OH great; now I'll have that ear worm stuck in my head all day. :-] On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree. Once you start down the path of who is wasting whose time on these > lists, you never come back. Let's be honest, there are many "on topic" > conversations that take place that are a huge waste of time for most of us, > because they don't apply to our situations. As people who work in IT we > should have the capabilities to simply deal with these situations. I for one > have server-side rules that move all list traffic away from my Inbox, and if > I arrive in the morning to find a long conversation about ISA server (sorry > Dr. Tom but I don't use ISA so I just don't care), I simply sort by Subject > and toss it all out. Not a big deal. If anyone feels the need to auto-delete > mail from myself, Shook or anyone else, I can assure you we won't be offended. > After all...You take the good, You take the bad, You take them both and there > you have The Facts of Life, The Facts of Life. :-) > TVK > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. > > While I will agree with Kurt that occasionally the conversation here may > go a bit more towards the excessive on non-technical arena's, I also > have to agree with Andy that when you put this many people that are > diverse in every possible way there is no way to avoid the clashing of > various backgrounds and mindsets both in joking and perspectives. That > is of course unless we wanted to remove all humor and fun from the list > and make it strictly a technical resource; which I would not find very > fun at all. I think a certain degree of tolerance is required and > simply delete/ignore conversations that one finds offensive. We too can > of course attempt to mitigate the degree of our horseplay in an attempt > to be more sensitive to our fellow guys/gals. If Shook can take the > amount of bashing and joking we do with him in jest then I think many of > us can do the same. Sorry if you feel offended Kurt, I would hate to > lose anyone's contributions because of joking. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. > > You want some cheese with that whine? Geez, Kurt who hasn't gotten > offended by this list? While I have no desire of you to stop > contributing, you've got to loosen up. This list is like a technical > dinner theater. Good real-life info and advice mixed in with multiple > flavors of humor/stress relief. > > Shook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. > > Andy (and the rest of you), > > Can you please stop with the gay-bashing moronity? I may be straight, > but not only are two of my brothers gay, many of my friends as well. > It's really annoying. > > Please, satisfy your juvenile impulses some other way. > > Kurt > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Andy Shook > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> TVK = homo-troll >> >> >> >> Shook >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:26 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. >> >> >> >> With the exception of Monday, I'll be at the same events each evening > so >> hopefully you won't be ducking me like in Seattle. :-P >> >> Perhaps breakfast or lunch someday would work for everybody? >> >> (I must give credit for this wonderful idea to EZ, apparently he gets > up >> earlier when Shook can't keeping him up late at night.) >> >> >> >> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:11 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. >> >> >> >> I'd love to meet up with y'all sometime. On Monday is the publisher's > dinner >> though, on Tuesday is the MVP party, on Wednesday is the "Key > Influencer" >> party, and Thursday is the theme park event. >> >> >> >> What about during the day? :-P >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Michael B. Smith >> >> MCSE/Exchange MVP >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> >> From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:15 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. >> >> >> >> OK...The TechEd pass went fast! >> >> On a similar note, the TechNet group is having a party on Wednesday > night >> (the 11th) at TechEd. Perhaps that may be a good place to socialize. >> Assuming most of us attending have TechNet subscriptions. (Maybe a bad >> assumption.) >> >> Let me know if you are interested and I will email you the info on how > to >> get registered. >> >> TVK >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >
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