[R-390] That's more like it!!!

[bw]

Jim,

I see your point but I have to disagree. We are all working on the 
radios or just using them. This list had a certain character and spirit 
that made it the best list anywhere. We had the fun taken out of it all 
and the list hasn't recovered. I feel sort of sorry for the new members 
who didn't get to enjoy a great bunch of fun loving people. Like Cecil 
said, you could venture into SP-600 talk all the time. The running joke 
was that a R-390A/nonA owner had to have an SP too, and most did. That 
brings up another point- jokes. Well, we were basically told (read 
threatened) that jokes were not to be tolerated any more, so the humor 
and humorous members are either not here or definately not posting 
anymore. Hell, we can talk about color coding caps, but we can't talk 
about how we use our radios or what we like to listen to. This used to 
be a list of adults enjoying being around the same sorts of people...and 
that means the inevitable joking around, some banter, and just good old 
fun that didn't harm anyone. If you were the type to gush over Westley 
Clark's photo on the cover of that gay magazine you could understandably 
take a few HEAT rounds up the wazoo. Believe me, there was never a 
shortage of topics on this list a year ago!


the other other Barry


>You overlook the obvious problem.  With the generous help of this reflector,
>all the R-390's and R-390A's from 2 -3 years ago have been fixed, aligned
>and refurbished.  Until a new guy shows up or something breaks there is not
>much else to do. Unless you want to follow the other reflectors and start a
>thread on wiring headphone/microphone plugs.
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>Jim
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>>Cecil,
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>>I hear you loud and clear! Compared to previous years, this list seems
>>pretty empty. You see this all the time if you look at the stats of
>>other lists. You know, you look at the message volume by month and it
>>shows less than 1 message day, or something similar. You see that it is
>>a list with barely any life at all. It is a shame to see what was the
>>best list on the Internet get neutered down to nothing. We used to have
>>tons of members saying all kinds of neat things around here. Hell, we
>>even had laughs all the time. Most old timers are probably hesitant to
>>post anything, or they found other lists. Kinda odd, but I've noticed
>>that the small pack of whiners who started the original belly aching
>>(and the eventual demolition of this list) have all gone silent too.
>>Maybe they joined other lists and are imposing their
>>"you're-having-too-much-fun" gripes on those guys now.
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>>Yeah, I guess I'm complaining but it is really more like missing the
>>good ol' days and wishing they would somehow come back..........
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>>the other other Barry
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