Talk about OT! Was: [Shotimes] Sad, really

[Ojas]

on 11/18/02 2:16 PM, David P at jpotter8@bellsouth.net wrote:

> And to think I put a joke at the end. Save those tears for the day you get
> beat by an Accord.
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> David P
> 
> 95MTX
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> ~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Fratzke" <tfratzke@southviewdesign.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 13:59
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Sad, really
> 
> 
>> I think I'm crying... :(
>> 
>> Tony 93 ATX
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David P
>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:34 AM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Shotimes] Sad, really
>> 
>> I have really enjoyed the SHOtimes mailing list over the last few years,
>> but
>> off topic discussion has become too much of a problem for me. I don't
>> mind a
>> little banter among friends, but this is a rather large group of
>> friends, and
>> the banter is nowhere near "little". Too many people are double-sending
>> message, cross-posting to TechSHO, and holding long, drawn-out
>> conversations
>> that don't pertain to SHOs or our relationships. I've never cared that
>> someone
>> asks about different cars, but the conversations go on for weeks, and
>> another
>> 100 messages are added because of it. On every other list I subscribe
>> to, the
>> same thing happens, except the responders talk off-list to keep from
>> flooding
>> everyone else with unnecessary emails. I have not seen the list owner
>> keeping
>> after this, so I assume it is considered acceptable now. Unfortunately,
>> I no
>> longer have the interest to constantly keep after my filters (so few
>> people
>> here put OT in the subject line). 40% of messages being OT on a daily
>> basis is
>> unreal and unbearable for a list of this size. I am unsubscribing from
>> SHOtimes. Anyone that wants a good, SHO-related discussion can find me
>> on
>> TechSHO as long as the OT cross-posting is kept to a minimum.
>> 
>> Which reminds me: TechSHO was opened to allow for SHO-only discussion.
>> Why are
>> we getting OT cross-posting? I won't name any names, but I received FOUR
>> of
>> the same OT message, from the same person. They posted twice (for
>> insurance?),
>> and posted to both SHOtimes and TechSHO, so I got four emails. That is
>> nuts.
>> Nuts seems to be the norm lately. I'm not a squirrel.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David P
>> 
>> 95MTX
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Why such outcry over one man voicing his opinion. Are we going to waste the
whole day writing about how people don;t write about the SHO???

Get over it people.