I, for one, whole heartedly agree. I would rather see 20 really useful and
informative messages in a day. Fifty plus messages a day that banter about
nothing is just a total waste of time.
If anyone wants jokes, I'll add you to my list...and do it offline from this
forum.
If anyone wants to flame me, or rant and rave, or send comments...again do it
offline.
Keep smiling...
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
John Suchak wrote:
>
> I've tried to keep quiet on the subject for a while now, but am finally
> compelled to speak up... It seems like once again our formerly useful
> mailing list has been seized by Chatty Cathy and Off Topic Tom. This
> seems to happen every couple of months or so, I suspect it's related to
> lunar cycles or something.
>
> At any rate..
>
> There are a ton of "Joke of the day" mailing lists for those of us
> interested in such matters. Perhaps they might be a more appropriate
> forum for the exchange of humor.
>
> I'm sure that I speak for a vast majority of the listers who could pass
> on the 20 or 30 "pointless" messages a day, the jokes, the chit-chat,
> all of the "cutesy" crap and flirty nonsense.. I mean, if y'all want to
> rub up against each other go ahead and do it off-line. Spare the rest
> of us the download time and just reply directly to the sender. Believe
> me, the rest of us aren't particularly interested.
>
> Please folks, on-topic or off-list. It's not rocket science.
>
> Thanks for the consideration,
>
> JS
>
> SLCL914@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > i think the trick is to make them spitfire jokes...for example, "and then
>the
> > Irishman says 'ya, that's what your buddies were trying to tell me', jumps
>in
> > his '75 Spitfire1500, and drives off". see, that way everyone can be happy.
> > personally, i thought the joke was a nice break from carbs and differentials
> > all day, and the occasional jokes seem to prompt discussions like these that
> > help us know each other a little better, and not just what kind of spitfire
> > we drive or what problems we have with it.
> > Stephen LaBonte
> > '76 Spitfire(Monster), all kinds of problems...
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