RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-14 Thread Louise Power
used them all the time to carry our spent carbide out of the cave environment. Louise From: gveni@warpdriveonline.comTo: texascavers@texascavers.comDate: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:34:33 -0700Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Kara, Possibly it was my message that made you feel

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-14 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I'll throw out my two cents on this, and by no means do I think its the only way to do things, just my opinion as a list user :) Re-read http://texascavers.com/about.html I didn't come up with these, I inherited them as list owner from Mr. Bentley, but they give suggestions. Evolution talk in

RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-14 Thread George Veni
, January 14, 2008 11:11 AM To: George Veni; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings George, I understand your point and as a newbie I, myself, was guilty of a certain amount of this (although I now try to respond directly rather than to the whole list most

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-14 Thread Scott Nicholson
Veni gv...@warpdriveonline.com To: texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:01:54 PM Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Louise, I think all that is required is common sense and not any strict authoritarian edicts. The rules say “cave related” so, for example

RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-14 Thread George Veni
...@texascavers.com. George From: Scott Nicholson [mailto:csnichol...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:39 PM To: George Veni; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Just my two cents...probably won't matter too much except to me

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread speleosteele
Charles, My big complaints are with Fritz Holt, Louise Powers, and Don Cooper. None of them are cavers, though all three did some caving years ago. I think they post way too often, usually with just a quip about something someone else said. I've taken to deleting everything these three

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Goldsmith
There are always a few bad apples :) Still looking, but I was offered a nice incentive to stay till the doors are closed, so I still have employment through March. Gives me time to be picky and find something I really want. Thanks Charles On 1/13/08, speleoste...@tx.rr.com

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread speleosteele
Charles, That's good news. I'm sure that it will work out fine for you. Hey to Tammy, Bill Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org wrote: There are always a few bad apples :) Still looking, but I was offered a nice incentive to stay till the doors are closed, so I still have

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Matt Turner
: RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Thank you George, Thank you for your abiding commitment to and concern for caves, cavers, caving organizations and functions, and for this forum. I second what you wrote to the TexasCavers community about this news group - very well said. I don't think

RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread George Veni
[mailto:kat...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:01 AM To: Daniel Hogenauer; gv...@warpdriveonline.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Agree about the OT discussion, except when they involve cave related equipment, like David's LED discussions

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread George Nincehelser
-Original Message- *From:* Matt Turner [mailto:kat...@yahoo.com] *Sent:* Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:01 AM *To:* Daniel Hogenauer; gv...@warpdriveonline.com; texascavers@texascavers.com *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Agree about the OT discussion, except

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Brian Riordan
@texascavers.com Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:50:33 PM Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Thank you George, Thank you for your abiding commitment to and concern for caves, cavers, caving organizations and functions, and for this forum. I second what you wrote

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Kara Savvas
PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings First it was too warm, then it is to chilly. While I don't agree with some of what's been posted here in the past, but neither do I agree with throwing a wet blanket on the interesting socializing that goes on here. It's too bad. I'll

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread George Veni
spamming those signed up for cave-related discussions. George -Original Message- From: Kara Savvas [mailto:misskarabi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:57 PM To: George Nincehelser Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings I have

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Ask and you shall receive, I've setup a 2nd mailling list for off-topic postings. If you want on this list, you will have to subscribe to it yourself. Please send an email to ot-subscr...@texascavers.com if you want on it. I'm not going to setup a website for this, it will just have to travel

RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread George Veni
, January 13, 2008 5:13 PM To: George Veni Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Ask and you shall receive, I've setup a 2nd mailling list for off-topic postings. If you want on this list, you will have to subscribe to it yourself. Please send an email

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Message- From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wo...@justfamily.org] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:13 PM To: George Veni Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Ask and you shall receive, I've setup a 2nd mailling list for off-topic postings. If you

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Kara Savvas
:29 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings Ask and you shall receive, I've setup a 2nd mailling list for off-topic postings. If you want on this list, you will have to subscribe to it yourself. Please send an email to ot-subscr...@texascavers.com if you want on it. I'm not going

Re: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-13 Thread Simon Newton
Sometimes the offtopic discussions are bothersome. I have found that subscribing to the digest version of this list makes it much easier to ignore the OT discussions if I want to. When you get the digest version, it lists the topics and authors who wrote on that topic right at the top (I have

[Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings (George Veni)

2008-01-12 Thread dirtdoc
Well spoke, George. DirtDoc - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com

[Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-12 Thread George Veni
One of the recent postings on off-topic discussions stated, Some enjoy the OT subjects. I know that's true, but let's compare some numbers. By my count, there are about a dozen people who contribute the great majority of OT material. I've heard there are close to 200 people registered on

[Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-12 Thread Carl Kunath
are not forced to adopt similar regulations. ===Carl Kunath - Original Message - From: George Veni To: 'Texas Cavers' Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings One of the recent postings on off-topic discussions stated, Some

RE: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings

2008-01-12 Thread Daniel Hogenauer
contribution. Again, thanks, Dan From: gveni@warpdriveonline.comTo: texascav...@texascavers.com.date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:26:09 -0700Subject: [Texascavers] Thoughts on OT postings One of the recent postings on off-topic discussions stated, “Some enjoy the OT subjects…” I know that’s true