Re: OT- On topic

John I Jones wrote:
> Arthur wrote:
> > Hello Friends.
> >                    I have just returned from a few days holiday, found over  400 hundred emails waiting in the computer, out from that number I read fourteen that was clearly wrote on the subject Irises.

> Well, certainly there have been some messages that were clearly not
> relevent to irises. I probably posted some of those. But, I think some
> of the issue depends on how you define "relevent to irises". The general  guidelines form the beginning were topics that concerned the gardening
of irises. That probably includes things like the discussions of what
> the differences between moles, voles and gophers are and how they might  impact our irises, the use of clorox and how it does what it does, whether kiddie pools make good containers for JIs (trying to be
> politically correct here) and , and, and. Many people who are nuts about
> irises even by things with pictures of irises on them. Even though it is  not my thing, I even consider the "Glassware" thread relevent.
> There are lots of threads I am not interested in, but others are. 
> I would ask why you don't pose your questions to the list? The questions other people ask have provided you information, don't you think your questions would be of interest to others? Support YOUR list, ask  questions.
> 
> IMHO it hasn't been that terrible (and I admit to being one of the
> perpetrators) but most of the non-iris mail is either interesting or
> emminently "delete-able" with a flick of the finger.
> 
> John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
> Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
> Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
> Heavy clay base for my raised beds.

IMHO, John is absolutely right.  Even specifically iris postings get
deleted by me without reading them when I have no interest.  for
example, I am not a hybridizer and probably never will be.  I can always
check the archives if the interest arises. Iris business is great--
that's why I joined the list.  I've learned incredible things about
their care and cultivation.  But I am also delighted by the sheer
humannity that shines through the humour and the interests many people
have that may not exactly be on (iris) target.

and, Arthur, John is right about youposting you iris questions, etc. to
the list.  that would certainly being the number to higher than 14 out
of a 100.  (Am I being cranky?  don't mean to be.)
rima  terra@catskill.net  a fellow perpetrator
upstate ny  zone 4
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