(Sorry for the cross post but this list is given equal billing in my encounters with the community) PJC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joe Clarke <philly.jo...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:29 PM Subject: Awareness of Community Listserve(s) To: ucneighb...@googlegroups.com Dear Friends, I was surprised by the number of people that I mention the Listserve(s) to, (UClist and UCneighbors), and get a blank response. This weekend I spoke with the homeowner whose house has become the proverbial lampost for this drunk and fallen tree. Another was the new pastor at 46th and Chester (not sure of the name of that church) where they were having a sidewalk sale. Another person was a neighbor on Larchwood who had several pythons for sale. (I thought that the barking cheese founder of this listserve would be keenly interested in this fellow for his new book "People and their Pythons" a pictorial history: A study of the intersection of American family values and "snake handling, having and holding" of all sorts...it's a long title, but it's a long subject.) I let the fellow know that the list is not for posting "sale" items, per se, but if he first released them into the community and then reported to the list that they were lost or stolen, the notice would be the equivalent of front page news, and would be plastered repeatedly in the in boxes of every community listserve within barking distance. And at no extra charge someone would come to his house to obtain photos of the errant reptiles to be posted, along with the pet's name, on every telephone pole, bulletin board - in restaurants, cafe's and coops - in the Universe-city community. (One exception is Roger who won't post it at Gold Standard since he is still toying with the idea of including reptile as a strictly non-vegan addition to the menu. In typical witty fashion, Roger retorted, "You can't have your snake and eat it too." (It's like the Gong Show there every night, I swear it!). So these people are not only unaware of the utilitarian cornucopia of these lists, they don't get to appreciate the literately ornate "caseings" into which this information is shoved. So please get the word out, before another non-traditional pet owner misses the opportunity to set off a dragnet for their slithering forlorn companion. Joe C. -- "The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Oscar Wilde -- "The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Oscar Wilde
