Why the politics? Isn't this a toyota ng?

Just wondering.

Why not? And, yes.

There seems to be limited stuff to talk about on the cars and trucks because
they are built so well.




"Robert" <hobo55@ccharter.net> wrote in message
news:aqj3m2tkvohqcot97u2i1qkaijhr969p31@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Just wondering.[/color]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:01:16 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
<crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Why not? And, yes.
>
>There seems to be limited stuff to talk about on the cars and trucks because
>they are built so well.
>
>[/color]

Why not? Because this is a toyota ng and there are plenty of
political ng's.

"Robert" <hobo55@ccharter.net> wrote in message
news:aqj3m2tkvohqcot97u2i1qkaijhr969p31@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Just wondering.[/color]

A 2-for-1 deal. ;-)

Cathy

In article <fhl3m2ts6me604euvg0h8lbopct50l3frq@4ax.com>
[email]hobo55@ccharter.net[/email] "Robert" writes:
[color=blue]
> Why not? Because this is a toyota ng and there are plenty of
> political ng's.[/color]

You are not the first to wonder about this. One consolation: the
real obsessives, most of whom babble prejudiced gibberish, end up
abusing each other, which seems fitting. And can be kill-filed.

I admit to sticking my oar in now and then. It is hard to resist
taking the mickey out of some of the nonsense. <g> But people on
this NG react is weird ways. Eg: a few days ago I posted an item
on how biodiesel was being tested in a UK trawler, my point being
to show how the new outlook on fuel types was spreading and could
be expected to impact cars soon enough. But some dim bulb failed
to make the connection -- maybe tagging "The deep green sea" with
"{OT}" triggered some particularly unintelligent cluster of brain
cells in him/her, because that person tried to email it to my ISP
as an example of Usenet abuse. But he/she sent it to me instead.
(I had a good laugh and threw it away.)

I assume that this same fanatic is also emailing all of the truly
OT political items to various ISPs. So you can keep hoping for a
content-pure and totally on-topic NG, any century now.
--
Andrew Stephenson

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:52:44 -0800, Robert <hobo55@ccharter.net>
wrote:
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>Just wondering.[/color]

Indeed. From Friday afternoon to this morning, the server reported it
had 570+ messages in this group. Filters removed 320 of them.
Updating filters took care of another hundred or so.

Robert wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:01:16 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
> <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Why not? And, yes.
> >
> >There seems to be limited stuff to talk about on the cars and trucks because
> >they are built so well.
> >
> >[/color]
>
> Why not? Because this is a toyota ng and there are plenty of
> political ng's.[/color]

I wasn't aware that you were the King of alt.autos.toyota

Here this will keep it on-topic: Go suck on a toyota exhaust pipe.

Andrew Stephenson wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <fhl3m2ts6me604euvg0h8lbopct50l3frq@4ax.com>
> [email]hobo55@ccharter.net[/email] "Robert" writes:
>[color=green]
> > Why not? Because this is a toyota ng and there are plenty of
> > political ng's.[/color]
>
> You are not the first to wonder about this. One consolation: the
> real obsessives, most of whom babble prejudiced gibberish, end up
> abusing each other, which seems fitting. And can be kill-filed.
>
> I admit to sticking my oar in now and then. It is hard to resist
> taking the mickey out of some of the nonsense. <g> But people on
> this NG react is weird ways. Eg: a few days ago I posted an item
> on how biodiesel was being tested in a UK trawler, my point being
> to show how the new outlook on fuel types was spreading and could
> be expected to impact cars soon enough. But some dim bulb failed
> to make the connection -- maybe tagging "The deep green sea" with
> "{OT}" triggered some particularly unintelligent cluster of brain
> cells in him/her, because that person tried to email it to my ISP
> as an example of Usenet abuse. But he/she sent it to me instead.
> (I had a good laugh and threw it away.)
>
> I assume that this same fanatic is also emailing all of the truly
> OT political items to various ISPs. So you can keep hoping for a
> content-pure and totally on-topic NG, any century now.
> --
> Andrew Stephenson[/color]

alt.* groups are free-for-all groups. A moderated alt.* group is like
trying to have sex with your pants on. Anyone who has a problem with
the off-topic banter come see me in my office.

Joe Schmuckatelli, 11/20/2006, 1:09:18 PM,
<6mr3m293cmfs0fa89hcut8k3qg8jm52hjh@4ax.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> From Friday afternoon to this morning, the server reported it
> had 570+ messages in this group.[/color]

XanaNews Statistic for alt.autos.toyota. 11/20/2006 1:20:05 PM

From article 397760 (11/17/2006 12:49:18 AM) to article 398537
(11/20/2006 1:15:57 PM)

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In article <aqj3m2tkvohqcot97u2i1qkaijhr969p31@4ax.com>,
Robert <hobo55@ccharter.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Just wondering.[/color]

I was pondering that myself then one day I tired of reading about oil
change intervals so I started reading the political writings of some of
the more profound authors here on this NG. I found their argument so
compelling that I just had to join in. Otherwise I could have just
filtered them out, but that would have been the easy way out. If you
have anything about the 04 Sienna I'd be interested.
--

Learning Richard wrote:[color=blue]
> I wasn't aware that you were the King of alt.autos.toyota[/color]

Hes not the kink of A.A.T., just a sensible voice lost in the OT
babble. As ive said before, the only people who argue politics on here
are those whos points woudlnt stand up for 2 mins in a political NG so
they need another stage where people bite. Some of them are actually
usedful and fairly intelligent too, and contribute on the car side also
:)

dbu' wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <aqj3m2tkvohqcot97u2i1qkaijhr969p31@4ax.com>,
> Robert <hobo55@ccharter.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Just wondering.[/color]
>
> I was pondering that myself then one day I tired of reading about oil
> change intervals so I started reading the political writings of some of
> the more profound authors here on this NG. I found their argument so
> compelling that I just had to join in. Otherwise I could have just
> filtered them out, but that would have been the easy way out. If you
> have anything about the 04 Sienna I'd be interested.
> --[/color]

I never tire of reading oil change intervals <g>

But in all honesty if you posted car oil change intervals to
alt.political.discussion group (doesnt exist BTW) you'd be moaned and
shouted out of town. Possibly because you were posting to a group that
doesnt exist, but also because you'd be equally off-topic and its
equally stupid to post it there.

On 20 Nov 2006 10:15:57 -0800, "Learning Richard"
<learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>Robert wrote:[color=green]
>> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:01:16 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
>> <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >Why not? And, yes.
>> >
>> >There seems to be limited stuff to talk about on the cars and trucks because
>> >they are built so well.
>> >
>> >[/color]
>>
>> Why not? Because this is a toyota ng and there are plenty of
>> political ng's.[/color]
>
>I wasn't aware that you were the King of alt.autos.toyota
>
>Here this will keep it on-topic: Go suck on a toyota exhaust pipe.[/color]

LOL....


--

Scott in Florida

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:z6CdnZ474J3RTPzYnZ2dnUVZ_vOdnZ2d@ez2.net...[color=blue]
> Why not? And, yes.
>
> There seems to be limited stuff to talk about on the cars and trucks
> because they are built so well.[/color]

That's it in a nutshell - though I think there are way too many OT posts
here.

Natalie[color=blue]
>
>
>
>
> "Robert" <hobo55@ccharter.net> wrote in message
> news:aqj3m2tkvohqcot97u2i1qkaijhr969p31@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> Just wondering.[/color]
>[/color]

Coyoteboy wrote:[color=blue]
> Learning Richard wrote:[color=green]
> > I wasn't aware that you were the King of alt.autos.toyota[/color]
>
> Hes not the kink of A.A.T., just a sensible voice lost in the OT
> babble.[/color]

hence the alt. in front of the newsgroup title.
[color=blue]
> As ive said before, the only people who argue politics on here
> are those whos points woudlnt stand up for 2 mins in a political NG so[/color]

Have you been to the political NG's? A bunch of whackos that make this
group look like Meet The Press.
[color=blue]
> they need another stage where people bite. Some of them are actually
> usedful and fairly intelligent too, and contribute on the car side also
> :)[/color]

See my other post in this thread where I offered a useful
toyota-related suggestion to the original poster.