same old/same old (yet another OT)

Avery Todd avery@ev1.net
Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:25:37 -0600


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Thanks, David,

I LOVE it! :-) Fortunately, I have more to do than to keep track of how many
OT posts someone makes!

Avery

At 08:38 AM 11/3/04, you wrote:
>Dear            ?
>
>A few questions.  When you took leave of posting to the list, back in 
>June, (So Long From PianoTunaGuy), you stated that there were others who 
>had already broken through the generally accepted list-policy of signing 
>ones name.  For my edification, would you indicate who those posters are?
>
>Second, while I agree that there has been a recent surge in discussion of 
>a few OT topics, you seemed to have missed the episode where we agreed to 
>indicate such in the subject heading, so that those uninterested in an 
>occasional digression could simply delete.  This is going back now to at 
>least April of 2003.
>
>If you felt that, even with this provision, the OT was getting out of 
>control, you could have broached the subject in a much less offensive 
>manner.   What was your purpose in listing the offenders "by name" and 
>frequency?  Is 3 OT's an outrageous number, especially coming from the 
>contributors you have named?
>
>Your comment to Bob Hull (not Hulfam@) seems entirely inappropriate, in 
>both tone and content.
>
>Lastly, it's true we have agreed to try to keep politics off this list, 
>but there are times when real life imposes itself, even into our list 
>family here.  Maybe political OT needs an extra layer of buffering, even 
>from more mundane OT.  Perhaps if there were a political chat list, just 
>for PTG members, it could channel the need to express these real-life 
>concerns, without threatening the fundamental nature of this list.  If 
>such a list existed as an option, I would be  less tolerant of such 
>expressions appearing here, in normal times, however, as Dean May 
>indicated just now, these are not necessarily such times.
>
>Oh, one more thing.  If, as you stated, you are just now checking in since 
>you left in June,
>
>>Checked in to pianotech today after awhile away.  Glad to see that I 
>>haven't missed much, evidently.
>
>I'd day you missed plenty.
>
>David Skolnik
>Hastings on Hudson
>
>
>
>At 08:09 AM 11/3/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>>Dear List
>>
>>Checked in to pianotech today after awhile away.  Glad to see that I 
>>haven't missed much, evidently.  Here's an exit poll for you all:
>>
>>OTs: 37
>>
>>piano related posts: 3
>>
>>Unbelievable.  Another landslide victory for those of you intent on 
>>ruining this list.    It used to be just a few posters inundating the 
>>list with BS, but now it seems to be a collective effort.
>>
>>Here are the leaders:
>>alpha88X@aol.com               2 OTs
>>avery@ev1.net                    3 OTs
>>deanmay@piano...               2 OTs
>>erwinspiano@aol.com          3 OTs
>>ilvey@sbcglobal...               2 OTs
>>joegarret@earthlink               2 OTs
>>john@mussellwhite....          3 OTs
>>mfarrel@tampabay...          2 OTs
>>piannaman@aol.com          3 OTs
>>
>>Good job to all of you.  And hullfam5@yahoo.com, get on the 
>>stick!  What's this crap about "humidity level for conditioning new 
>>pinblock"?  Find another list, man!
>>
>>PianoTunaGuy

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