Re: Wasted Bandwidth

From: Richard A Pyburn (rap777@juno.com)
Date: Thu Aug 20 1998 - 10:28:20 EDT


Walter,

Chill, man. Sure there's a lot of blather on the list, but there are
gems, too. Take the good with the bad. If someone doesn't like the
volume, they can always go to the digest mode.

Richard in SA

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 18:54:44 -0400 Walter_Felix
<Walter_Felix@email.msn.com> writes:
>Mike,
> Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a little light chatter, I've even
>participated on occasion. But lately it seems like many of the
>messages
>going through the list are off topic. I recently met up with another
>list
>member who had agreed with me when we discussed the list. It's
>getting very
>long winded. We have the Auto vs. 5-speed debate that seems to rear
>it's
>ugly head every six months like clock work. Then when we do get a
>good
>topic going, you'll have a few people who have something constructive
>to say
>and a 100 posts with "ME TOO". We have new member's who get
>overwhelmed and
>quit and older member's who leave because it's a pain in the ass to
>sort
>through a hundred messages everyday. Especially when 75% of the posts
>are
>nonsense. I'm not hammering on anybody specific, I just want people
>to
>think a little before adding their two cents.
>
>Walter_Felix@MSN.COM
>88' Dakota Sport 4x4
>WWW.GeoCities.Com/MotorCity/Downs/9219
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike P Sykes <miggitymike@juno.com>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 1:42 AM
>Subject: DML: Re: Liar Liar! Who Cares?
>
>
>>>>>There is way too much wasted bandwidth going through the list
>>lately!<<<
>>
>>ouch...damn, Walt...just trying to lighten things up, man. Cut us
>goof
>>offs some slack =)
>>
>>-mike d.....lieutenant party violation parole officer 1st class
>>88, V6, LE, 3.55, SlushBox, mods include:
>>Edelbrock Headers, High Flow Cat, Flowmaster 2 Chamber, K&N, DDBC
>(thanks
>>Mike!)
>>miggitymike@juno.com >or< mpsykes@erols.com
>>
>>"Horn's broken, watch for finger" =)
>>
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