OT totals for today

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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      To the list & what's left
    This post below is a really rather sad commentary on our list & one that 
should be given some more thought by all. That saying that say the only thing 
necessary for evil or (distastefulness  whatever)  to triumph is for good men 
to do nothing ,is true here on list too.
  For the nameless poster below I salute you.Your post is sad and true.
     Though it has been more of a practice for me to ignore ot's for the most 
part I will commit that From now on I will not reply to any OT comments & if 
I do it will be off list & directed to the percieved offender.
  This is a piano tech list. Did I say that this is a pianotech list? I did & 
I think I want it to stay that way.
   I don't want a rant list, I can find those elsewhere,  political list, 
plenty O oppurtunity elswhere or religous forum , I have Church, radio friends 
etc.
  SO you see friends this is a piano list tech for piano related topics. 
Shall we keep it that way ?
     If so, I'll be here & if not I'm gone too. It's up to us.
  Dale Erwin
    P.S. I apologize to all  for being  sucked in , or under or whatever to 
ots & contributing to the dilema.
List (or what's left of it)

All this discussion about how OT's are vital to the list and it's our right, 
blah blah blah... Well...

Today there are 17 OT posts in my mailbox.  12 of them, count 'em TWELVE are 
from TWO individuals who in my opinion (more on that later) are turning this 
list into internet SPAM.  

One individual posted THREE responses to the same post (bring 'em on OT) and 
another individual also felt compelled to respond to this same post THREE 
times in addition to FOUR other OT posts today alone. (Seven in one day.  This 
same individual posted NOTHING about pianos today.) 

Someone should do the math and I think you'd find that a majority of the OT 
crap on this list emanates from very few people.

And...these are the same people who say it's their right to post OTs and it 
keeps the list vital.  Well, to prove a point, why don't we all post about 6 OT 
posts each day?  Will this make the list a better or a worse place for piano 
technicians to discuss pianos?  

Every now and then I can understand that a discussion might lead to a topic 
that is OT, and that in the sake of comaraderie, one might find one's self 
writing about something other than pianos.  

But how does one convince one's self that it is appropriate to just BLATHER 
ON about things that are not pertinent to the list.  SEVEN OT posts from one 
individual and FIVE OTs from another, totalling twelve in all.  It's ridiculous.

Yes, I posted a response to that thread, too.  One response.  I didn't feel 
the need to post three on the same topic.   But go ahead and flame me for it.  

After all, I'm nobody.  For about 4 years, I have read the list religiously, 
learning things I could never learn in a book.  I have alot of respect for 
some contributors to the list and I'd like to thank them for everything they've 
given me and the list over the  years.  I haven't contributed much myself and 
for that I probably have very little to say about what the list has become.  I 
haven't volunteered much info over the years because I don't feel I have 
anything to say that someone else couldn't say better.  

I think it's time for me to unsubscribe.  (I know, no one cares.  Really, 
this is just another OT post. But why not?  Today, there are 20 OTs vs. 27 on 
pianos.  If you can't beat 'em...)

I lament what the list has become.  It's so full of crap that it saddens me.  
Yeah, I can delete the OT posts.  Thanks for labelling them.  But I don't 
feel comfortable here anymore.  With people refusing to sign their own names, 
signing with nicknames, feeling it's appropriate to rant, rant, rant 
relentlessly.  Relentlessly.  Really:  relentlessly.  Even if I delete all the OTs I still 
miss the lack of community, comaraderie, respect and purpose that I used to 
feel on the list.    

To the few individuals who have taken over the list for their own agendas, 
give it a break.  Please.  Do it for the rest of you who stay on.

Sincerely,
Why sign?  It's not protocol anymore. 

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