Doug - I wasn't joking...I was serious about taking this stuff to the OT list. One begins to think that the list is made up of all the loudmouths (like myself) and then other people chime in and say "hello, I belong to this list for other reasons" and you think, well, time to move it to where it belongs 8^)
Peace, Mike Wafkowski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Bainbridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beginners' Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Where's Todd Lyons when I need him? > > > Good for you, Carroll! > > re: MRW - I'm with momma :-) > > DougB > > > > On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 02:11, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > I joined this list several years ago because I needed all the help with Linux > > that I could get (still do), and this seemed like the best place to get it. I > > was right -- good advice, good people. As an unexpected bonus, I've made a > > lot of friends here, too. It's my belief that this list comes as close to > > being a genuine community as anything that I've seen on the web. > > > > I did NOT join this list to read great gobs of illiterate political ravings by > > otherwise very intelligent and likeable people who sadly seem to periodically > > lose all self control, indulging in the sort of shouting and name calling > > that would get any of my grandchildren an old-fashioned ass-chewing along > > with a good solid spanking. Look, if I want to read and discuss political > > matters, I know lots of places to go for that. If I want to listen to the > > kind of prattle that I've had to weigh through today, I can go down to the > > local jail and listen to the buffoons in the drunk tank. In short, as > > political analysts/proponents, you guys don't hack it. Cease and desist. > > > > Why the reference to Todd Lyons? Well, late last year one of these episodes > > broke out on the expert list. It got hot and heavy. Todd stepped in, and sent > > an off-list mail to all of those who had participated in the discussion that > > anyone who continued to post to the thread would be banished. End of > > discussion. FWIW, some of those guys have not been heard from since. On the > > good side, the various OT lists were formed in response to that action. > > > > And please don't tell me about filters -- why the hell should I have to do > > that to kill the drivel that other people are posting? > > > > (Nasty letter to follow.) > > -- cmg > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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