[Rhodes22-list] Leland a reply about list content...

[Leland]

Elle,

Oops--forgot you an my boss go waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back!

Lee



Lady in Red wrote:
> 
> My biggest concern is the potential negative effect that a
>> small minority is
>> inflicting on the list.  It's wrong and unnecessary.  A
>> little discretion is
>> all that is necessary.
>> 
> 
> Lee,
> 
> I'm with you here...I keep asking why, when the political posts start to
> become nasty, that the posters don't take it back channel. 
> 
> I, for one, welcome the diversity of topics...esp. political....the varing
> viewpoints on the list have opened my eyes to much I had ignored in the
> past. It's the nastiness and beating up of people that has to be
> handled....not the topics of the posts.
> 
> elle
> 
> Oh, BTW, Lee..Does Ed (not 'da list' Ed...I went to high school w/ Lee's
> boss!)know you need more to do at work???
> 
> hahhaa
> 
> elle
> 
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> 
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leland a reply about list content...
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 2:12 PM
>> Ed,
>> 
>> Sorry but both attachments came up as ACCESS DENIED!  Our
>> firewall has its
>> merits because it does keep me from looking at porn at
>> work.  Unfortunately
>> I get the same warning if I try to access YouTube.  I feel
>> like I miss out
>> on a lot of good stuff, especially from Brad.
>> 
>> Foul language doesn't offend me.  I try not to cuss
>> much because more people
>> are offended by it than impressed.
>> 
>> Political views don't offend me because I'm not
>> political.  It's hard to
>> offend someone if they just don't care.
>> 
>> Internet bullying is laughable.  It's not like
>> we're actually in a bar where
>> someone could punch me in the nose.
>> 
>> I can't complain that the political posts waste my
>> time.  What else do I
>> have to do at work?
>> 
>> My biggest concern is the potential negative effect that a
>> small minority is
>> inflicting on the list.  It's wrong and unnecessary.  A
>> little discretion is
>> all that is necessary.
>> 
>> Lee
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tootle wrote:
>> > 
>> > Lee,
>> > 
>> > Thena's history of this forum is only half
>> complete.  The original group
>> > moved off the Sailnet list for several reasons to
>> include extraneous
>> > subjects.  
>> > 
>> > On the old list that was limited to sailing topics, it
>> was tiring and
>> > redundant to see post, “Test to see if list is
>> working”.  One of the chief
>> > culprits of those posts is still making music.
>> > 
>> > The Political stuff was instigated by a reader from
>> North Carolina.  I
>> > suspect that he did so just to agitate the
>> congregation.  And he still
>> > does it, just not as much.
>> > 
>> > We had one member who got to using foul language so
>> much that he was
>> > excommunicated.  
>> > 
>> > What has appeared on the Rhodes List for the past few
>> months happened four
>> > and eight years ago.  
>> > 
>> > The original congregation said barroom not living
>> room.  Now we have new
>> > congregants who bought the house next to the airport
>> runway wanting the
>> > airplanes to go away.  
>> > 
>> > I would suggest that a couple of old timers have left
>> because they are no
>> > longer the center of the party.  No body was stroking
>> their egos anymore,
>> > but rather confronting them.  
>> > 
>> > Mary Lou suggested the Chesapeake Rhodies were due for
>> a party.  It has
>> > been suggested in the past, but nothing ever done
>> about meeting in
>> > Edenton.  In a few weeks there will be another
>> birthday that would be
>> > appropriate for a winter wingding.  The airport is
>> right across the street
>> > from General Boats.  Those guys with airplanes could
>> even fly in!  Mary
>> > Lou should have the date somewhere?
>> > 
>> > My two cents worth,
>> > 
>> > Ed K
>> > 
>> > See if this attachment comes thru... 
>> >  http://www.nabble.com/file/p21254293/combo%25235.exe
>> combo%235.exe 
>> > 
>> > Or this one from 2001:
>> >  http://www.nabble.com/file/p21254293/day_o.mp3
>> day_o.mp3 
>> > 
>> 
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