[Rhodes22-list] List etiquette

[mputnam1 at aol.com]

This email I sent seems to be riddled with question marks (at least in the copy that arrived in my inbox) ... I don't know where those came from, but rest assured, I was not questioning anything I wrote!

- Mark P.


-----Original Message-----
From: mputnam1 at aol.com
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 1:24 am
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] List etiquette



I've been somewhat quiet of late due to a move to a new house, a new baby who's 
already turned one year old, and work ... but I regularly check up on my R22 
email in the email account that I've dedicated to this group.? It's not unusual 
for this particular email account to have over 300 messages to wade through ... 
and I use my delete key liberally, since I get more than my share of politics in 
my day job.? 

But I have to tell you, I wouldn't change a thing about this list.? If the 
politics, jokes and general day-to-day gossip keep people like Stan, Rummy, 
Slim, and many other old hands around, I say "great" and "have at it."? There's 
something reassuring about knowing that the old salts are always hanging around 
the room, looking for a laugh and ready to debate, discuss and hash things 
over.? It's like a constant murmer around a warm fire.? We even have our own 
neighborhood curmudgeon (and you all know who that is).??This list?truly is a 
neighborhood bar ... and I can tell you this -- I wouldn't want to go to a bar 
where they only talked about one thing and random discourse was discouraged.? I 
have a strong feeling the place would empty out in no time.

And Rummy's right -- I've been on this list for about a year and a half and this 
does come up about every six months.? This is the third or fourth go-around for 
me ... and the complaining emails really do become a little repetitive.

Those in the etiquette police who don't like the bar are free to go open their 
own, I suppose ... but I'll bet you'd be back in here in no time flat.? After 
all, anyplace that Stan hangs out is where I want to be ... and I'll bet most of 
you feel the same way.? It's not lost on me that Stan is often the most incisive 
and witty contributor to the political discussions, so it appears that not only 
is the R-22 a reflection of the man, but so is this list.

I am grateful that he referred me to it on the day I met him.

All the best,? 

- Mark P.


-----Original Message-----
From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 8:06 am
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] List etiquette



Ed,
Art and others can do whatever they want, we all know who controls the  
list.....the members. We set the rules a long time ago based on what WE wanted.  


Like Brad said......read the subject line and delete what you don't want to  
read.
 
Rummy



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