Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:05:36 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Searching the archives, suggestions for successful searching
In-Reply-To: <C125F42C.1BEB8%bueses@earthlink.net>
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You're a lucky man Tom!
Drink one for me. :-)
Jake
On 9/7/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> on 9/7/06 3:52 PM, Jake de Villiers at crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COMwrote:
>
> > Well, that would be lovely Tom, but I'm not the only one who finds that
> > impractical or there would be plenty of chatter about it on the List.
> I'm
> > looking for a simple weekend outing.
>
> Jerome Jamboree, 9/15-17????- 300+- vw buses, vans in one place for a
> simple
> weekend- & it's only 600 miles from moi in SLC.
>
> Grin,
>
> Tom B.
> >
> > I'd be happy with a Regional Gathering along the lines of what Ben has
> going
> > on in Frisco or a Buses by the Bay sort of thing.
> >
> > I know there are at least 50 of us in the Seattle to Vancouver corridor;
> > heck, I see 3 to 6 at every bluegrass festival we go to.
> >
> > Just dreaming, Jake
> >
> > On 9/7/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> on 9/7/06 2:02 PM, Jake de Villiers at
> crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COMwrote:
> >>
> >>> That would be fun. If I ever get any time I'm going to try to
> organise
> >> a
> >>> PNW get together in southern BC or northern Washington. I've met a
> few
> >>> listees who live nearby, but a Campout might be entertaining.
> >>
> >>
> >> I thought it was a unanimous vote to meet somewhere in Oklahoma that
> Joy
> >> recommended?
> >>
> >> Grin,
> >>
> >> Tom B.
> >>>
> >>> George Thorburn's idea was good, just mis-located. Hey George, how's
> >> your
> >>> van?
> >>>
> >>> Jake
> >>>
> >>> On 9/7/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> ...............
> >>>>> :::The archive have a search feature. Click on the link from the
> >> base
> >>>>> :::page that reads "Search the archives."
> >>>>> :::
> >>>>> :::At least 90% of the time you will get better info and get it
> sooner
> >>>> by
> >>>>> :::searching the archives for a half hour to an hour than you will
> by
> >>>>> :::posting and waiting for people to reply to your problem. For
> many
> >>>>> :::problems you can find the answer in about the same time it takes
> to
> >>>>> :::write and post the email asking the question.
> >>>>> :::
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ah, but Sam, you miss the point! Posting is a social experience,
> you
> >>>> get to
> >>>>> bond with the other vanagonauts and feel yourself the member of an
> >> elite
> >>>> and
> >>>>> arcane tribe!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Whereas searching is a solitary, indeed lonely experience, with none
> >> of
> >>>> the
> >>>>> warmth of human contact that you get from conferring with your
> >>>> cyberbuddies
> >>>>> on the list...
> >>>>
> >>>> I couldn't have said it better!
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom B.-actually talking face to face w/ your cyberbuddies is an even
> >> more
> >>>> radical phase these days?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jake
> >>> 1984 Vanagon GL
> >>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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