FWIW Even on this side of the Atlantic we are not safe from Tim's spam. the usenet group uk.rec.boats.paddle is also swamped with Tim's latest drivel. Tim un-surprisingly is completely oblivious to the fact that this newsgroup's traffic is mostly from white water paddlers who really are not interested in spamsons on their playboats :-) - the responses were funny at first.... I was subscribed to Wave~length when Ingram first started his insane spam crusade, and remember well how he managed to swamp the medium - the benefit however was paddlewise rising phoenix like from the ashes. I'm pretty much a silent lurker but I have been subscribed since the list was formed. I'll add my thanks to Jackie and the membership of the list for its entertainment value, and Ralph I recall you had just a wee bit of input into raising support for the new list as it was formed - thanks also. Cheers Colin If any one is interested some pictures of me and a couple of my boats etc are at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~ltu006/images/ 57º19'N 2º10'W *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> > the offending message myself. All I have is the the word of some > irate stranger who said I should call Tim and make him stop. (As if I > had any control over the Tim.) Wha?!? You don't have any control over the Timster??? :-) <snip> > For the record, regardless of the quality of his product, I don't > endorse him or his methodology. If anyone sees the spam from Tim > which mentions me, I would appreciate a copy. I would like to know > what caused some unknown stranger to threaten to shut down my website. Aw... it's the internet. You shouldn't worry about it too much. I once had some guy threaten me because I wouldn't let him peddle his sponsons on PaddleWise and terrify the subscribers :-) Jackie (list-owner to Ingramless PaddleWise and GASP) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I know that I would be one of the first to piss-and-moan about "censorship" .... but sometimes even I find myself reaching for the duct tape, and wishing I could reach through the LCD screen and...oh never mind. Personally, I think censorship is a GREAT thing........ as long as I get to do the censoring :-) Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Rich said... "...it is now a toss up between Mike Vandeman and his mountain-bike crusade, and a curious mix of white-power cross-posters.) " I quit reading the rec.xxx newsgroups years ago because of all the junk that went on. Vandeman was one of the nuts chewing up the bandwidth back then. I'm shocked to hear he is still out there. There are some real nuts who have no life...... You would think they would run out of gas and go away. I used to read a JFK newsgroup. I wonder if the same people are still out there arguing..... 8-) What is suprising is that there GREAT places on the Internet with wonderful and informed people. And as I think about it, they are moderated at some level. Since I bought some land last year I have spent all my free time working on the property. A great deal of my online time is on www.tractorbynet.com. The site has a great deal of good information about tractors and rural living. TBN has saved me lots of time and money. I can't believe how much I have learned and continue to learn at that site. Its like Paddlewise, there is just a great wealth of information and the people are civil and mature. Its refreshing instead of depressing. 8-) I'm glad everyone at Paddlewise can play well in our SandBox or would that be PaddleBox. 8-) Later.... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net> > I'm probably not the one to talk about "the legend of Paddlewise", since I > wasn't around when it started. But, as I understand it, we do have Mr. > Ingram to thank for this peaceful meeting place. Yup, that would be about right :-) <snip> > Thanks, Jackie! You are very welcome, Wes, and others that have expressed kind thoughts. It is important to add that the primary reason this list is the success that it is (we now have approximately 700 subscribers on PaddleWise) is because of the generous contributions to PaddleWise from its members. Including the messages, trip reports, URL's pointing to photos and trip reports, as well as the folks that have volunteered to contribute to the PaddleWise website by gathering postings from different subjects to keep them updated, the Who's Who list, t-shirts and decals, photos, etc. It's a mighty fine community :-) Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: "Colin Calder" <c.j.calder_at_abdn.ac.uk> > add my thanks to Jackie and the membership of the list for its entertainment > value, and Ralph I recall you had just a wee bit of input into raising > support for the new list as it was formed - thanks also. That's correct. Ralph's encouragement and support helped me see that PaddleWise, as an alternative to WaveLength, was the right thing to do. He certainly deserves a thanks as I don't think we would have PaddleWise without him. Thanks, Ralph :-) Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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