the reason they don't read all the posts, and then bother you by asking the
same question again, is that there are sixty thousand emails a week and 2 of
them have anything to do with anything, even if the subject says they do.
Example: subject is windshield. There are a few replies on the subject,
then a bunch of "bob's nuts" "but you love me that way" "you wouldn't be bob
if you weren't" for the last two thirds of the string but the subject line
says windshield still. If a lister attempts to read all this crap they will
have to quit their job and lose their vision staring at the screen for hours.
As a result they stop reading the mail. Then they have a question and ask
it, even if it was covered in mail they didn't read. This is one of the real
problems with all the BS. It's not extra stuff people get with their LBC
info, it actually kills the original purpose of the list because people can't
take the time to find the good stuff when they turn on email on monday and
there are 128. When I first got on the list I read everything and put good
stuff in a folder with a subject like "DGV tuning" and etc and was building a
good database of info I could use and help others with but the way the list
has got I need a secretary to do it so I gave up or else I would have to have
a folder for Patriotism, one for weight gain (with a subfolder for water
retention) a whole gun section and two chapters for Xenophobia. I guess the
basic point is that if all the chatter didn't make the list inneffective for
it's real purpose I wouldn't mind it. It's silly to say that means it has to
be dry. There's got to be a middle ground
Mark M.
75 Midget "kep the sheepdog"
79 "Mid-get Bardeaux"
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