Considering that if you'd kept your yap shut and not posted your message
Mike would not have woken up, I'd say to use the archives!

Seriously, even though we sometimes get tired of seeing the same posts over
and over, I appreciate the give and take of live discussion.  And I never
will tire of tire threads, since new ones are made available all the time.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flubach@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:23 PM
Subject: Answer in the archives?

> Does it really matter when a question is asked whose answer is already in
> the archives?  As I see it,
>
> 1. A new or old question asked generates discussion and dynamics that most
> likely never existed before. People meet people. I really like that aspect
> of it.
> 2. New or old listees reading the new post and responses might learn
> something before it goes wrong for them.
> 3. Bandwidth, server time and disk space are consumed.  All cheap by
today's
> standards.
> 4. Search time through the archive is unnessarily increased.
> 5. People who've already delt with the issue on or off the list see a
> message they can/must immediately delete.
>
> So, "should" I really feel guilty about posting a message with a question
> that's been answered a few times in the past?
>
> My personal answer-  probably not, unless it's something very simple, like
> "How do I turn off my OXY light?"
>
> What do yo think?
>
> Bradley Flubacher
> State College, PA
> '82 VW diesel westy
> '84 GL wasserboxer
>