Thanks dave... nope i've been deleting the gun thread too... ah well...
thanks for the support
...also on the upside I was admiring a good looking sprite the other day
right here in Davis when the owner turned up, He was a nice chatty guy
called Glen... anyone know him?
cheers
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Garner
Department of Animal Science,
University of California,
One Shields Avenue,
Davis,
CA 95616
USA
tel: + 530 754 5291
fax: + 530 752 0175
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Wood [mailto:djw69@idt.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 11:19 PM
> To: MGB
> Subject: Re: Unsolicited hate mail...
>
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> I don't recall any liberal B.S. coming from you to the list,
> but then I tend
> not to pay too much attention to political statements as it
> is generally a
> no win situation to argue about. This guy probably had a bad
> day and you
> got the wrong end of the stick so to speak. Sounds like a
> retort to the gun
> issue that I hope has finally flamed out, but I don't recall
> your mentioning
> anything on that one. Maybe my delete key finger is too fast
> some times. I
> do recall one of the listers getting in a nasty confrontation
> on another
> list and mentioned it on this one, said he was going to quit the list
> because his family was being defamed with pictures and comments.
>
> I guess it takes all kinds, but I sure wouldn't miss the
> bigots and anal
> retentive types.
>
> On a better note, it's been hotter than your e-mail here in Portland
> (Oregon) and while taking my wife for a evening drive in my
> MG, I ran into
> (figuratively speaking) a TD who waved like your supposed to.
> Reminds me of
> the old days where everyone in a lbc waved to everyone else.
> First lbc I've
> seen in the past 3 or 4 days.
>
> Don't let it bother you Joe.
>
> Dave 72 B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garner, Joseph P. <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
> To: MG list (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, July 30, 2000 7:57 PM
> Subject: Unsolicited hate mail...
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I love this list, it's great: not only can you post even the
> most basic
> question and get 10 useful replies by the end of the day, but
> also listers
> (sages and otherwise) are friendly and helpful and really
> seem to look out
> for each other. There's a great atmosphere, and I get a kick
> out of being
> able to help out with advice when someone else comes across a
> problem i had
> to solve last month, or the month before. Part of the good
> atmosphere is the
> high level of courtesy and etiquette, and about the rudest
> anyone ever gets
> is to politely nudge the list back on topic.
>
> Why this preamble? Well take a look at the message that
> turned up for me
> today (see below). I have no idea who this person is (i
> certainly don't
> recognise the e-mail adress as a lister), or what on earth
> they are so cross
> about. As far as i can remember my messages to the list have
> been - in order
> of frequency... ;-) - thankyous, questions, and the
> occasional piece of
> advice. Anyway if at any point i have managed to offend
> anyone else who has
> suffered in silence, then i'm sorry - the community we have
> is great, and i
> would hate to sour it in any way.
>
> I hope no-one else has received similar e-mails from this
> person, and if you
> have, i hope me forwarding the message below to the list will
> galvanise us
> to keep our community as friendly and respectful as i have
> found it to be in
> the past, and not to tolerate this kind of behaviour.
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
> cheers
>
> Joe.
>
> _________________
>
> Dr. Joseph Garner
> Department of Animal Science,
> University of California,
> One Shields Avenue,
> Davis,
> CA 95616
> USA
>
> tel: + 530 754 5291
> fax: + 530 752 0175
> _________________
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thepilot [mailto:thepilot@home.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 2:38 PM
> > To: JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu
> > Subject: (no subject)
> >
> >
> > This is an MGB site, not a political soap box to spew your
> unsolicited
> > liberal shit. By the way, you forgot to mention the many great and
> > wonderful things that Americans have done. Drive what you
> > want, go where
> > you want and do what you want, However your opinions about
> > automobiles
> > (not MGB's) are just about as wanted as your other bullshit
> comments.
> > Please, go away, find some left wing political self
> > absorbing site and
> > speak with any of the other like minded people. Just leave our site
> > alone!
> >
>
>
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