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From: John's mail <fly-fish@mindspring.com>
To: <Amikesomm@aol.com>; <mil-veh@skylee.com>; <ack@adamation.com>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Re: Keeping the List Operational
> List,
>
> Being a complete moron and someone who really needs all the help I can
> get, I hope that answers to technical questions continue to be answered on
> list and not off. When someone has a question about their M38A1, no
matter
> what that question is, I copy it for future reference. I hope that you
guys
> continue to answer these questions where all can see them so that idjits
> like me can benefit too.
>
> Thanks!
> John Edwards
> MVPA #20391
> '53 M38A1
> *****************************************
> You must make your choice.
> Either this man was, and is,
> The Son of God; or else a madman
> or something worse.
> You can shut Him up for a fool,
> You can spit at Him
> and kill Him as a demon,
> or you can fall at His feet
> and call Him Lord and God.
> -- C.S. Lewis
> *****************************************
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amikesomm@aol.com <Amikesomm@aol.com>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>; ack@adamation.com
> <ack@adamation.com>
> Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 12:50 PM
> Subject: [MV] Re: Keeping the List Operational
>
>
> >Greetings all,
> > Arthur, I'm certain most of the members would be willing to chip in
> some
> >sort of fee to keep you running the way things work now.
> > I think I have a workable solution to your current volume problem.
> > - I am curious as to the percentage of traffic that is made up of
> >individuals answering individuals. Perhaps if we kept the traffic
limited
> to
> >all hands notices, all hands replies, and military vehicle related
threads
> >that didn't unravel into meaningless gobbledygook? I suspect if you did
a
> >survey of old traffic, you'd find that 30% of it didn't need to be posted
> as
> >a "reply to all" message, and another 10% was either non mv related, or
> had
> >wandered off track to the point that it didn't belong on the list any
> >further, but should've been confined to the individual members anxious to
> >continue their diatribes between themselves.
> > HOPEFULLY if the members of the list realize they are facing
> extinction,
> >perhaps they will excercise the self control and common sense they often
> seem
> >to leave in the drawer when they belly up to the ol' keyboard? Possibly
> you
> >could announce a "voluntary reduction of spurious (stupid) traffic and if
> the
> >results were sufficient, you could continue in the sterling manner to
which
> >you have become accustomed? I wonder if you agree that the "reply to
all"
> >traffic is the thing that's killing us, and making reading the mail often
a
> >tedious odious duty? Or would it be the "ad nauseum" threads where folks
> >with nothing better to do sit and write email after email?
> >Your thoughts, O Grand Vizier of the List!
> >Mike Sommer (mike in va)
> >
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