Only a few days ago, Steve Kramer was heard to say,

SK>  Bob, if you must continue this tripe, please take it back to
SK>  rec.scuba where it belongs. We really don't need it here

Note his use of "We" when he had posted in only TWO threads in
rec.scuba.locations in 2005, all since June.

Kramer continued on the next post:

SK>  That's why I STOPPED talking in rec.scuba, came here and
SK>  discussed diving

and in the next post,

SK>  Yes. Leave us in peace.

Then in bounced Alan Street -- whom I have NEVER seen to discuss
anything in DIVING, with his old line,

AS>  Feesh, you really need to get a life.

and continued with his nonsense for several posts.

During the past few days, I've SEEN more SCUBA discussion and I
participated in more of them than I've seen in rec.scuba.locations
in the past few years!!

This was in part the result of the influx of a several new
participants, knowledgeable ones, and the reappearance of a few
Ole Timers, on DIVE LOCATIONS and DIVE THEORY discussions
brought about by these and other posters.

So, where are Kramer and Street when SCUBA is discussed?

Has ANYONE ever seen Alan Street having ANYTHING to contribute
in SCUBA or SCUBA LOCATIONS?

(That's a serious question)

The same question I used to ask about Bob Crownfield, who
apparently never dived once in this CENTURY!  :-)  They are
the perrenial NOISE making buffoons without any life!

As for Kramer, I think he has stopped diving, judging from
his absence in rec.scuba.*, and his frequent appearance in
alt.support.caner.prostate and other alt.social.culture
newsgroups.  I think the burr in his a.s has affected his
prostate and his mind!

I didn't realize how accurate my statement was, two days ago,
when I was giving a quick into of the USA scuba groups to Stef:

RF>  NOW you know much about the US scuba groups in which
RF>  knowledgeable scuba divers dwelled.  I used the past tense
RF>  because it's pretty much a VACUUM now.

RF>  Rec.scuba.locations is probably as good as any.  There
RF>  are occasional flashes of usefulness in rec.scuba still,
RF>  but one has to sift through a lot of chaft to find a stalk
RF>  of wheat or a palatable acorn on SCUBA.

Thanks to Stef, morg, Ross, and many returning regulars and Old
Timers, we are finally seeing rec.scuba.locations as a SCUBA
discussion group as it USED to be, and SHOULD be.

Wonder how long this silver lining and breath of fresh air
will last?   :-)

-- Bob.