Jeff, interesting comment, so what you saying is that I can and should post random thoughts or perhaps information on canning fruits to the site. After all, it relates to food and we do eat onboard. Or maybe our daily shopping list would be more of what might interest you. Jeff you are just so wrong about this, in so many ways. Perhaps, according to you I'm not a "real boater," as I only boat during the Summer on the Great Lakes for 10 weeks a year. I live in Orlando Fl and don't have a boat in Florida. SHOCK. You really don't get it. And that's OK. You assume a lot, and your assumption is incorrect. The place for this type of attack is "off post" directly to me, not on the site. I have received quite a bit of "off line" support for requesting that a boating site should focus on boating, you might want to re read the original post and reconsider you opinion. My dad had a line he used to use about opinions, but that not about boating either. I don't mind a bit of off topic posting, its normal and it human and that's good. But there is a point when it becomes excessive, and it should be pointed out. At that time the group need to reassess what is being posed and decide the focus that the group wants the site want to attain and maintain. Captain James Clausen, MV Summer School Orlando Fl Our Personal Boating Website http://www.maxumowners.org/MVSS.html

> Jeff, interesting comment, so what you saying is that I can and should > post > random thoughts or perhaps information on canning fruits to the site. > After > all, it relates to food and we do eat onboard. Or maybe our daily shopping > list > would be more of what might interest you. Yes, that would be helpful, topics on food preservation and food provisioning. Especially for voyages crossing oceans, inside passage to Alaska or a couple of months in the Bahamas. But we gotta drop the discussion on radios and antennas and get back to boating. -- Jim Ague