Callum, I'm sorry you feel that way. I joined about seven years ago, before I even made my first cruise on the cut. I've found this group to be very accepting, and willing to help newbies, even foreign ones!
It was through this list that my wife and I attended our first GiG, and we are grateful to the friends we made here on the list, and who were kind enough to meet us in person when we were cruising. I probably could have done fine by myself, but it's really wonderful to know that there are those who will help a complete stranger. With respect to the digs, well, I suppose that it's only to be expected when a group of friends get together, whether if be in a favourite pub, or over the internet. I'm sure that you enjoy conversations with your Amateur friends all over the world--you had to break the ice there too, didn't you? to get along in any group, participation in the group is almost mandatory. Having said that, if you must go, then you must. I only ask that you give the group another try... 73, Phil/VE1BVD On 4/30/07, Callum M0MCX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm resigning from this yahoo group for a couple of reasons: > > 1) In this particular Yahoo reflector (I contribute to about fifteen Yahoo > groups, mostly technical related), I'm sometimes finding it difficult for > me > to navigate through the comments of a thread; due to the apparent > commenting > at the bottom of the previous message - and including the text beforehand. > This leaves large amounts of original text, line after line, for me to > scroll through to read the one-line comment at the *end*. > > I can only assume that these commenters are using a different reader / > system to me. Please be aware that this means that I sometimes can't even > find the comment because it's buried somewhere near the bottom of my > email. > Anyway, I find it tedious. > > 2) There seems to be quite a lot of one-line esoteric replies and friendly > "digs". These alienate me. If I knew some of you, perhaps I could keep up. > It's like being in a different pub in a different town, every night. I > might > as well drink at home. I'm sure for the small band of people who do know > each other and have been chatting here for years, this must be great fun. > > Anyway, food for thought. I might come back next year after we launch. > > Regards, > > Callum. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Phil & Anne Irons Sydney, Nova Scotia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
