On Dec 2, 9:44*pm, jmcquown > wrote:

> Perfectly acceptable answer, thanks! *Heck, I don't cook every day. *I
> cook enough for a few meals and I portion out the leftovers and freeze
> them. *That way when I don't feel like cooking I don't have to.
>
> But really, some of the posts are just way too stupid and obviously
> personal grudges and that gets older than leftovers. *At least I got
> some folks talking about food


Everyone is different, each with their own pet peeve. I don't
mind off-topic posts. I actually enjoy threads that naturally develop
into other unrelated topics. My only complaint in any newsgroup are
multiple threads started by the same person, almost like laying siege
to the newsgroup. But I don't mind off topic because the reality is
that everything has to go off topic now and then or there won't be
enough topic to keep the topic going if you know what I mean. I used
to visit a now defunct comedy newsgroup that was a very lively place.
There were some trolls there, but it got to the point where some of
the comics in the group began to look at anyone they didn't know as a
troll. which was not the case. They went on to form their own
moderated group which I kept tabs on until it went down a few months
later from lack of use. The reality is the trolls, the serious comics
who believed the group was not for being funny, just for serious
discussion about comedy - the comic wannabes and those just looking
for entertainment - to see it or make it - they all sort of need each
other to make the newsgroup what it was. It was a perfect blend for a
while there. Anyway, I like the open forum, and I don't mind stirring
the pot now and then in an already existed thread, or even starting a
new one now and then. But I think it's obvious when people are going
out of their way to instigate or be a nuisance, and I think the number
of those people in this group is not as large as some think. Wanna
make something out of it?

TJ