Having earned my living in the Internet business for about 7 years now I can
remember when Off Topic posts wouldn't be tolerated and the offender would
be "banished" from the list or newsgroup. Unfortunately times have changed
and the newbies (raised on AOL) have taken over and are far more
tolerant...... or just ignorant. Many times in the past few years I've been
tempted to unsubscribe but have refrained from doing so........... I'm
mostly a lurker or reply directly rather then to the whole list so no one
would miss me. However Henry Fyre left a few weeks ago and he was an
excellent resource and Triumph lover. Now Jack Drew is leaving...........
another resource that can't easily be replaced. Bob Wanta of Bob's Foreign
Auto also comes to mind and the British Power (?) folks have been noticeably
absent lately. Even one of the most needed people is very quiet.... Dan
Masters! It's a shame that the list has taken such a turn as to drive
Triumph lovers from it. I'm sure Mark B also gets disgusted by the high
level of off topic posts that clog the list and drag down his servers with
unnecessary useless bandwidth. Three years ago this never would have
happened, but times have changed and Internet/list etiquette is
non-existent today. I'll continue to lurk and endlessly hit my delete key
and dream of the "good old days".
Flame away.......... nomex and thick skin on.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 Status at
http://pages.cthone.net/BobD
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