Exactly. When I listen to some of our repeater nets and hf nets, I'm most 
likely to take part when they have such a variety of topics besides just 
small talk. Even that I don't mind to a point but I can just as easily 
withdraw from it before I even find it necessary to complain about it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: I don't usually count, but


    Hi, folks.

If I May weigh in on this a bit: ...

In all honesty, I have actually found this discussion to be interesting
reading.

If you listen to various ham radio nets, you'll find that many topics are
discussed, some of which are only vaguely related to ham radio.

I think the exchange of ideas that has gone on here has shown us that we all
have common concerns, and various ways of addressing them.

Yes, some of it is personal preference, but it has been interesting reading
all of the various thoughts that have been presented.

As you guys know, I'm a college professor, and don't have all kinds of time
to read unnecessary e-mails, and I'm sure I've missed some from this thread
already.

But the discussion has been fun reading, and certainly hasn't hurt anyone,
so far as I can tell.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: I don't usually count, but


>I don't mind if people on here talk about unrelated things because if I
>look
> at the subject line and find that it's not something I want to read I just
> delete it. So I don't find myself having to comment about what's going on
> as
> long as I can look at the subject line and see what it's about.