One of the reasons that I really like and appreciate this list is there is a living history that is shared amongst the membership . That living history is immediately available and most don't mind to much if newbies, lazies, etc, ask the same old questions. One could spend hours and hours searching the archives and not come up with a solution to a particualr problem. A search should be done, always, as a courtesy to the list membership if for no other reason. But the fact that we do have this living history is a good thing in my estimation, especially because devices like computers are definitely not failsafe.
My 2 cents. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Marc Perdue wrote: > Thanks Jere. I do this too, but I'm the sort of person that almost has to > read every email because I don't want to miss anything! On the Vanagon > list, the threads don't usually last too long so it's not saving too much > to just block out and delete a thread that doesn't interest me. > > Another person pointed out that it's all in the archives so I could always > find something that interests me later. While true, a lot of the problems > which I've seen solved on this list have been problems my own van has but > which I hadn't really considered to be problems until somebody else > brought them up. This includes things like unsteady/high/low idling, old > hoses being a potential fire hazard, the temperature indicator supposing > to be over the LED, things like that. Searching the archives wouldn't > help with that, but reading all the emails sure did! > > The ultimate solution is, I suppose, to learn to read faster! :^) > > Thanks for the suggestions everyone! > Marc Perdue > > Jere Hawn wrote: > > >>Marc, >> >>I agree with you and I would like to pass on how I deal with it, FWIW: >>I love to read the emails on the list but it takes a different head >>space. So I have set up the rule wizard in outlook to route all list >>mail to a separate folder (based on "vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com" in the >>>From line. So now none of the list email get mixed with my other >>pmails. Then about once a day for relaxation I open the listserve >>folder and read, if I let it go for a day or so it still won't >>interfere, only the number of e-mail gets longer! >> >>Again FWIW >>Jere >>90 GL/Carataversion >>88 GL > > |
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