[Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....

[Ron Porter]

We tried a monitored Tech list.....it died a natural death, with no
interest.

Dave Kegel said it best a few months ago, the topic is getting boring, as
there isn't much new stuff to discuss anymore. We spend a lot of time
talking new members through things that are new to them, since there are no
archives. Nothing really wrong with that, but if the list was limited to new
or tech info, it would be a couple of posts a day.

Jim, I've never met you, but after 14 years of SHO ownership, and attending
a lot of SHO events for probably 12 years or so, I know a lot of the SHO
folks personally. Yes, we have a fair amount of Tavern-type talk with OT
subjects, but frankly that is absolutely OK with me. It is PRIMARILY the
interaction with other SHO folks that has kept me in a SHO for so many
years, and not the quality/quantity of tech info on the lists (although that
has also been very helpful).

FWIW, another list I'm on, the Rennlist 911 list, is much like this list,
with a good mix of technical and tavern OT discussions, and I also enjoy
that list a lot.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James F. Ryan III
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:09 PM
To: Steve Tatro; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....


> And if anyone is sooooo upset reading the OT posts, we've all been pretty
> good about putting "OT" in the subject line lately, so one could simply
> filter out all such emails, and never even know they were there.

Yeah, but "pretty good" isn't good enough.

Alot of the time a technical thread will go off-topic and noone bothers to
simply change the Subject heading.

On the flip side of the coin, sometimes a thread that starts out OT will
change to a technical discussion and once again noone bothers to change the
Subject line.

I am a vegetarian, so if I were to just delete (without reading) all of
these OT posts about "which is the best mayonnaise", "fried bologna
sandwiches", and "kubasa and lumpkey", I may miss out on some really good
technical stuff.

When I joined this list, back in the Topica days, everyone was very diligent
about updating the Subject line, for example - "Subject:  13" brakes...Was:
OT-best hamburger".  I haven't seen anyone do that in the LONGEST time.

To remain a casual & friendly mailing list (and not p.o. some of the very
knowledgeable list-members like David P and Don Mckinnon - just to name some
recent ones) we need to make a concerted effort to CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE
WHEN YOU CHANGE THE TOPIC OF THE THREAD.

Note to David P:  I enjoy reading your very long posts, even though others
have complained.  Even though they're sometimes opinionated they are always
chock full of good technical info.

Jim Ryan
'91 Plus  white/mocha
lots of mods
home in NJ for the weekend
back to TX tomorrow night
Texas - not a vegetarian-friendly state
    they put meat in their vegetables and meat in their meat
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