Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:19:59 -0800
Reply-To: Coddington <coddington@PACIFIC.NET>
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From: Coddington <coddington@PACIFIC.NET>
Subject: Re: list
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Hello Dick,
It seems to me that the list cannot be ALL THINGS to ALL PEOPLE , ALL
THE TIME. I'm sure that everyone who is subscribed, finds a few posings
each day, not of interest to them, since the list covers ALL Vanagons,
diesel and gas, Westies and just plain passenger busses.
I certainly disagree with you that the list has become a sounding board
for a select few!!!! Gosh, just look at the different names over a period
of a few days!!! It is true however that there are some with a great deal
of expertise in one or more areas, and yes they respond often and I
certainly am grateful for their knowledge on a particular subject. I'm glad
to see their names over and over, and respect their desire to help all.
Restore the list?!!! Heck, what needs restoring? I belong to several
"Lists" and each of them goes through periods of "flames" , corrections,
positive AND negative responses. I certainly enjoy the "open Fridays"
also, though many postings on Friday or not exactly Vanagon related.
You say you "saved" 50+ messages relating to your bus. That's great, but
are you saying that now you'd quit the list because you now know everything
about your bus? Or are you saying you'd quit the list because others don't
post messages the way you'd like to see them post? Do you realize that
you're asking others to "contain themselves in the simple 1 thru 4,
guidelines" that YOU
have set down?
Childbirth? Interstates? Bringing in import Vehicles? Would you really
ban all this from the list. Are you so stogy that you resent Ken telling us
of his new baby daughter? Someday you might want to import a Vanagon!
And while it's true that the Interstate thread has gotten rather long and
far afield, there are some interesting points made.
Don't read em! Delete em!, Block em!, But don't quit the list only
because you got your 50+ and you don't want to hear anything else unless it
pertains to your bus!
Tom, in No. Calif.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Dick & Janette Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:34 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: list
I have enjoyed the list up until the last few weeks and I am now
leaving it at least for the present time. At first I was super impressed
by the overall help and information that was available and I saved many
(50+) messages that pertain to my bus. For this I thank you who supplied
them. Recently though it seems as if the list has become a sounding
board for a select few and on any subject that they choose. I don't need
to know about childbirth, interstates, out of country purchases of vehicles,
etc. Also when a message is sent with an error in it, who are any of us to
correct the sender in a short sarcastic manner, when most of us have made a
similar error in the past. Recently a young lady sent a joke in about
Penn/NJ and was flamed but several others more recently have sent in off
list messages and it seems to be OK. As I look at it the list seems to be
over run by just a few persons who find it their duty to respond to
everything that comes up whether it has a positive or negative effect on the
original message. A few things that would help to restore the list would
be 1. Post only messages that pertain to the vehicles it was designed for.
2. If you reply, do your homework and reply with accurate and pertinent
information. 3. Leave out the sarcasm and criticism. 4. Don't hog the
bandwidth. 5. And most importantly, treat everyone equally!!! Also for
those of you who can't contain yourselves within these simple lines, maybe
you need a social list for all the other crap.
Dick & Janette Smith
Norwich, NY
KC2AOC
Retired
85 Westy Vanagon GL "Sally Ann"
"No One May Step Twice In The Same River"
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