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Carol S White <[log in to unmask]>
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Carol S White <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:53:45 -0500
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BRAVO!  BRAVO!  Well said!
 
I'm stayin' put~!
 
-Carol
Hockey-L member since June 1990!!!
 
 
Kepler wrote:
 
> Since another long-time and valuable poster has evidentally split, I thought
> I might put in a plea to the rest of the list to stay put.
>
> I have no idea what this latest pissing contest has been about, since
> everything from "Face shields" to "Facts" went into my auto-kill file the
> instant it became apparent they were more of "those kinds of threads."
> There have been a few back-channel posts to suggest that these managed an
> all-time low, but after a gazillion years of hockey-l, well... I really
> doubt that.  But it sure could be a local minimum for taste and intelligence
> .
>
> There are a few idiots on this list.  Duh.  Many of the posts contributed to
> the two aforementioned threads were dutifully submitted by charter members
> of the hockey-l "couldn't find his/her ass with two hands and a map" club.
> We know this.  But don't leave if it sickens you -- that merely reduces the
> percentage of intelligent posters left on the list.  Delete them without a
> look and without a thought -- jam your middle finger right down on that key.
>  It's your friend.
>
> You may miss a nugget of wisdom here and there, but let's face it -- a small
> number of men and women with low self-esteem will always flame each other in
> public.  Their words are meaningless.  They do not matter.  But you do.
> Just stay, post when something is worth posting; we'll read it, we'll engage
> and we'll have a discussion list, rather than a kindergarten.
>
> -- Greg
> *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
> *  Greg Berge
> *  Portland, Oregon
> *  [log in to unmask]
> *  www.spiritone.com/~kepler
> *
 
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