Always a comedian in the group.
Merry Christmas back at you.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: JAMES CANNON <dr.piston@worldnet.att.net>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Light Bulbs
>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.
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>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
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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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