<HTML><HTML>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 TWEL= VE are from TWO individuals who in my opinion (more on that later) are turni= ng 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 t= imes in addition to FOUR other OT posts today alone. (Seven in one day.&nbsp= ; 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 a= bout 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 w= riting 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 fr= om 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 ah= ead and flame me for it.  After all, I'm nobody.  For about 4 years, I have read the list religi= ously, 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 eve= rything 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 ab= out what the list has become.  I haven't volunteered much info over th= e 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 sadde= ns me.  Yeah, I can delete the OT posts.  Thanks for labelling t= hem.  But I don't feel comfortable here anymore.  With people re= fusing to sign their own names, signing with nicknames, feeling it's appropr= iate to rant, rant, rant relentlessly.  Relentlessly.  Really:&n= bsp; relentlessly.  Even if I delete all the OTs I still miss the lac= k 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, g= ive it a break.  Please.  Do it for the rest of you who stay on.= Sincerely, Why sign?  It's not protocol anymore.</HTML>