Banned originally came from a group of us who were tossed out of another list for what most would consider minor infractions, or, in quainter sense, pointing out that the king wasn't wearing any clothing, so to speak.
Challenging the status quo, even politely, would result in one being unceremoniously "pooferated" from the list. When this occurred, those of us removed created a forum where we could let off steam and carry on a 'la "good old boys" at the bar, scratching what needed to be scratched and speaking our colorful minds without fear of offending. This august group continues on in a somewhat abbreviated form at present, with semi-regular gatherings under the guise of getting together to talk about our cars. Dan Banned and damned proud of it Sent from my iPad On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > Rick wrote: >> Does that sum it up pretty well Dan or Dan or any other "Banned" folks? > > To be precise, banned is the whole reason okiebenz has any place on > the interwebs. The "kinder & gentler" list got tired of the fun and > games and banned jabba-drfatty and hence mbz.org was born. Banned was > the first email list among many at mbz.org and banned was designed to > be without boundary in language or any politeness. From that, a > somewhat tight-knit group formed. Other email lists were included in > the mbz.org fold, including one that got me addicted to vintage > mechanical time pieces. None of this electro jaz watches, mechanical > master pieces mostly hand wind. And vintage mercedes, and then other > mercedes groups such as SL or diesel or... fill-in-the-blank. All the > lists were designed to be polite, only banned was founded as boundless > in terms of language or polity or insult - kinda cool, but it has > fizzled, essentially. See okiebenz for sign up. > mao aka Dan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
