I take your point. And thank you for makeing it so politly!
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> From: Steve Benelisha <steveb@verity.com>
> To: Winnie Olmer <who@sover.net>
> Cc: Sholtes IV <joeiv@concentric.net>; Kris Cotton <krisc@pi.bns.com.au>;
triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED of chatting?
> Date: Monday, November 25, 1996 11:39 AM
>
> You know, I usually reserve opinion on these matters since I have
> to deal with this subject all day because of the nature of the
> work I do.
>
> What is being missed here is that this is not a service that you
> pay for. It is not like a restaurant where you can expect the waiter
> to bring you something and not talk about their lives. If that is
> the sort of thing you need, then there are several pay services
> on the internet where you get advice - no chat.
>
> The people on this (free) list are very cool and helpful. They
> can talk about whatever they want. You can consider it the price
> for the free (and valuable) information you are enjoying.
>
> -Steve
> '74 TR6
>
>
>
> Winnie Olmer wrote:
> >
> > What are you guy's Washington politicians? You enjoy bashing rather
than
> > constructive dialog? Ya, I'm one of the people who commented on the
list
> > content. I got a lot of nasty mail for it too!!. I will still
participate
> > in this list and I still believe it to be the single most helpful
source
> > for an LBC enthusiast. I did not initiate the "chatting" E-mail, I did
> > chime in with my two cents that 80 messages a day were a lot when some,
a
> > very few, had content like;
> >
> > "Hey Joe, you gonna be at home tomorrow so that I can stop by and check
out
> > the new spray booth?"
> >
> > Even Microsoft warns you when you send out messages that have only one
or
> > two lines of a reply but copy the original message of 30 lines or so.
> > Microsoft pops up a dialog box which says;
> >
> > "Your message contains 80 percent non-original content. It is
considered
> > impolite E-mail etiquette."
> >
> > If this is a Microsoft error message, how "out of line" is a discussion
> > about E-mail content. And that's the key here.... DISCUSSION!!!! Your
> > sarcastic E-mail serves no-one. You may not like someone else's
opinion,
> > but there is no need to be rude about it!! Leave that to the
polititions in
> > Washington who like to ride around on their "high horses" and bash each
> > other over differences rather than work things out. We are all
different on
> > this planet, you guys could try a little harder to co-exist!!!
> > ----------
> > > From: Sholtes IV <joeiv@concentric.net>
> > > To: Kris Cotton <krisc@pi.bns.com.au>
> > > Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED of chatting?
> > > Date: Sunday, November 24, 1996 9:08 PM
> > >
> > > Tony,
> > >
> > > I wouldn't worry, any body that reads these "Warned" letters
> > > has only him/her self to blame if they don't like the content.
> > > It seems some people are so lazy that they have a problem
> > > moving their hands (mouse) ALL the way over to the delete button
> > > and clicking. Oh am I tired, I wish I didn't have to do that so
> > > often, it just wears me out!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > JOE IV
> > > TR 250
> > > WALLINGFORD, CT. USA
> > >
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