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Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

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"Perry" wrote in message
...

Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

*** I periodically block the changing political nyms, and individually set
threads as ignore and not to display. This squelch level brings the audible
SNR up to a reasonable level.

I am a member of several very good forums, but even now this group has the
broadest range of real world working knowledge. Its still worth the effort,
although I admit I sometimes wonder for how much longer.

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On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 10:03:22 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Perry" wrote in message
...

Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

*** I periodically block the changing political nyms, and individually set
threads as ignore and not to display. This squelch level brings the audible
SNR up to a reasonable level.

I am a member of several very good forums, but even now this group has the
broadest range of real world working knowledge. Its still worth the effort,

I use the Agent news reader and it is set to ignore all messages
posted to multiple groups. If you want to talk about almost anything I
will listen. I am not interested when someone starts preaching on a
subject.
although I admit I sometimes wonder for how much longer.

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On 11/1/2017 5:56 AM, Perry wrote:
Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

What was the last metalworking post you wrote?

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On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 10:03:22 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?

I don't participate in anything moderated. Invariably the moderator
is a very small person with a very large power complex.



Thanks

*** I periodically block the changing political nyms, and individually set
threads as ignore and not to display. This squelch level brings the audible
SNR up to a reasonable level.

Yes. I kill anyone who posts political or grossly off-topic
materials. I know that I've hidden a few useful contributors but
that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. This group is now quite
pleasant, though low volume.


I am a member of several very good forums, but even now this group has the
broadest range of real world working knowledge. Its still worth the effort,
although I admit I sometimes wonder for how much longer.

Amen.

John

John DeArmond
http://www.neon-john.com
http://www.tnduction.com
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
See website for email address

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Good question.

I block all crossposts and this is a great forum without those
crossposts.

i

On 2017-11-02, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/1/2017 5:56 AM, Perry wrote:
Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

What was the last metalworking post you wrote?

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On 03-Nov-17 1:13 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/1/2017 5:56 AM, Perry wrote:
Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

What was the last metalworking post you wrote?


I'm more a reader than a poster.

I've learned a great deal from many of the regulars here.

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On 06-Nov-17 12:40 PM, Perry wrote:
On 03-Nov-17 1:13 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/1/2017 5:56 AM, Perry wrote:
Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

What was the last metalworking post you wrote?


I'm more a reader than a poster.

I've learned a great deal from many of the regulars here.

Tom, I've been here quite a while as a lurker - off the top of my head
you've got an orchard. I recall reading quite a few interesting posts
about your machinery builds and repairs.

I don't post much at all as I have little to contribute!

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On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 13:41:54 +0800, Perry wrote:

On 06-Nov-17 12:40 PM, Perry wrote:
On 03-Nov-17 1:13 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/1/2017 5:56 AM, Perry wrote:
Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

What was the last metalworking post you wrote?

I'm more a reader than a poster.

I've learned a great deal from many of the regulars here.

Tom, I've been here quite a while as a lurker - off the top of my head
you've got an orchard. I recall reading quite a few interesting posts
about your machinery builds and repairs.

I don't post much at all as I have little to contribute!

Perry,

I think you're going to find that the moderated groups on web also have
their own pros and cons. WMMV.

Most of the one's that I'm in are pretty narrow in their focus: specific
to a machine I happen to own, or one of the subcategories of machining
that I do as a hobby - and most of mine are on yahoo groups.

To suggest any, people would need to know more about what you're looking
for.

--
Email address is a Spam trap.

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On 07-Nov-17 4:54 AM, Bill wrote:
On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 13:41:54 +0800, Perry wrote:

On 06-Nov-17 12:40 PM, Perry wrote:
On 03-Nov-17 1:13 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/1/2017 5:56 AM, Perry wrote:
Where to from here guys?

RCM has gone down the toilet and is now mostly paranoid survivalist
crossposts and political comment.


Recommendations on some good (well moderated) metal working forums?


Thanks

What was the last metalworking post you wrote?

I'm more a reader than a poster.

I've learned a great deal from many of the regulars here.

Tom, I've been here quite a while as a lurker - off the top of my head
you've got an orchard. I recall reading quite a few interesting posts
about your machinery builds and repairs.

I don't post much at all as I have little to contribute!

Perry,

I think you're going to find that the moderated groups on web also have
their own pros and cons. WMMV.

Most of the one's that I'm in are pretty narrow in their focus: specific
to a machine I happen to own, or one of the subcategories of machining
that I do as a hobby - and most of mine are on yahoo groups.

To suggest any, people would need to know more about what you're looking
for.



I guess I like RCM as it used to have posts about all sorts of machining
- metal, plastics, CNC, info on jigs or techniques, de-rusting,
adhesives, welding - basically anything and everything.

I'll check out some of the yahoo groups.

Thanks.

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On 2017-11-07, Perry wrote:

I guess I like RCM as it used to have posts about all sorts of machining
- metal, plastics, CNC, info on jigs or techniques, de-rusting,
adhesives, welding - basically anything and everything.


RCM has always had a depressingly high number of off-topic,
usually USA politics posts. Even back in the 90's I had a killfile
that got rid of anything crossposted to more than two groups (and
still use it).

I'll check out some of the yahoo groups.


It'll probably have to be farcebook now, yahoo is pretty quiet.