[Healeys] what is happening to the HEALEY list?????

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

Although I seem to be one of the worst offenders, I have to agree with this 
request. It's not good for my blood pressure and it's just a short surf to 
all the political discussion you can stand.

Bill Lawrence




>From: andy pole <ampole at hotmail.com>
>To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
>Subject: [Healeys] what is happening to the HEALEY list?????
>Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:12:03 +0000
>
>Sorry Guys (hate to get drawn into this, but there are people outside the
>USA!!!)
>
>As a UK lister, I joined this list for the amazing informative information 
>it
>has provided in the restoration of my Bj8, and for that I thank everyone 
>one
>who has provided help over the years.
>
>But since I live in the UK I couldn't give a toss who is running in the US
>elections (and if I did I wouldnt be posting about it on a British car
>forum!), and whilst I dont mind the odd friday funny even these are 
>clogging
>up the list. It seems to me that over 70% of the emails I know get from the
>list are from funnies/political/or promoting goods or business. It has 
>started
>to get a pain in tagging all the rubbish and deleting it  (and some may say
>just delete them, but again its not the odd one a day, its the majority) 
>and
>whilst I admit I do need,  and like any help the list provides, I for one 
>are
>seriously thinking of leaving.
>
>If you start a monday political note, someone will always have to have the
>last word, and it will go on for ever!!!
>
>After several years as a UK member of the Uk Austin Healey club (sorry but 
>its
>proberly another debate) I cancelled my membership after seeing the 
>magazine
>full of pictures of guys in there 50's having a club lunch, and the same
>advert from every supplier every month. A few of us members started a 
>letter
>trying to promote the technical / restoration / and running of a Healey
>instead of the follow up on the lunches, treasure hunts etc but it fell on
>deaf 50 year old ears of guys just going on Sunday jaunts.
>
>PLEASE DONT GO THE SAME WAY!
>sorry for the soap box, but my view, just this once
>lets get back to the healeys
>Andy