Re: [CH] List Future

Nels Peterson Family (npkp4jp@polarcomm.com)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:58:34 -0500 

I agree with Doug -- even with a few warts and pimples -- it works

Nels in ND
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On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 19:07 -0700, Doug Irvine wrote:
> Brent Thompson wrote:
> >> I don't want to step on anyone's toes either but we need a better system.
> > 
> > What exactly is wrong with the current system, besides some subscription
> > confusion from time-to-time?
> > 
> > This e-mail system is fast and comes via a method I already must consult
> > constantly for work, all day long.  No extra time required to see these
> > chile-heads e-mails means I have the time to see them.  And everyone else
> > who reads e-mail is also getting these e-mails delivered right where they
> > already are reading, too.
> > 
> > I personally very much dislike groups, including Yahoo groups, because in
> > contrast to our current method, they are slower to read, slower to delete,
> > slower and more inconvenient to search, etc., and also require various
> > extraordinary steps that are inconvenient for me, such as logging into and
> > checking some website that otherwise has nothing to do with my life.
> > 
> > I don't think of myself as a Luddite just because I don't like slower, more
> > inconvenient ways of doing something that already works well.
> > 
> >  ---   Brent
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> One and all! Mike has run HIS list since the 90's and barring a few 
> little problems along the way, has run it well and efficiently and I for 
> one would like to see it stay that way. And I do not think that is a 
> Luddite mentality either, just in the event that some think, because of 
> my advanced age, that I was around when the Luddites were! So waht that 
> globalgarden.com are sometimes a bit of a problem, that server has 
> worked well over all the years that Mike has been using it, with some 
> little blips, as I said. So, bear with it. Just because a few are having 
>   a small problem, due to their inability to remember where they are 
> supposed to be if they un sub, or how to get back if they do, is no 
> reason to start a cry a furor to get a new list. Be content with what 
> you have. It works!   Cheers, then OLD Luddite like Brent:-))! Cheers, 
> Doug in BC