On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:39:43 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> that is not entirely true. Most... and I say "most"
>> loosely, people put OT in the subject header and sometime people with use
>> PING in the subject header. Since you seem to have spam caught with your
>> "catchword" technique you should be able to filter out most of those. Now
>> thread drift is a different issue altogether. As for myself, sometimes I
>> enjoy thread drift. It can be interesting.
>>
>> Michael
>
>Michael, I have NO problem with thread drift. That is something that
>evolves and as you say be very interesting. My complaint is those OT
>post that started out OT. Being noted "OT" or not, they do not belong
>and yet everyone who tosses one out there (such as jokes, internet
>warnings, political statements, non-food related news events) all think
>they're exempt or witty enough to be forgiven such transgression. While
>some won't speak out here, many do privately and it isn't just me that
>gets annoyed.
>

i don't understand your complaint here. if they're marked 'OT:,'
can't you filter them out/not read them?

your pal,
blake