[Boatanchors] Ebay links

[Geoff]

Its not the group but the clown running it.  His usual complaint was that it 
takes revenue away from QTH.net which is pure BS.

And the new owner says he could care less and the list owner can make his 
own rules, stupid or not.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Ebay links


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
>
>> I'm voting for Robert. In a non radio related group and not even
>> online
>> we started making "exceptions" to the rules citing "reasonable" and
>> "get
>> with the times". In short order there was chaos and people leaving
>> with
>> hurt feelings.
>
> I'm sorry, Bill, but that group is certainly an exception.
>
> I fought this battle against envy and jealousy for years on
> a radio group.  I heard it all:  "We'll be overrun!  There'll
> be chaos and nothing but Ebay posts!  We'll be seeing
> ads for "Hello Kitty!"  THE SKY IS FALLING!
> THE SKY IS FALLING! YAAAAA!"
> Finally, after EIGHT YEARS of this nonsense, I hit on
> the right formula.  I reminded them that we had been
> wrangling this for *8 years,* that we were all still there,
> we were still talking about radios, and I then went to the
> archives for the last year.  Don't remember the exact
> number of posts, but there had been hundreds and
> hundreds... perhaps over a thousand.  It was a very
> active group.  Know how many Ebay links in a year?
> 18.   That's right EIGHTEEN.  Oh my goodness,
> the world will surely end!  All that childish pique,
> jealousy,  hatefullness and screaming over 18 strokes
> of the "DELETE" key in a YEAR.
> Know what?  The carpers shut the hell up.
> At least for then.  I quit the group in disgust
> and haven't been back.  I have my own children, thanks.
> I don't need grown ones.
>
> If your group can be killed by a few Ebay links,
> you don't have much of a group to start with.
> Period.
>
> D.S.
>
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