Michael, Don't forget that you too are an important part of the show. I never delete your posts either.
Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:54:17 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: (AD) another trade offer ART > whereartThou?? > > Hi Doug, > I, too, ENJOY Steve's ads - er, posts. > They are hysterical in their irony, duplicity and a myriad of > other elements I won't go into, as identifying said elements may > seem to be critical. HOWEVER, far funnier than his posts are the > reactions to his posts. 10 or 20 list members begin bouncing off the > walls, moaning and groaning as though in a medieval dungeon of > torture! > There are many other posts I skip, based on the topic in the > subject box - or at least after having read the first one or two posts > on > a given subject, but there is no way - and I mean NO WAY I would > miss a post from Chicago Steve, much less any of the avalanche of > detractors' commentaries following his utterances. (He seems > devilishly clever in inventing new and improved irony.... "Look > at THIS one I just got!" [one week before offering it for sale - at > 25% of what he paid] or, "This is it! I am "going out of business - > my wife says it's her or the meteorites...." etc, etc. Makes the local > used car dealer ads look like Walter Cronkite. How, I ask, can one > not LOVE such inanity? But, as I said - the reactions are even > MORE entertaining. > These never ending post represent some of the most entertaining > moments found on the list since the passing of Proud Tom! (BTW, that > fellow promised to reveal himself to me two Tucson Shows ago..... where > art though, Proud Tom? Howsabout a little off list revelation???) > Anyway, here's to Steve - and here's an even bigger salute > to all the "Nay Sayers!" May they all, like the Nakhla Dog, live long > and prosper. > Happy Holidays to all, Michael > PS: Martin, please keep those statistics coming - I have often wondered, > myself, about such things (seriously). Perhaps you could do one on the # > of Chicago Steve posts vs number of outraged responses to said posts? > You could then provide the both the mean and median responses as well > as the modal # of responses. I think you have the raw data already > gathered > on Steve's posts, now, all you need is to check out the responses.... > wouldja, please, wouldja? > > > > on 11/29/06 12:28 PM, MexicoDoug at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Martin wrote: >> >> "I checked the archive. This year alone, Steve Arnold Chicago had on >> this >> list 76 ADs. His worst month was January with only a single AD, his >> best >> November with 16 ADs." >> >> "The rest of his posts consisted mainly of Wanted-Ads; reports, which >> specimens he just bought (to resell them in most cases after >> a short while); chatting-ups to reputable sellers; garnished with >> announcements to quit collecting/selling forever, promises to obey to >> the >> list rules in future, questions, which he could have answered easily by >> himself, in reading a beginners book or using google >> and lachrymose complaints, that in his innocence, he couldn't >> understand, >> that he is attacked by list members." >> >> "108 ADs he had last year, although he was banned for 3 months. The >> shock >> from the ban lasted exactly 3 months, Nov 05 - Jan 06, one Ad per month >> - >> since last February the notorious mess again." >> >> Martin, >> >> If Art is OK with Steve's posts, so am I. >> >> I am bedazzled how you spent your valuable time compiling THOSE >> statistics! >> >> Best wishes, Doug >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
