And soon there will be a Wonko Sane-o-Q... On 7/17/07, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This whole community is geared toward more than just MB stuff. Yes, > that is our main interest, but we have the OkieQ, and the RustyQ so > people who have become friends on list can meet and greet in person. > Pretty soon everyone gets to know more about everyone else attending > these evens which leads to even more on list good converstion about > things other than MB. > > Ed Booher wrote: > > On 7/17/07, Walt Lasher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there anyone who thinks there is way too much Off Topic > material > >> here on the list? > >> Maybe I'm an old stick in the mud, eh? > >> > >> Walt Lasher > > > > I've come to view it like this: A person joins the list, lurks a > > little, asks a question, gets a fix, and then comes to the thought of > > "X knew Y about Z, maybe they know R about Q as well" and instead of > > venturing out to make new "friends" they use a list they have come to > > be comfortable with and use it for more than it's original purpose. > > > > It's actually very intriguing to watch the social networking and > > structuring that occurs between people here and the things they talk > > about. > > > > Besides, we all know that if we kept to Mercedes *only* content, this > > would be a very slow list. Probably about 2 posts a week, as more > > people learned to use the archive and found their needed info from > > previous posts and as new problems with nearly bullet proof W123's > > because fewer and farther between, we'd be better to look in once a > > quarter. > > > > It's one of the reasons Kaleb started a Linux list, for OT *NIXy > > content, that doesn't get used as it should, because everyone is on > > *this* list. > > > > Just my 2 cents, > > > > Ed > > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 94 E420, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D, > 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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