another group

curt said:

Is there another more active swimming newsgroup? Any help would be great.

More active how? This one has about the right amount of activity to keep up with on a daily basis.
If you have questions, ask away. I don't think there is another swimming group.

martin

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curt said:

Is there another more active swimming newsgroup? Any help would be great.

There are web boards at www.usms.org, and at TI.

Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name to reply by e-mail)

thanks, curt

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curt said:

Is there another more active swimming newsgroup? Any help would be great.

There are web boards at www.usms.org, and at TI.

Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name to reply by e-mail)

More active how???? I really don't know how else to read that. You are the only person that has
replied to me on here in the past two days. There is hardly anyone here. I did find another much
more active place to get information. I don't think there are many people here that are willing to
help. Thanks for your replies. I went to the bookstore last night and am starting to read a few
books on swimming.

Enjoy, Curt

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curt said:

Is there another more active swimming newsgroup? Any help would be

great.

Quoted message said:

More active how? This one has about the right amount of activity to keep up with on a daily basis.
If you have questions, ask away. I don't think there is another swimming group.

martin

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curt said:

Is there another more active swimming newsgroup? Any help would be great.

More active how? This one has about the right amount of activity to keep up with on a daily basis.
If you have questions, ask away. I don't think there is another swimming group.

martin

You're forgetting alt.fan.pietervandenhoogenband and alt.support.endlesspools.

curt said:

More active how???? I really don't know how else to read that. You are the only person that has
replied to me on here in the past two days. There is hardly anyone here. I did find another much
more active place to get information. I don't think there are many people here that are willing to
help. Thanks for your replies. I went to the bookstore last night and am starting to read a few
books on swimming.

I think there were few other replies because I answered your questions. They weren't controversial
questions, so there was no need for a lot of other people to say the same things. This group is a
bit more astute than some others.

martin

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curt said:

More active how???? I really don't know how else to read that. You are the only person that has
replied to me on here in the past two days. There is hardly anyone here. I did find another much
more active place to get information. I don't think there are many people here that are willing to
help. Thanks for your replies. I went to the bookstore last night and am starting to read a few
books on swimming.

Enjoy, Curt

Lets see, The first question is "Do you know where I can get my questions answered somewhere
else?" Do you regular go places like resturants and ask "Do you know where I can get food
someplace else?" do you get a great response? Either a bizarre post or an interesting twist
on trolling.

~Matt

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curt said:

Is there another more active swimming newsgroup? Any help would be

great.

Quoted message said:

More active how? This one has about the right amount of activity to keep up with on a daily
basis. If you have questions, ask away. I don't think there is another swimming group.

martin

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P.O. Box 482 mob. : +47 932 48 303 1327 Lysaker, Norway

curt said:

thanks,

You're welcome. Are you on one of the Pittsburgh masters teams?

Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name to reply by e-mail)

In article said:

Lets see, The first question is "Do you know where I can get my questions answered somewhere
else?" Do you regular go places like

The classic form of this is: "I asked this question 30 minutes ago and I didn't get it answered for
me. This group sux!" This is a whine to get a question solved, though it rarely works even once.

2 days is longer, but not by much. Curt, questions did answered when one reads them, is interested,
and has the time to type. Sometimes STFW is the correct answer. But sometimes you just catch the
readers at the wrong time. You get what you pay for.
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Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

Now calm down. I just asked some questions the other day. Here is what I asked....

1. Is there an FAQ?
2. I can swim freestyle, but am not sure how good I am as far as form goes. Should I take a
lesson or two?
3. Is there some good books or magazines that would be good to read to help?
4. I want to develop my upper body (swimmers build) and increase time in the pool. Should I be
looking at other strokes other than freestyle?
5. If I want to get up to swimming 2 miles for a mini tri what should I be working towards as far as
how long should I be swimming?
6. I hate counting laps, so I just swim for a time at a fair pace. Should I be concerned on how far
I swim and if so, is there a lap counter that I can wear on my wrist or something?

Martin did answer a few questions, but I like to hear a few more opinions. I don't mean to upset the
group here, I just am starting to swim and wanted to get a few tips. I didn't say the group sux. It
just isn't that active. I run and swim and am going to add biking (maybe), so I decided to read up
on some things on the tri newsgroup. They seem to be a bit more active over there. I haven't posted
yet, but there is a FAQ and I haven't read it all yet.

I did that Martin for taking the time to respond to me. I am going to read here for a while and who
knows maybe the rocky start won't mean that much later on.

Take care, Curt

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In article said:

Lets see, The first question is "Do you know where I can get my questions answered somewhere
else?" Do you regular go places like

The classic form of this is: "I asked this question 30 minutes ago and I didn't get it
answered for me. This group sux!" This is a whine to get a question solved, though it rarely
works even once.

2 days is longer, but not by much. Curt, questions did answered when one reads them, is
interested, and has the time to type. Sometimes STFW is the correct answer. But sometimes you just
catch the readers at the wrong time. You get what you pay for.
--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

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Now calm down. I just asked some questions the other day. Here is what I asked....

1. Is there an FAQ?
2. I can swim freestyle, but am not sure how good I am as far as form goes. Should I take a lesson
or two?
3. Is there some good books or magazines that would be good to read to help?
4. I want to develop my upper body (swimmers build) and increase time in the pool. Should I be
looking at other strokes other than freestyle?
5. If I want to get up to swimming 2 miles for a mini tri what should I be working towards as far
as how long should I be swimming?
6. I hate counting laps, so I just swim for a time at a fair pace. Should I be concerned on how
far I swim and if so, is there a lap counter that I can wear on my wrist or something?

Martin did answer a few questions, but I like to hear a few more opinions. I don't mean to upset
the group here, I just am starting to swim and wanted to get a few tips. I didn't say the group
sux. It just isn't that active. I run and swim and am going to add biking (maybe), so I decided to
read up on some things on the tri newsgroup. They seem to be a bit more active over there. I
haven't posted yet, but there is a FAQ and I haven't read it all yet.

I did that Martin for taking the time to respond to me. I am going to read here for a while and
who knows maybe the rocky start won't mean that much later on.

Take care, Curt

Curt - I'm pretty much a newbie here and pretty much a lurker as well but there's one thing that I
can tell you for sure . . . all those questions you asked have been asked (and answered) numerous
times in the past. Sometimes people get a bit tired of answering the same newbie questions over and
over. I've found that it's usually a good idea to simply work your way backwards through the
threads, reading the ones that are of the most interest. You'll learn a lot in a short time. If you
access the newsgroup through google you can use their search function (which works pretty well) to
zero in on specific topics. BTW, this is all true for virtually any newsgroup that you read for
information. Good luck in all your efforts.