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Good and Interesting points and perspectives, dd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: what list is this
> Well what about messages complaining about the messages complaining about
> the complaint messages regarding the complaint messages about the
complaints
> of messages about off topic stuff. The way it looks to me is that if it's
> computer related, it could be relevant given that there's people on this
> list whom I've solicited help from who I was surprised was even active
here.
> When I first subscribed 85000 years ago, I was happy to know there were
lots
> of people I knew from both school and ham radio. Hence the reason why it's
> not wasteful or counter productive that one would decide that it could be
of
> some sort of use to ask just about anything. How many people have gotten
on
> the air and asked for help that was unrelated to ham radio? I have, I'm
sure
> others follow suit in some way.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: what list is this
>
>
> personally I like the off topic posts and I learn a lot form them, they're
> not all the time, what I do find annoying though, is the messages
> complaining about off topic messages as they're as pointless as this
message
> if not more so.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: what list is this
>
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> >I have never b een able to figure out why people don't leave the problem
> > of "off topic" messages up to the list administrator. If the list
owner
> > doesn't complain, just hit delete. I personally find these discussions
> > informative. Certainly more educational than when we get to talking
about
> > the gear we had 40 years ago--which I find fun as well.
> >
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >
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