[ale] Help in this forum

[Frank Zamenski]

... 
> This list is like a corner barbershop for tech people. I personally
> enjoy the OT conversation. If this list *were* bland and mostly
> technical all the time, I would probably be much less inclined to 
follow
> it as closely as I normally do. 

Ditto. As a long-distance mostly-lurker who'll likely never attend an 
ALE mtg, OT tends to 'humanize' the list somewhat. Civil and factual 
debates are okay too (which probably eliminates religion entirely, 
Drew ;), and when civility is maintained, seem to produce self-limiting 
threads. I guess I'm fascinated by the breadth of general knowledge 
around here in things non-computer also. But when civility goes south, 
I start deleting big-time.

... 
> IMHO, the banter just shows the list is healthy. I think mostly we all
> like each other, respect each other, and enjoy having like minded and
> well versed people to discuss things with in a forum that is more
> personal than that of slashdot. I know that's how I feel.
> 
> -G
> 

Cum-bay-ya, cum-bay-yaaaaaa... ahem. sorry. :) Yeah, somehow I think 
I'd enjoy just shootin' the bull with some subscribers here, over a 
beer.... at a campfire with a guitar... <ggg>
-fgz


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