Let's move on

Viperdoc,

I suggest joining Pilots of America


Well, from where I sit, the title is somewhat exclusive...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Viperdoc,

I suggest joining Pilots of America


Well, from where I sit, the title is somewhat exclusive...


The title simply states the host of the group. ALL pilots are welcome
there. Pilots post there from all over the world.
Give it a try. It's on topic and avoids the usual Usenet issues.

--
Dudley Henriques

Dudley,

Give it a try.


I might. Thanks for the explanation.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

Give it a try.

I might. Thanks for the explanation.

Note that you might want to avoid the "spin zone"... I think the
default is now for new folks not to be subscribed to it.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

Note that you might want to avoid the "spin zone"... I think the
default is now for new folks not to be subscribed to it.

When I signed up with PofA some months ago, membership defaulted to
automatically allowing access to the "Spin Zone" -- an area of the site
which is pretty much a more polite equivalent of what this group has become.

It didn't take me long to realize that opting out of that area was a good
move -- but I'm glad it's there, since it provides an outlet for all the
off-topic posters, and keeps the rest of the site pretty much purely about
aviation.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:57:57 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Viperdoc,

I suggest joining Pilots of America


Well, from where I sit, the title is somewhat exclusive...

ditto

In article ,
Stealth Pilot wrote:

I suggest joining Pilots of America

Well, from where I sit, the title is somewhat exclusive...

ditto

Which is more important, the title of the web-based forum
or lack of usenet sewerage?

(of course, I would prefer to have the usenet participants
behave themselves, but I'm not holding my breath...)

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

Bob Noel wrote:
In article ,
Stealth Pilot wrote:

I suggest joining Pilots of America
Well, from where I sit, the title is somewhat exclusive...
ditto

Which is more important, the title of the web-based forum
or lack of usenet sewerage?

(of course, I would prefer to have the usenet participants
behave themselves, but I'm not holding my breath...)


Can't speak for others, but my experience on that group is that it is
NOT exclusive in any way at all. In fact, my impression is that they go
way out of their way to make ALL pilots feel welcome there.
Of course there will always be those from Usenet who believe that simply
because the hosts of this forum are from the U.S. that this means it's
an "exclusive" group :-))

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Can't speak for others, but my experience on that group is that it is NOT
exclusive in any way at all. In fact, my impression is that they go way
out of their way to make ALL pilots feel welcome there.
Of course there will always be those from Usenet who believe that simply
because the hosts of this forum are from the U.S. that this means it's an
"exclusive" group :-))

I've been to POA a few times but what I personally dislike is the setup of
the forums. With over ten different "rooms" that overlap in subject matter
it's hard to get a good picture of what's going on without going into each
one. When I do reply and/or post, I forget which room I did it in. Granted,
I can find threads through searches but it gets real old real quick.

I still find myself going to rec.aviation first. Then again, I've got Mx and
others on my ignore list so I never see their threads and most related
content.

Marco

On Aug 15, 12:31*am, Stealth Pilot
wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:57:57 +0200, Thomas Borchert

wrote:
Viperdoc,

I suggest joining Pilots of America

Well, from where I sit, the title is somewhat exclusive...

I joined POA ( I am an Aussie also for those that dont know), and
while there is certainly no discrimination against non americans, I
find that interesting aviation discussions are few and far between
amongst the general chit chat. Its more like a social chat board than
a genuine aviation discussion group. I guess thats what you might
expect to happen when you have strict rules about how people have to
interact with each other, the friendly types stay around and become
good friends, nothing wrong with that of course but I already have
enough friends ( 3 counting my wife) and I just want somewhere to go
and talk technical stuff about flying.
Terry
PPL Downunder.