Re: ADMIN: Welcome Message
It makes one wonder how the terms "shrinking violet" and "wall flower" came to
represent people too timid to communicate.
I do appreciate John republishing the tag list from time to time. I print them
out, of course, then they disappear into all those other piles of paper on my
desk(s), which only get cleaned off when they reach such a level that the cats
find themselves tiptoeing across the desk like climbers on a scree slope, with
all my precious documents rolling out from under their feet to the floor.
Weeds do not only grow in the garden.
James Brooks
comeback@usit.net
bobkeup wrote:
> I do and some days get rid of more than 60%. Of more concern should be all
> the messages that are of personal nature or should be sent privately.
>
> Thanks
> Bob zone 5 where the JAs and LAs are really
> kicking in!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <wmoores@watervalley.net>
> To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] ADMIN: Welcome Message
>
> > John I. Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > OT-PLANTS: other garden plants (not irises)
> > > OT-ART: iris-motif art and craftwork
> > > OT-HUMOR: iris-related humor
> > > OT-CHAT: personal messages and conversation (consider taking it
> > > off-list!) OT-BIO: introduction from a new subscriber (please
> > > follow with your name) ADMIN: list administration issues (reserved
> > > for the list owner)
> >
> >
> > > We have recently lost two very valuable subscribers to iris-talk, ones
> > > that have years and years of experience, specifically because of the
> > > large amount of OT posts.
> > >
> > > I am going to begin a campaign to lower the amount of junk mail, any
> > > help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > I am a long-time member of iris-talk, having joined it when it was iris-l,
> and I am
> > sorry to learn that two long-time members have decided to resign.
> > I really don't understand why. And, here are two reasons:
> >
> > 1. The traffic on the list has been extremely slow of late, like
> > only fourteen messages today, June 26, 2000, as I write this at 6
> > p.m. CDT.
> >
> > 2. OT's are legitimate categories, and those who resigned from
> > the list knew this when they joined. Very few of the OT's have not
> > concerned some part of the plant world...like the loropetalum or
> > daylily threads of today. The only comletely OT thread I can think
> > of lately concerned the one on the Model-T; none of the above do I
> > consider 'junk.' I learned something from every one of these. And, I
> > bet all of us are guilty of an OT or two during our time on the list,
> > even those who resigned.
> >
> > If a person has a problem with the OT's, I suggest they scan
> > their entire mail file and immediately mark those OT's as delete
> > files and never open them to begin with. Of course, mail programs
> > vary, so I don't know how others kill files they don't want to read.
> >
> > Simply said, hit delete on OT's if they bother you.
> >
> > Let the list roll on!
> >
> > Walter Moores
> > Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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I'm sure this will offend some people, but I think it's funny!
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