Date:         Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:31:57 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Allegory of the Wave
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It's kinda like this. You go and buy some property and build a nice house..
Happens to be under the approach at the local airport that's been there
since 1902 or so. Then you go and bitch about the noise of the airplanes
that keep going overhead.

Karl is correct in some respects but he also might have selective memory.
There have always been tensions and bull crap on this list. Been part of it
sometimes. Still am I guess. But... list culture being what it is, it is NOT
going to change, the benefits far outweigh the negatives, and like when you
join the Air Force... grow a thick skin and enjoy the ride.

I hate to say this but if you are truly upset at the timber of the
conversations on the list today... find another group of people to hang
with. It IS very mild these days. Thank you David and BenT.

tim in Aachen Germany

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Mary K Creasy <mkcdc@verizon.net> wrote:

> Nice analogy !
> Patience is a virtue.
> Mary Creasy
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:42 AM
>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: The Allegory of the Wave
>
>
>  Maybe, like other transporter/Vanagon owners, you wave when you see
>> another bus or van. You hope they wave back. Some people don't, but a
>> lot do.
>>
>> Now suppose, as a joke, one day someone does the wave and you give
>> them the finger back. Just for fun. Because they ought to have a thick
>> skin.
>>
>> I hope this never happens to me.
>>
>> I think -- and it's just my opinion -- that this list ought to be
>> about the wave, and never about the finger.
>>
>> Your mileage may vary.
>>
>>
>> Mark
>> '82 Westy
>>
>>


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