Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:09:07 -0800
Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject: Re: was Make your subject line clear and descriptive NOW it's ah,
umm.
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yeah, firearms, hunting, bleeding radiator, tires, rust, OXY light- the
goods stuff.
Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, mike miller wrote:
> Can we get back on tires, gun control and the inability of North Coast women
> to send me the money I so richly deserve [just a little something to see if
> Phaedra's paying attention]
>
> Mike
>
> > From: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> > Reply-To: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 22:06:33 -0800
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Make your subject line clear and descriptive
> >
> > Most of the subject lines on this list are accurate. More than on other
> > lists to which I belong.
> >
> > What I love about the Internet and this list and AMERICA, is real honest to
> > goodness free speech. We all have the right to say what we want to say.
> > About HTML or plain text or plain straight talk. And dry humor or plain
> > pisedoffedness are welcome relief. If you are offended then chill out and
> > get real.
> >
> > It is good catharsis and deep down we all know we each mean well or we would
> > not be on this list.
> >
> > YES, the lazy sons of bitches SHOULD make it easy for others to read and
> > find info. (I too am one of those lazy sons of bitches sometimes.) I belong
> > to other (not vanagon related) lists and the most irritating lazy crap is
> > an unwillingness to make a clear subject line so that archive hunting will
> > be a easy for us all. I have even had difficulty finding my own "vanagon
> > keepers" emails. I've had to write a second and third time seeking the same
> > information. (This is unnecessary, and clear subject lines would make things
> > so easy. AND I THOUGHT CLEAR SUBJECT LINES WAS ONE OF THE RULES OF THIS
> > GROUP.) We are all busy, and life is mundane enough. We do not need to wade
> > through crap that is avoidable and easy to fix.
> >
> > Lazy people SHOULD wake up. AND those irritated by it SHOULD use any means
> > POSSIBLE to communicate-- gentle and harsh. Humorous and stupid. Clever and
> > embarrassing.
> >
> > For God's sake check your subject line so that it is descriptive, and get on
> > this HTML thing. If you don't know what it does or is (like I did not
> > know)-- LEARN. And if you have learned, help those that don't know how to
> > learn how to. AND RATHER THAN PISS AND MOAN POST A SOLUTION LIKE Larry
> > Chase did. Post it over and over like Spam until everyone gets it. But post
> > the solution, NOT THE PROBLEM. For God's sake wake up. POST THE SOLUTION.
> > some of us just do not know. We are not all experts like you are. Some of us
> > just learned to use the Internet and a computer.
> >
> > Keep on keeping on and CHECK YOUR SUBJECT LINE BEFORE YOU SEND and if it
> > does not describe your content EXACTLY, change it.
> >
> > William
> > Vanagon site http://members.home.net/holisticdream/vanagon1989.htm
> > Holistic Health Center site
> > http://members.home.net/wholehealthfound/welcome.html
> >
>
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