Martin,
Just relax, The Big Pimpin is, according to his profile, is a 16 year old kid whose groupe will go no were. Take a look at the profile he posted for himself and you will get a good laugh. joady_b --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Martin Purdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Mopar, > > Not sure I got my original message across all that clearly - I'm not > planning on going anywhere, but I do wonder what the point of the > chap calling himself "Big Pimpin" was in announcing yet another > general-purpose group when there are too many already. > > There probably isn't anything wrong with specialised groups, but > creating more general ones helps no-one, and is more likely to make > it harder to reach the "experts" that one needs at any given time. > I know for a fact that there are very good people on all > the "general" lists that I mentioned before, but they are not > members of all of them, so I have to pick which list to use > depending on who I know is in the audience, if you get my drift. > > It would be nice to have a "one stop shop" numismatic mailing list, > but realistically there isn't one. The COINS list at uni.edu got > pretty close when I first got on the web about ten years ago, and it > still has a lot of good people who haven't got the Yahoogroups bug > yet, even though the volume of traffic there has decreased > dramatically in the past few years. > > Thanks for the nice comments, all the same! > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], mopar68.rm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Martin, please put your difficulties aside and just stick > > right here! You are an asset this groups can not afford to > > lose. > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Martin Purdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Why do we need yet another general coin collectors' group? > > > Besides this one there is [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], and countless specialised ones. > > > The world of numismatic lists is too fragmented as it stands, > > > and even as it is I have difficulty working out which is the > > > most appropriate to send queries, news, etc. to. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/f_SolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To reply to this message, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coinsclub/post?act=reply&messageNum=17293 Please do not reply to this message via email. More information here: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/messages/messages-23.html <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coinsclub/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
