Very well said, thanks. Charles
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:45 PM, JS White<[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve read this thread with interest, consternation, and amusement all > bundled up together. Back when this mailing list was “CaveTex,” I spent a > year (and then some) as its administrator and moderator. I inherited the job > from my dad, who just got plain tired of trying to keep up with Luddites and > flamers and headaches from the list’s various hosting services. > > Here’s what I think, for what it’s worth. The “me-toos” and one-liners are > indeed a nice campfire, sociable kind of response. You guys exist in a rare > community. I’ve seen the old-timers take care of each other in ways that > just don’t happen in conventional communities and families, and I feel > blessed—albeit in a very non-religious, non-denominational way. You rely on > each other for amusement, and you work together and learn together. I work > closely with another Caver-offspring in a 40-hour/week bureaucratic > environment. We marvel regularly at what a great thing it was to be raised > by our crazy parents and their friends. In most cases, you know you can > count on each other to care about important things in the same ways—family, > friends, the land, the caves, the knowledge…your own lives. > > Use the Delete key as you see fit and keep your impatience to yourselves. If > you really want to be business-minded, be cautious with your subject-lines. > Use important first words: Trip Report, Work Weekend, Action Required, > whatever. But don’t disparage each other for brevity or lack of brilliance. > Gil Edigar can write an essay that would make any of us weep. Ted Samsel can > make me laugh so hard I fear I will pee myself from a single line. But every > non-stellar rejoinder or mundane reply meant something to the person on the > other end who hit “send.” Respect that and appreciate it. > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Stefan Creaser <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Have you considered printing double sided? >> >> >> >> I’ve left the history so you can check if this works… >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Stefan >> >> >> >> From: Simon Newton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:29 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] delete button >> >> >> >> I have my secretary print all my emails to paper, so I'd prefer 1 page >> text minimum (Times New Roman, 10 pt font). >> >> Also, if you could remove the history chain at the bottom this would save >> a lot of paper. >> >> Thanks in advance for your compliance on this matter, >> >> Simon >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Fofo <[email protected]> >> To: texascavers <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:31:40 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] delete button >> Hi! >> >> I use Mozilla's Thunderbird both in the office and my laptop. I know, it's >> a throwback, now that everything is online, but you can set it up to pretty >> much do whatever you want: leave messages on server, delete messages from >> server, delete only the ones that you delete, have messages delivered >> directly to specific folders, group messages by thread, etc. It has a pretty >> decent junk mail filter, and setting it up is easy. >> >> Even in slow connections, usually I don't even notice when messages are >> downloaded (unless it's the first time of the day and there are several big >> files to download, and for really bad connections you can put a limit on the >> size of files to download). I always have the preview panel on, and it >> literally often takes less than one second to read a message (especially >> short replies), delete them and move on to the next one. >> >> OK, 162 words. Clear to go! >> >> >> -- >> >> IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are >> confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the >> contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the >> information in any medium. Thank you. >
