Go for it guys. That's what I thought the "OT:" prefix is for. If it's too much, or eating your time, filter the "OT:" stuff to begin with. Then when you want to pop a brewsky and yuck it up, go to your OT: folder to see what's up. -bp
On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 11:37 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: <!--#yiv4527768586 _filtered #yiv4527768586 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv4527768586 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv4527768586 #yiv4527768586 p.yiv4527768586MsoNormal, #yiv4527768586 li.yiv4527768586MsoNormal, #yiv4527768586 div.yiv4527768586MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv4527768586 a:link, #yiv4527768586 span.yiv4527768586MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv4527768586 a:visited, #yiv4527768586 span.yiv4527768586MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv4527768586 span.yiv4527768586EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv4527768586 .yiv4527768586MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered #yiv4527768586 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv4527768586 div.yiv4527768586WordSection1 {}-->I agree, it gets out of hand. Sometimes I say something but most of the time I let the self policing nature of the list do what nature does. For many of us, this list is as close to social media we want to go. Many of us have been on here since it was part-15. 15 years or so. Personally I don’t have any desire for the list to grow or shrink or change other than to remain a place where we can hang out. This list is most certainly not a “safe place” and you will not see trigger warnings unless you see the occasional literal “trigger warning”. It is kinda like a friendly bar that I can hang out in without my Mormon neighbors seeing me parked out front. Once upon a time Doug Clark was a semi offical list daddy. That lasted until Doug got pissed about something. As always ALL opinions will be more-or-less welcomed. From: Paul McCall Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:25 PMTo: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] List topics and verboseness of non-WISP non-business related discussions I shared this with Chuck McCown, and he suggested I share this with the list directly, so here goes. Just FYI, in my normal business conversations with WISPs, I get one or two people a week tell me they no longer look at the list because of all the BS, politics, etc. I also don’t use AFMUG nearly as much as I used to because of that. While it costs me $$ for every email sent (I have never complained), AWS is very solid and reliable, so it was a great choice. That’s not the point of my comment. People need to take that junk to some other venue, so we can focus on important technology and business needs, IMO. It probably won’t change but it’s my 2 cents. Paul Paul McCall, President PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 pa...@pdmnet.net www.pdmnet.com www.floridabroadband.com