I believe you forgot the 2 week discussion about the rule change required
and wether or not the new lightbulb had electronic controls or questionable
aerodynamic devices.
Merry Christmas
Jim From Salem
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 9:51 PM
Subject: Light Bulbs
>Yep that about Sums it up..... have a happy holidays.....Keith
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>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 5:58 PM
>Subject: [911] A Little Mail List Humor - (No Porsche Content)
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> >To the list!!
>> Hope everyone finds this as amusing as I did.....
>> regards, and Happy Holidays..
>> Eric Linden
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>> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
>>light bulb (in a garage containing a Porsche or Healey)?
>>
>> A: Exactly Five Hundred:
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>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the
>>light bulb has been changed
>> 7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
>>light bulb could have been changed differently.
>> 4 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
>> 17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
>light
>>bulbs.
>> 21 to flame the spell checkers
>> 49 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light
>>bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
>> 20 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
>> 32 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
>take
>>this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
>> 69 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
>>alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
>> 41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light
>>bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.
>> 106 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
where
>>to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
>>technique, and what brands are faulty.
>> 12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
>> 8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
>>corrected URLs.
>> 2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant
to
>>this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
>> 15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
>>headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."
>> 6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they
>>cannot
>>handle the light bulb controversy.
>> 9 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
>> 3 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
>> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
>> 24 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for,
>>leave it here.
>> 53 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
>>
>>Bob LaRoche
>>Lifetime Rennlist Member
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