Date:         Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:16:18 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Guptill <tgpt@pas.rochester.edu>
Subject:      Re: business on the list.


> For the last time STOP running a damn business on this list. period.  I do
> not need to hear your daily trials and tribulations about setting up the
> business.  When you have a special offer, like Kyle, post a short note to
> remind us of it and your website.  But cut out this kind of 'feel good'
> message and blatant commercial plugging.  It is pure SPAM, and is not found
> on the other two vehicle lists I subscribe(d) to, notably the Audi and
> Porsche lists.  Tim Smith

Some of us may actually be thrilled that these folks are getting their
business off the ground.  I think it's pretty cool that they're able to
start a business doing what all of us are doing anyway - messing around
with our busses.  If you don't want to hear about it, don't read those
messages.  Maybe they really *are* nice folks; contrary to what you may
think, there are people who get into a business because they like what
they do, and what you call "feel good advertising" is quite possibly just
"being friendly", something that's becoming increasingly rare in this day
and age.  Unless the word comes down that this type of talk *is*
forbidden on the list (i.e. by someone who has the authority to make such
a ruling) I suggest you stop whining and go back to your Porcshe and Audi
lists where people don't say things which bother you.

- Tom, in an exceptionally cranky mood this morning.