[C320-list] Kill Filters

[pat reynolds]

Wes couldn't have said it better

Pat

--- Bill Culbertson <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think you are right, Pat.  I certainly want both. 
> 
>  
> I think the longer one is an owner and an active
> list participant, the more likely they are to
> appreciate and value both features.  That may be
> partly because they are more likely to have been
> able to attend at least one of our face-to-face
> gatherings by then.  They know the people.  The
> social side becomes more relevant to them.  I know
> when I was a newbie, the social side was kind of
> goofy to me.  Luckily I got to your regatta in 2002
> and that changed.
>  
> The irony is that the longer anyone has been an
> owner, the more likely they are to be a source of
> information to those looking for answers and tips. 
> I know that this year (my sixth season) and last
> year, I found myself answering more queries than I
> asked.  Most of us who have been here for a while
> can retell what we've learned from our predecessors
> as well as offering a few things we might have
> thought up on our own.  
>  
> Beware:  If you bleep out the chatty folks with a
> kill filter, you may well be bleeping out some of
> the best sources of suggestions and tips present on
> this list.  If you piss them off, they will leave
> and then where will you be?
>  
> Honestly I'm amazed that some people think their
> time is so all-fired important.  The wealthiest,
> most successful people that I've had the pleasure to
> meet have ALWAYS had time to chat with me - as if
> they had all the time in the world.  It's those
> middle-manager types who act so busy and important
> all the time that they can't be bothered with such
> trivialities.  
>  
> My $.02
>  -bill culbertson
>   Harmony #859 - Lake Erie
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: pat reynolds <lorasalum at yahoo.com>
> To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 6:09:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Kill Filters
> 
> 
> Most probably want both.
> 
> Pat R
> 
> --- Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Different strokes.  Some folks want this list for
> > tech stuff and others 
> > as a social club.
> > 
> > I want the tech stuff, and have found that setting
> > up a kill filter for 
> > a couple folks here makes the list much more
> > relevant for me.  (Not 
> > something I wanted to do, or felt the need to do
> on
> > any other list 
> > before, but hey - its a new world out there.)
> > 
> > cyrace at comcast.net wrote:
> > > This is the kind of stuff that ruins this
> > otherwise wonderful e-mail service.  I wish the
> > people that like to use this system for they're
> own
> > kidding around would just stop.  Let's keep this
> > list to what it was intended: to help and inform
> all
> > of us who were smart enough to buy a C320.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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