Seriously, at least as important as civility, is the ability to search our archives for a particular subject and the commentary and suggested solutions. There is a wealth of info in the archives, but often difficult/impossible to find by subject line.
From: Hanghank Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 10:40 AM To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Just so you know -- hijacking a thread is rude Come on, come on............ where’s the recipe? (Lurker :~) From: Kim Paddock Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 7:09 AM To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Just so you know -- hijacking a thread is rude I just hijacked your thread to talk about oatmeal cookie recipes instead of hijacked threads. It still falls under "RE: hijacking a thread is rude" in the subject line, but now I've added to the conversation and changed the subject. Hotrodmamma. From: Graham Rogers <graha...@ptd.net> To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 5:08 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Just so you know -- hijacking a thread is rude How do you hijack a thread or not hijack thread just in case I am doing it or not doing it? On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Kyle Munz wrote: I'm really tempted to hijack this thread only I can't think of anything else witty enough to talk about :) -Kyle On Sep 19, 2011 2:04 AM, "surfswab" <surfs...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the things I like most about this site is its civility. > Threads are generally pursued to completion, meaning the conversation > has reached a natural conclusion, there's no more interest in it, so > the topic dies a natural death. > > I don't even mind when the thread takes a wacky, usually humorous, > turn off-thread to go into something off the wall, but still related > and entertaining. > > I do mind when someone literally highjacks a thread and makes it about > something else entirely, ignoring the original poster and his > question. > > That's just rude and we're better than that. I'm referring to our > host asking for suggestions for solutions to his saddlebag fitment > problem. What followed was totally unrelated haggling over exhaust > pipes (?!) > > C'mon guys, that's what the "+ new post" link is all about. I'd > expect the rest from Yahoo or one of the other Nighthawk pretender > sites. > > Stepping down off the soapbox. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mailto:nighthawk_lovers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
