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> From: JedPiper <JedPiper@earthlink.net>
> To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
> Subject: Re: garbage on mail list
> Date: Friday, August 29, 1997 7:49 AM
>
> Trevor -
>
> As there is currently nothing leaking from or falling off of my 76B, I'll
> take a moment to make an observation or two:
>
> 1. It's GENIUS, not genious....genius! You can go a long way toward
> establishing a shred of credibility to your flippant/sarcastic posts
simply
> by
> taking a moment to check your spelling.
>
> 2. Isn't it ironic that the same listers who have such a problem with
> "garbage" on the MG list, have no qualm about adding another dozen or so
> non-LBC content posts regarding their disdain for same.
>
> I believe that the list is an excellent resource, but it is also meant to
> be fun. If you want purely technical discourse, it appears you may have
to
> look elsewhere.
>
> That's my take.
>
> Jed
>
>
>
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> > From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
> > To: Thomas James Pokrefke, III <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
> > Cc: lg619@juno.com; mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: garbage on mail list
> > Date: Thursday, August 28, 1997 5:56 PM
> >
> > Thomas James Pokrefke, III wrote:
> > > Ever hear of the 'delete' key? It works well on most computers.
> >
> > I'm still waiting for the genious who can teach
> > my how to delete uninteresting mail without reading
> > it. Would that genious be you? Must be, since you
> > keep recommending the delete key.
> >
> > It takes the same amount of time to read a great
> > email and change your life as it does to read some
> > more of the same crap and waste your day.
> >
> > ...and you know what?
> >
> > You push delete after each of them.
> >
> > It's like going to the british car show and seeing
> > 500 cars, 480 of which are 1997 Geo Metros.
> >
> > Sure you can just ignore them, or in your words,
> > delete them. But the fact remains it takes all day
> > tromping all over the damn fairgrounds to see 20 cars of
> > interest. And it basically gets to the point that if
> > you want to see any cars at all you have to devote
> > half your life to car shows.
> >
> > Can't these people stop bringing their damn Geos
> > to a british car event? And beleive it or not there
> > are owners (ie: you) who basically tell you to stick
> > it and then rev their engines in your face.
> >
> > Lovely.
> >
> > --
> > Trevor Boicey
> > Ottawa, Canada
> > tboicey@brit.ca
> > http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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