Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jon Mitchell wrote: > > > Maybe I'm being to harsh and I'm unappreciative of the personal > > relationships that many of you share. Maybe I'm just having a bad morning. > > One reality is sure: I'm getting around 60 messages like this _a day_. > > > > Please; take some of the less useful/interesting posts to email? > > > > I'm begging you.... > > > > Best, > > Danny Gonzalez > > > Dear LUGers, > > Mr. Gonzalez has made a fine point, the LUG is littered with > gibberrish (I will not mention names, you know who you are). I had > about 104 messages this morning, most of them not worth reading, > threads like "Some thoughts on R8" have been going for about a month! > If you like talking about R8s so much, start a new R8 users group. > > Quality posts from Oddmund and some others who actually have > something genuinely interesting say, wether it be technical or > philosophical. Leicas are great cameras, used by many great > photographers. I am interested to read a few messages about wether a > 90mm f4 Elmar outperforms a 90mm f2.8 Elmar. I am interested to know > about the quality of Russian lenses, new product information, etc. > I am not particularly interested in rantings which have no relation > to the subject at hand. It appears that some on the list are > compulsive email writers and often send mail for the sake of it > (with all due respect - take note Mr. Holmes, Ted Grant, etc,). > > We all have information of interest to other users and experience to > share. But please fellow Luggers, keep it concise and ask yourself > before you hit SEND...Does anyone really want to read this? I think > it would make the list more informative and enjoyable. > > I would also like to see more classifieds, although not bitching by > those involved in the deals. If you do have a problem buying from > someone, tell them to meet you at dawn somewhere with two pistols and > settle it honorably, instead of washing you dirty linen in public, > because I think most of us don't want to know. > > cheers and long live Leicas - Jon Mitchell > Website: <http://www.panama.c-com.net/~jmitch> I agree entirely with Mr. Jon Mitchell. H. S. Lam