Re: Jeep thing or sheep thing? Congrats guys, it's hitting rock-bottom now....

Jul 18, 2003 5 Replies

When I worked at Microsoft, they tried to make us believe that T-shirts and group activities make a team. We learned that it takes a little more than that. If you need a hat to believe that friendship exists, then you are missing something. Waldron planned his trip to Colorado with help from this news group, and that was only a couple weeks ago. I think it's time for you to stop looking at the bad, and focus on the good in this news group. This thread will peter out. They always do. ;o)



Earle



This thread is a really good example why just about all the old-timers have
> abandoned ramj+w. How many years has it been since anyone in this NG has
> gone offroading together or even discussed going offroading? It's a 90%
> frickin' political BS newsgroup now. There were a LOT of offroad trips
> planned from here... I haven't seen planning an offroad trip discussed here
> in years.
>
> This used to be such a great group... true friendships grew out of this
> group, but no more. You couldn't even get up enough to make a new order of
> ramj+w t-shirts and hats the last opportunity it arose like we did 4-5 years
> ago. It's no wonder no one cares enough to buy them any more, there are too
> many children here masquerading as all-knowing argue-anything "adults". :( >
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> The Zen Hotdog, make me one with everything!
> See the Geezer Jeep at
>
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is this thread not against charter rules or something? Can we forward this thread to an "abuse" dept somewhere? I have, myself authored a few off topic posts - however, after a few hits back & forth, it was over. It is my opinion that this has gone beyond "tacky" & I am now wondering if something should be done or do we continue to consider it a nuisance & ignore it.

Another possibility is to simply hijack the thread and change it to whatever you want it to be.

Unfortunately the only connections I can see between Jeep and Sheep are:

  1. They rhyme
  2. Good old country boys have been known to lust after both.
  3. The germans have been known to f**k up both royally.
  4. Those goofy dead sheep seat covers.

Yes, you are correct, this group does have a charter and most ISP's these days will do something.

The charter is posted here:

ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/rec/rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys

Here is the Charter text quoted:

RATIONALE: rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys

The discussion of Jeep 4 wheel drive vehicles began on the offroad mailing list as well as on the Usenet group rec.autos.4x4. As the offroad mailing list grew in size, the Jeep-L listserver was set up to discuss topics specifically to Jeep and Willys vehicles.

At this time there are more that 50 articles sent to the Jeep listserver, as well as > 50 articles being sent on the offroad server daily. The volume on the usenet group rec.autos.4x4 exceeds 125 articles daily.

It has been suggested that a new Usenet group be created to take the load off of the listservers as well as limit the articles in the rec.autos.4x4 newsgroup.

CHARTER: rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys

The unmoderated newsgroup rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys is to be used for discussions, announcements, expression of opinions, and questions about Jeep (Trade Mark) and Willys vehicles. It also serves as a medium for those interested in sharing and exchanging their experience. It is also meant to be a forum for buying and selling parts by non-commercial vendors.

Some things that could be discussed....

-Jeep/Willys history -repairs and modifications -parts exchange -technical information -4x4 driving experiences -vehicle restoration -new vehicle evaluations

Some things that shouldn't be discussed....

-4 wheel drive vehicles made by other manufacturers -commercial posts

The articles sent to the Jeep listserver will be cross-posted to Usenet but not vise versa.

END CHARTER.

End quote.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"Carlo Jr." wrote:

The newsgroup is unmoderated. No ISP can do anything about it.

You are wrong there.

If you read the Users agreement of most ISP's you will find breaking a charter consistently of a newsgroup moderated or not is a no no.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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