Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
> [BOUNCE triumphs@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from
>[LESNYD@monsanto.com]]
>
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:46:20 -0600
> From: LESNYD@monsanto.com
> Subject: Let's talk about Triumphs!
>
> This morning I received 4 digests from the Triumphs list in the mail.
> In those digests were a total of 204 messages, and the subject matter
> broke down like this:
>
> Personal comments
> (age, habits, jokes, etc.): 8 ( 4%)
> TRF (including Coventry Inn and
> whining about not getting the newsletter): 69 (34%)
> Actual discussion about Triumphs: 80 (39%)
> Beer or Brits: 38 (19%)
> Wanted/For Sale: 7 ( 3%)
> Random non-LBC discussion: 2 ( 1%)
>
> I've been on this list since 1991, and I've never seen the
> signal-to-noise ratio so low. This is exactly what caused me to leave
> the British-Cars list a while back.
>
> Please reread Mark's intro to the list (you get it when you subscribe,
> I don't know where else it lives), and understand that each little
> piece of useless fluff you send to this list goes out to lots and lots
> of people, most of whom have no interest in your little aside to a
> previous piece of useless fluff.
>
> I've learned a lot from this list, but I have to admit it's been a while.
>
> Please folks, 80 Triumph-related posts out of 204 on a Triumphs mailing list
> is awful! Please think before you mail off your funnylittle comment!
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
> Larry in St. Louis
Does a whining diatribe count as a "Truimph Related Post"?!?
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