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Re: List material
- Subject: Re: List material
- From: Philip Rush <philip_rush@ye...fsnet.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:40:07 +0100
So you're not interested in my new fridge?
Pity.
You press this button here. Wait. Here.
And look. That guy off popstars appears on the icebox door reading out the
ingredients of every yogurt in the top compartment. Just a virtual image,
of course, programmed by this little chip here.
A McCann's Micro Chip in fact.
Left over from last weekend. Which was - let me tell you - a really
chipper
weekend.
Chips every where: golf course, the lot.
Right then. Where was I?
Peter Bacon
on 11/4/2003 6:22 pm, Steve Iannetti at iannettid@ho...com wrote:
> I am mostly a " lurker ".
> I can find all the war discusssion I want at any number of places.
>
> Please, I don't want my mailbox filled with politics and war.
>
> BLUE AREOPLANES
>
> Steve Iannetti
> USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Thomas" <planesmail@st...net>
> To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 1:05 PM
> Subject: [Blueplanes] List material
>
>
>> I realize that the list membership covers a great deal of geographic and
> political ground, making it a good place to get into involved and heated
> discussions about what's going on in the world and whether it's right or
> wrong.
>>
>> Let's remember, though, that this list is for Blue Aeroplanes
>> discussion.
> Discussions about world events, political issues or your new
> internet-connected icebox aren't appropriate topics.
>>
>> There are a lot of people on this list just lurking, members because
> they're interested in BA news, tour dates, etc. When they start seeing
> politically motivated messages, they unsubscribe. This hurts the
> Aeroplanes
> community and could indirectly hurt the band (missed show announcements
> means missed ticket sales, etc).
>>
>> How about a separate list for BA fans to discuss off-topic material?
>> It'd
> be nothing for me to set up, and would allow BA fans to discuss their
> wide-ranging political views without offending those who aren't
> interested.
>>
>> If that sounds like a good idea to you, let me know. Either way, let's
> keep the regular BA list on-topic.
>>
>> We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
>>
>> --
>> Steve Thomas
>> steve +at+ sthomas -dot- net
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> "...subatomic matter in a particle accelerator that exists
>> for only a few microseconds seems to exhibit more uptime
>> than the RIAA's website."
>> -- Andrew Orlowski
>> TheRegister.co.uk
>>
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