

| Subject: | Re: was Make your subject line clear and descriptive NOW it's ah, umm. |
| From: | Matthew Pollard |
| Date: | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:09:07 -0800 |
yeah, firearms, hunting, bleeding radiator, tires, rust, OXY light- the goods stuff. Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, mike miller wrote: > Can we get back on tires, gun control and the inability of North Coast women > to send me the money I so richly deserve [just a little something to see if > Phaedra's paying attention] > > Mike > > > From: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> > > Reply-To: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> > > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 22:06:33 -0800 > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Make your subject line clear and descriptive > > > > Most of the subject lines on this list are accurate. More than on other > > lists to which I belong. > > > > What I love about the Internet and this list and AMERICA, is real honest to > > goodness free speech. We all have the right to say what we want to say. > > About HTML or plain text or plain straight talk. And dry humor or plain > > pisedoffedness are welcome relief. If you are offended then chill out and > > get real. > > > > It is good catharsis and deep down we all know we each mean well or we would > > not be on this list. > > > > YES, the lazy sons of bitches SHOULD make it easy for others to read and > > find info. (I too am one of those lazy sons of bitches sometimes.) I belong > > to other (not vanagon related) lists and the most irritating lazy crap is > > an unwillingness to make a clear subject line so that archive hunting will > > be a easy for us all. I have even had difficulty finding my own "vanagon > > keepers" emails. I've had to write a second and third time seeking the same > > information. (This is unnecessary, and clear subject lines would make things > > so easy. AND I THOUGHT CLEAR SUBJECT LINES WAS ONE OF THE RULES OF THIS > > GROUP.) We are all busy, and life is mundane enough. We do not need to wade > > through crap that is avoidable and easy to fix. > > > > Lazy people SHOULD wake up. AND those irritated by it SHOULD use any means > > POSSIBLE to communicate-- gentle and harsh. Humorous and stupid. Clever and > > embarrassing. > > > > For God's sake check your subject line so that it is descriptive, and get on > > this HTML thing. If you don't know what it does or is (like I did not > > know)-- LEARN. And if you have learned, help those that don't know how to > > learn how to. AND RATHER THAN PISS AND MOAN POST A SOLUTION LIKE Larry > > Chase did. Post it over and over like Spam until everyone gets it. But post > > the solution, NOT THE PROBLEM. For God's sake wake up. POST THE SOLUTION. > > some of us just do not know. We are not all experts like you are. Some of us > > just learned to use the Internet and a computer. > > > > Keep on keeping on and CHECK YOUR SUBJECT LINE BEFORE YOU SEND and if it > > does not describe your content EXACTLY, change it. > > > > William > > Vanagon site http://members.home.net/holisticdream/vanagon1989.htm > > Holistic Health Center site > > http://members.home.net/wholehealthfound/welcome.html > > >
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