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Re: [OM] Re: Enough, was, [OT] Sticking with Film and Vinyl

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Enough, was, [OT] Sticking with Film and Vinyl
From: "J. Williams" <williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:37:34 -0800 (PST)
Agreed!  This is turning into more of a chat room.  Perhaps all off topic
messages should be moved to a Yahoo Club or something similar.  Lately, I
haven't read many of the messages. The original intent of this group is
now in question.

John



On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Charles Loeven wrote:

> Rick in VA wrote,
> 
> ** High Priority **
> 
> Perhaps as a newcomer to the list I should sit and lurk....
> 
> But, haven't we had a ear full of this audio on-and-on?
> 
> Frankly I find this far more upsetting than anything Tom Scales posted.
> 
> At least Tom was OM.
> 
> How about it Zuiks... have we HEARD enough?
> 
> ****************************************************************************
> *********
> 
> I have!
> This is not the same list I joined 2 years ago.
> We used to have a feel for how much OT was enough.
> Now it is a forum for just about any interest a member may
> share with others.  There is no more discrete self censoring.
> Remember when a few very clever members would have us all
> in stitches with a OT posting?  Then it was back to OM.
> Now it seems half the list are either frustrated comedians or
> "I know more about cars, trucks, audio, electronics, politics, etc.
> than you do" types.
> 
> Where are those great insightful OM posts of the past?
> Well I am aware of several wonderful contributors that
> are now lurkers or occasional posters because of all the wasted
> time it takes to wade through the trite off topic threads that
> fill our mail boxes each day.
> 
> Rick is right on.  How come we run a new lister out of town
> because of his enthusiasm for the list and relevant subject matter
> but we tolerate these lengthy threads about OT subjects.
> 
> Frustrated,
> Charlie Loeven
> 
> 
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