<HTML>In a message dated 1/21/2003 2:37:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, A440A@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">it was on a bulletin board I find it necessary to unsubscribe. The signal to noise ratio has overwhelmed me. >> Alas, this is sad, but has happened over and over again.    To those who reply, "There is a delete button, just use it", in response to the overwhelming number of off-topic, you are missing the point.   Take a look in the archives,  see if your name is over-represented. If so, ask yourself, "is this post of interest to more than myself?"    This list was originally a place for the exchange of techical info.  It has become clogged with posts that have nothing to do with pianos.  The effect is huge lists of useless postings, and those that could really offer something are to busy to sort through the trash.    The MPT list is the perfect place for non-technical posts,  why not use it?? Regards,  Ed Foote RPT www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <A HREF="http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianot">http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianot</A> Ed: This is well written and so to the point.  The "use the delete button" crowd just doesn't get it, do they. I too am unsubscribing as of today.  Too much waste here. Makes you wonder what some of these "contributors" really do for a living.  They spend so much time writing to (themselves) that it  has to  occupy a  huge block of time- time they are certainly not out making a contribution to their own pocketbooks.  And there is the matter of spending a portion of  the day with families, etc., etc.  How do they manage all this?  But that is their problem, not mine.</BLOCKQUOTE> Anyway: thanks for all you fine contributions over the years. Bob Bergantino, RPT Willoughby Hills, Ohio <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>