Re: cluck-cluck!!!
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: cluck-cluck!!!
- From: L* P*
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 07:58:51 -0800
Charles, I especially like your sig block :-)
Digressions from the topic of a list usually right themselves pretty
quickly and the discussion turns back naturally to the focus of the list.
A private medical list that I manage got into a brief "off-topic"
discussion about bird-sound clocks recently. This quickly turned to some
welcome humor when one person suggested that a physician might not want a
clock that ~quacked in the reception area!
I tend to be a stream-of-consciousness type anyway and to see my garden as
part of the generous totality of nature.
One of the things that I especially cherish about Medit-Plants is the
overall spirit and mood of the list. It is such a joy to share so much
enthusiasm as well as the trials and tribulations of our gardens. If this
unfettered --eek, bad birdie pun :) --sharing occasionally leads us to
digression, no harm is done. It is well worth it to keep the spirit of
openness and sense of community of the list.
The late Anton Postl, who was one of the pioneers of the Internet, was very
much a believer in free expression. He visualized the wonderful potential
for international communication free of nationalistic or excessive
commercial interests. Postl was himself a somewhat reclusive fellow, but
it was he who coined the word "community" to describe e-mail discussion lists.
Medit-Plants does a fantastic job of maintaining that sense of community.
I am very grateful and feel a great fondness for this list.
Warm wishes, Louise
At 07:50 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, Charles wrote:
> I want to thank all of you chicken fanciers for a neat
>digression. Sure it wasn't on the specific topic of the list but if
>anybody is really upset by it, let me know and I'll send you a couple
>drops of oil for your delete key.
> Perhaps this could be carried to an extreme but I don't think
>we're anywhere near the borderline yet!
> So thanks for a pleasant diversion. ---Chas---
>
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> It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
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Corvallis, ORegon
Mid-Willamette Valley
Cool Mediterranean with occasional hard frost.
Co-Listowner, Penstemon-L
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singing carefree tunes. Even creatures know the difference between freedom
and bondage. Sympathy and compassion should be but natural to the human
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