# Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Anthony Barretto wrote:
Hi Tim
If the message you posted below is an Advt fine, but if it is just a message then you should imagine what will happen if the 7000 odd goanet members start congratulating the new parents and grandparents on this forum. I mean certain things are personal. Anyway people getting married (or even those intimately in love) are most likely to get kids. Why make the natural process of procreation as a sort of personal achievement to be trumpeted on a public forum.
Tony Martin
Brother Tony, This is your personal view. I'd believe on Goanet we do have space for personal wishes -- specially those related to important events in the lives of Goanetters.
And I'm not saying this only because Marlon is a long-standing member of Goanet, who played an active role (check the postings of early digests to Usenet newsgroups on http://groups.google.com), or because we were all wondering where he had disappeared all this time ;-)
You have a point when you say there would be chaos if everyone posted their wishes to Marlon via Goanet. One would think many would have just sent him personal messages. You'd be suprised by all the behind-the-scenes communication that gets sparked off by postings on Goanet and the other Goa-related mailing lists. At this point of time, a few friends are busy posting abuse to each other (offlist, mercifully) which keeps me entertained sometimes whenever the deadline-stress affects my spirits.
BTW, what's happening to a nice, friendly, uncomplicated chap like you? Is email-rage hitting the peaceful shores of Canacona? Are you getting affected by Goanetitis like the rest of us guys who are stuck for too long behind the keyboards? Are we all simply growing just too old ;-)
Before you blow a fuse, here's a caution: don't take all this seriously. It's just in jest.
Chill out. Forgive the Dalgado Konkani Academy and attending their function at Margao on Friday evening. Drop in for our contributory lunch and Goanetters' annual meet on Dec 21, at 12 noon at Clube Vasco da Gama in Panjim. Let's get a chance to see your smiling face there, and you can meet up with everyone else. FN
PS: Don't forget... have fun.
