Eric, methinks you exaggerate grossly!

If some off-topic nonsense about coffee and bears could rip apart the
Vanagon community, then the community couldn't have been too strong to start
with.  Nonsense is healthy.  And years from now there will be allusions to
"oh no, bears and coffee!" which will make all of us realize that we were
part of a community that shared an experience that people who join the list
next year won't even understand.

Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Mark Edwards
:::Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 1:13 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: I can't wait!
:::
:::> I can not
:::>longer spend the time weeding thru all htis crap. This has ripped apart
:::>the vanagon community.  Jim, please
:::>bring Gerry back as he was years ago....
:::
:::Like most OT stuff, it will die away of its own accord, but it does
:::contain some vanagon content, although you cannot know that because you
:::are not reading them all. Until then, filters are your friend. Set em up
:::quick, and never see another bear or grey water subject again. Anyone who
:::uses email and doesn't use filters is missing a powerful tool to make the
:::experience much more enjoyable. If you are wasting your time weeding
:::through the posts, in the time it takes to send the complaint message,
:::you
:::can just as easily filter it all out.
:::
:::Try em, you'll like em.
:::
:::(Plus, its friday, so you get another whole day to read em! <G>)
:::
:::Mark