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Re: Topics that are very interesting to some

To: "Bob De Weese" <bearlock@erols.com>, "Don Mathis" <donmathis@lucent.com>
Subject: Re: Topics that are very interesting to some
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 97 16:09:00 -0400
Hello??? Bob De Weese

>Don Mathis wrote:
>> 
>> I guess I've been on this list for 4,5 years.  We did used to have a
>> standard that we attempted to live up to.  The Rule was :  Any subject is
>> valid provided that in some manner, although tiny and obtuse, it pertained
>> to or could be connected to MGs.  Granted some of us REALLY stretched but it
>> seemed to bring out a lot of creativity and was actually a lot of fun.
>> 
>> For example; My 1961, red MGA is presently parked next to my '87 Burgundy
>> J**p,whose tan pinstriping needs to be re-done.  Anybody know where I can
>> find about 3/16" wide tan pinstriping tape for said vehicle? (Note:  I
>> really am asking this question!!)  Perhaps if we reverted to some form of
>> this type of listing, everyone would be pleased?
>> 
>> Cheers-
>> 
>> Don Mathis
>> 
>> p.s.  I really do need the tape.  All I can find is any color BUT tan.  
>Thanks-
>> 
>> At 11:51 AM 8/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Randy Rees (Volt Computer) wrote:
>> >> Not to be the Microsoft advocate, but Microsoft Outlook even has a
>> >> preview feature so I can read the first few lines without opening the
>> >> message, Other programs may or will eventually have this also. Makes it
>> >> real easy to whip through 50-80 messages and allows you to see that a
>> >> thread you previously were not interested in has changed even though the
>> >> subject line didn't.
>> >
>> >  I see all these little suggestions as the equivalent of
>> >"oh no, don't bother fixing that oil seal, that takes too
>> >long, I just stop at every street corner and throw in
>> >another quart! I don't mind at all!".
>> >
>> >  There are ways to survive this list without fixing the
>> >real problem, but the real solution would just be to
>> >fix the damn problem.
>> >
>> >  Why should hundreds of listers have to download, preview,
>> >and then delete stuff just because somebody had to get it
>> >off their chest that Moby Grape was the first band they
>> >listened to when they first got an 8 track player?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Trevor Boicey
>> >Ottawa, Canada
>> >tboicey@brit.ca
>> >http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> Don Mathis,Ph.D.
>> donmathis@lucent.com
>> '61 MGA
>> '37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
>
>
>Don,
>
>There's an automotive paint (body & fender shop) supplier up the road 
>from me.  In the past, I've found stuff there that I couldn't find 
>anywhere else.  I'll give them a call for you, Monday.
>
Yea right, like there going to be there on Monday ;-)
>One day while I was there, I heard Baby Snakes playing at the will-call 
>counter.  (Obligitory Frank Zappa content)   ;)
>
>
>Bobby
>
>-- 
>                                       Bob De Weese  
>                             Certified Professional Locksmith
>                                   bearlock@bigfoot.com
>
>
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>*  "The secret to effective communication is knowing what to say, * 
>*   how to say it, and whom to say it to."                        *
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Larry

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