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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:46:45 GMT
From: "Chris O'Malley" <comalley2nopsamrr.comnopsamrr.com>
Subject: Re: Miltoon is a busy boy...Re: Saab Complaint


btw, saabnet.com is a great saab source as well... "milt brewster" <milt73nopsamc.net> wrote in message news:MPG.19e0d4f5958c3d76989e02nopsam.sonic.net... > In article <62ea5cfd.0309231112.48280dd0nopsaming.google.com>, > tuckermucknopsamail.com says... > > Miltoon, > > > > You sure get around the newsgroups. What a toon. > > > > Google search results as follows: > > > > Searched Groups for milt brewster. Results 11 - 20 of about 4,890. > > Search took 0.60 seconds. > > True story... and it doesn't even include my other accounts, > going back a good dozen years or more. I've been around a long > time, and I've posted *many* more than the 4800 posts you found. > > I'm supposed to be embarrassed, because you know how to use > Google? > > > > > milt brewster <milt73nopsamc.net> wrote in message news:<MPG.19c2951e57a2b84989db2nopsam.sonic.net>... > > > > > >snipped all of the crap > > > > > > milton brewster > > > > ... I've been contributing to Usenet for years. I've even started > new Usenet groups, which is something none of you have ever done. > > I've seen a lot on Usenet. Newsgroups are a great information > resource and a wonderful personal hobby. Nothing here has really > surprised me. > > I've seen this petulant group behavior many times on lots of > Usenet newsgroups. Frequent posters in "small" newsgroups often > don't welcome new posters, or they can't deal with some less-than > adulatory question or comment. They 'jump' the poster. They > essentially lose, or they just decide that their frequent posting > history gives them the right to behave like trolls. > > ... when abuse doesn't work; they start throwing mud at the new > poster -- anything that comes to hand. > > In your case, you've looked around to find something personal you > could say about me, that would be either scandalous or > embarrassing -- just because you can't deal with the complaint I > made about Saab tires. > > This is a very childish, but very widespread posting strategy, > and it's a bit dismaying when I see it. It is especially > dismaying when I see it here, in a group that is supposed to > support a very well-designed and usually well-made car that > attracts reasonably discriminating and appreciative drivers. > > **** > > In the meantime, this group is supposed to be about Saabs: Not > me. > > Saabs that need readily available shop manuals that Saab doesn't > make available, except on shamelessly expensive CDs. Saabs that > need well-made parts from third-party sources. Saab owners that > need intelligent online tech advice and informal recommendations > regarding dealers, parts, upgrades, driving, and auto care. Saab > posters that need links to good web sites, books and other > information sources. > > I like my Saab very much, but I can see why Saab doesn't sell as > well as it should, given this group's posting standards, which I > would more likely expect to see on a group supporting Fords or > Buicks. > > I'm going back to the Studebaker group, where the guys know what > they're talking about and only get mad at important things. They > have a FAQ; good well-maintained sites; a great owners' > group; they help each other find parts and mechanics and even > good cars to restore -- you guys could learn a few things about > automobile newsgroups from them. > > > m

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