Exactly my centiments Colin. I haven't even read every message in
this topic but I know that this list has provided all kinds of
information and assistance for me in broad categories of every day life.
So, if it "aint broke, don't fix it.
There's nothing to fix.
73 from Geelong, Australia
Ian Westerland
VK3vin
At 07:29 AM 3/09/2014, you wrote:
>well, you just can't win 'em all...
>The people who complain the loudest are just anoyed because they might miss
>something in a message that might not have the exact correct subject line,
>or might be part of an on going thread...and apparently they have great
>difficulty filtering their own email by liberal use of the delete key.
>I love this list, and find it terribly helpful, entertaining and just
>generally fun and enjoyable...do I read every message, of course not, in
>fact, I delete probably a third of the messages that come through from this
>list...and if I miss some nugget of info hiding in a message that I happen
>to delete because the subject line is not reflective of the content of the
>message, well, oh well, too bad, so sad, I miss out and I guess I can go cry
>in my beer or my tissue box about it...but making a stink about it on the
>list doesn't seem very productive and only increases that which you are
>complaining about, that being high traffic on non-ham radio related
>topics...60 messages in the last two days just because one guy made a couple
>comments about list traffic and subject lines....that is more than in the
>past week. And I've only read a couple of them because I actually know how
>to use my delete key and I don't really mind messages in my inbox because
>after all, I did subscribe to an email list in the first place so I can only
>expect there to be messages in my inbox...
>
>This isn't a professional reflector, so if you don't have the time, or
>inclination to deal with messages you may have no interest in, then perhaps
>an email list of this kind isn't for you.
>I'm sure you must dial around 20 meters and break into every conversation
>that has content that you aren't interested in so as to keep the band free
>of uninteresting content and keep you from having to find a frequency with
>what you consider to be interesting subject matter. No? that is
>rediculous, OK, I guess you get my point
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 7:04 AM
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: The value of our Blind Hams list
>
> > Talking about all the unnecessary junk.
> >
> >
> >
> > ED K7UC
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan R. Downing
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:32 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: The value of our Blind Hams list
> >
> > I wish to thank all of you that have written to me privately in agreement
> > with my objection to the many useless and unnecessary posts to this list.
> > Clearly I am not the only member that has a problem with the traffic level
> > on this list, and in particular, to all of the time-wasting posts to it.
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> > Alan R. Downing
> > Phoenix, AZ
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