Also even well meaning threads like Vintage Pullers can be degraded by side chatter. I sympathize with the monitors because there are so many of us with so many opinions. My approach is to present topics that are of interest to me as a Vintage owner. When the thread spins out of control I just avoid it. A good sign that a thread is out of control is when someone changes the topic line.
Aloha
Bob http://mrminimal.com
At 11:51 AM 6/28/01 -0500, you wrote:
on 6/27/01 4:19 PM, Richard P. Kenan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Oliver (and others):
- Many of the travel topics that might not be appropriate for a technically-oriented list like VAC are quite appropriate for Hunter's list (the original Airstream list). Why not join that, if you're not already on it?
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- - Dick
- (5368)At 08:40 AM 6/27/2001 -0700, you wrote:
- Besides the technical information exchange, I find the travel information
- dialog to be very useful. This also includes solo travel logs, and
- discussions of travel destinations. The real question is how or where to
- handle it.
- The VAC list members seem to take traveling in an Airstream more seriously
- than most other groups. This includes safety, planning ahead, and locating
- good facilities in an unfamiliar area. [These facilities could include
- everything from a reliable dealer or service facility to a nice campground.]
- Therefore, it seems to me that it would be a disservice to squelch dialog on
- any topic related to safe or enjoyable traveling with an A/S. Thus solo
- travelers may have information worth exchanging with VAC caravaners. This
- information could be more interesting and valuable than a trip report of a
- VAC outing. [This is not to put down the need or desirability of learning
- about an "official" function.]
- There are many places to visit which are not well covered in the standard
- media, or perhaps special concerns of these events which are conveniently
- ignored.
- For example, the recent Burning Man dialog. I have heard about this event
- prior to it's VAC list discussion. However, I have not been to this
- "happening", so I don't know if it is a West Coast Woodstock, a sex orgy, or
- an interesting event. Likewise, boondocking in the middle of the Nevada
- desert has its own set of problems that a wise traveler should know about
- before departing for such a place or event. Hence, subjects of concern to
- Airstream travelers at such a destination are valid topics for information
- exchange, in my opinion.
- I would also like to get input on many other places from VAC members who
- have been there. For instance, the annual opening of the Trinity Site at
- Alamogordo, New Mexico [site of the first nuclear bomb blast]. How safe is
- it, etc.? How realistic is it to bring an Airstream to New Orleans for
- Mardi Gras? Ditto for Fantasy Fest at Halloween in Key West, Florida?
- If topics like these are off limits for the VAC List, perhaps we should look
- for a way to set up an alternate site for travel information exchange [or
- rethink the definition of acceptable topics].
- I look forward to hearing from other members on this subject, (assuming it
- is not an "off list" subject).
- Also, feel free to e-mail me directly.
- Oliver Filippi
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- '76 25' Tradewind
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- Many of the travel topics that might not be appropriate for a technically-oriented list like VAC are quite appropriate for Hunter's list (the original Airstream list). Why not join that, if you're not already on it?
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I agree,
Hunter's list is for the people who want to chat about things that are not the most interesting unless you know all the players involved. I would like to see this VAC list stay more technical, as that was its' intended purpose.
Yes, I did get kicked off Hunter's list for not being "sensitive" to other's feelings.
Olly Larson
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