Would be cool to get a text on an emergency request, though. Maybe a keyword in Gerry (911)? If I'm not online, yeah riiiight, I could know if someone needs help(provided they are stupid-er than me). :-)

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> I gotta agree w/ Bryan- I peruse the samba vanagon link when I've got > time, but it is not as simultaneous/instant gratification oriented as > this forum is, & thus the samba appeals to those folks who are more > disciplined in their time wasting, I mean reading? > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ > > > > On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:01 PM, B Feddish wrote: > > I think this already exists on The Samba the FMBC so anybody who is >> interested in such a forum has moved onward to these. Those of us >> who like >> getting and email as opposed to opening a browser, loading a page, >> clicking >> on links to get where you want, etc. would prefer to keep this as >> an email >> list. There are still advantages of an email list, one being that >> urgent >> things drop right into everyone's mailbox immediately. If someone >> says, >> "Help, I need to identify a part and I'm on the side of the road in >> East BF >> Virginia" the entire list will get the email right away. I find >> this better >> than having to load a web page and perusing the to "Stuck on the >> side of the >> road" forum. >> >> Plus many of us are grumpy old men that don't like change. >> >> Bryan >> >> >> -- >> Michael in San Antonio >> 91GL AT 'Gringo' >> >