Feel free to wear out your delete key and I'll wear out mine. Restraint and common sense are used here quite often. Just as I don't read every post on every list, I don't read every book when I go into every library. I select what I think is best and read it.
I understand that some think it is a persistent problem when the same question is posted on many different lists, but again, there is a delete key on keyboards. No one has to read every post and they certainly don't have to answer every post. With the exception of you and one other person, I got a favorable response from my question on almost every list. I appreciate those who took the time to answer my call for help. I also found a new website in the process of asking for help. Perhaps due to that, I won't bother you again with the same question on so many lists. Perhaps one day in the future, we'll have the one or two lists of which you speak, but for now we have several from which to choose. I will post my reception reports and see what comes about. Okay, I'll go the Post Office and mail out some QSL Cards. Bert KI4SYC Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:42:25 -0500 > Subject: Re: [IRCA] The New Rockin' 980! > > On Friday 28 December 2007 12:54, Ira Elbert New, III wrote: > > Funny thing, but I thought keyboards came with a delete key. I know > > I use mine quite often. > > I'll bet you do. I think mine may be wearing out. > > Is it too much to ask that a little restraint and common sense be > exercised? I guess so. > > Consider what happens when you post the same question on many > different lists. A persistent problem on mailing lists is that many > people reply to questions without checking to see if the question has > already been answered by somebody else. But that small problem is > multiplied manyfold when the question appears on many lists, since it > isn't feasible to check and see whether the answer has already > appeared somewhere. So, a lot of people may be wasting their time > posting unnecessary replies, and many more people are wasting time > deleting all the duplicate and unnecessary postings. > > I find it remarkable that there are so many mailing lists dedicated to > an esoteric hobby with a relatively small number of practitioners. > Are there really that many little factions and loyalties in the > hobby? We would all be better off if the most active AM DXers would > pick one or two lists, and cut the others loose. Then, maybe, others > would gravitate to those lists, and we could cut down on the > duplicity without fear of missing something. > > Okay, I'll crawl back in my hole now. > > Barry > > -- > Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007 _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
