum for these posts.
OTOH as riders/owners of bents, we (have) opinions (about non-bent issues) and feel the need to
share and in some convoluted reasoning...this MIGHT

be

Quoted message said:

the correct NG.

SO....solution is: IF the Post has NO Bent Content, then add NBC to the

end

Quoted message said:

of the Subject Line.

And if You agree to the NBC idea...say so over the weekend

It's really snowing here, 6-7 inches so far, and the weather weenies are calling for 14-20
inches byt he time the storm ends . 20" would be close to equal to the diameter of the front
wheel on my Giro.

"Joshua Goldberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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This is a good example of why the subject line needs to be changed to fit the new subject.
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<[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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baronn1 said:

... If I can't ride as fast as a group of riders, wouldn't immproving my

speed

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Quoted message said:

be a better approach to take, than berating them for riding too fast

for

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me?

Quoted message said:

If the ride in question was an organized group ride with an advertised pace, and the group was
significantly exceeding that pace, then a complaint would be justified.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side) Various HPV's

Hey Scott, how am i supposed to qoute you?

Daniel