Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:46:16 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from echo.voice.rackshack.net ([216.40.198.12] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1854820 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 17:50:26 -0500 Received: from QAUDAP1800 (user82.sarofim.com [208.255.59.82]) by echo.voice.rackshack.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id gA6N6Mo14167 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:06:22 -0600 Reply-To: From: "Don Parsons" X-Original-To: Subject: [LML] You don't know what you've been missing X-Original-Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:50:08 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Disposition-Notification-To: "Don Parsons" I strongly agree. This issue has caused me to be more selective on the issues I respond to, and to be careful about what I say to avoid becoming a target. Although it has not completely stopped me, I can sympathize with those who have stopped posting. Probably more importantly for me, it has also made me more selective of who's posts I even bother to open. Usually the worst offenders are also repeat offenders. I manage my incoming LML e-mail with that in mind. I certainly would get more out of the list if we had less of the flaming and more of the constructive information. So... Maybe the thing to do is publicly recognize some of the people that I look forward to reading what they have posted. I might add, a few of the people I name below don't seem to post as much, or even at all now a days. Valin & Allyson Thorn, Tim Ong, Jim Nordin, Scott Krueger, Jim Scales, Dan Newland, Ron Galbraith, Brent Regan, Charles Kohler, Jim Cameron, Mike Salzman, Jim Frantz... have been good constructive contributors. For example, Valin very recently posted information about good solutions that he and Allyson had come up with regarding canopy locks, and canopy hinge tests, and a few other items. They shared pictures, part numbers, and brief written instruction. Further group discussions helped make some adjustments to some of the details. Valin then posted updated information. I would LOVE to see more of this. There are many more list members that could be mentioned, but these are some of the ones that are on my mental "must read" list. They are also among the ones that make me want to remain on LML, despite the hostile comments that some others post. I suspect that there are also many others that I don't have the opportunity to name because they are reluctant to post, but are a wealth of information. I hope they will start or resume posting as a result of this discussion. We may not be able to do away with the flames and otherwise non-constructive posts, but the rest of us can make sure we post the kind of information most of us are looking for (i.e. boost the signal over the noise). Don Parsons DAP@DParsons.com LNCE - N198TD (Reserved)