I understood that 1 year ago... this list is getting down the drain.

I still come lurk once in a wile just to read some childish and unrelated,
irrelevant post.

You did a good job!

Thanks.
Ben
http://www.benplace.com/

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:01:02 -0800, Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Okay, this isn't fun anymore.
>
>The "Charter" is gone. The footer is gone.  Moderation is gone.  Quote
>full digests if that's what blows up your skirt. Top post, bottom post
>or middle post to your heart's content. Discuss Fords, Priuses, John
>Deere tractors, cell phones or the likelihood of there being life on
>the moons of Saturn 24/7 if that where the conversation leads you.  If
>you all feel that you want moderation, I can offer a couple of
>personnel recommendations, but that's for all of you to decide. It
>just ain't me babe. I have had enough.
>
>David, hard drive space and CPU power ARE cheap.  Flying from coast to
>coast to install them costs a bit more and Tom, who still has
>possession of the hardware has been more than a little difficult to
>contact. I have more that enough retired hardware to rehost, but to do
>so requires gerry's hard drive(s) to capture the archived data and for
>the Listserv package. There has been off list discussion about
>replacing gerry, but without actually HAVING gerry, it is difficult to
>proceed. If there are folks that want to pursue this avenue, please do
>so. I have nothing to offer the discussion except rack space and pipe.
>(Which is the original offer that got me into this silly predicament.)
>
>I will continue to approve requests to subscribe to the list (since
>there's no one else who can until gerry gets freed from Tom
>Carrington's closet) and I will send the how to unsubscribe link to
>those who ask. I will moderate or remove subscribers who escalate
>flame-fests to the level of Godwin's Law but that is it. Complaints
>will go into the bit bucket for electron recycling.
>
>Be nice to one another.
>
>Jim