Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shivereth and trembleth thou all. The old alpha male has spoken. I liked it more when you were writing your memoires, Ted. Or am I not KISS enough and should I bark back to make you understand that your belly button is not the centre of the universe? Philippe (Very knowingly sent to the LUG: checking my 'to' and 'cc' boxes is a reflex. Might be too modern maybe.) Op 15-feb-07, om 18:47 heeft Ted Grant het volgende geschreven: > OK maybe this will get a post to all the LUG? Then maybe? I suppose > if it comes back to me as a LUG message then I'll know it worked. ? > > Heavens what a bloody mess! > > If answering a topic that you want the whole LUG to read, but tap > onto a message of identical topic, then you find out the post for > everyone only goes to the "single individual?" then this is without > question the stupidest set up of all. > > This will kill the LUG! Period! Simply for lack of conversation and > no brainer posts all screwed-up. KILL IT Brian before it destroys us! > > As of right now it seems the post below went only to the original > poster, Ric Carter because his was the topic I copied my post > address of my remarks and as far as I can see this response may > well go to him again! God forbid this is moronic at best simply to > justify a few whiners who have no idea how to use .... "SELECT ALL > DELETE ALL?" > > OK we'll try it again as I have no idea where the hell this will > go! My God I just looked at the " TO box:" And guess who this was > going to be sent to? For crying out loud it's about to be sent > back to myself and to Ric Carter again! > > THAT DOES IT! FORGET IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER I'M OUTTA HERE AND BACK > TO THE CLOSET! If and when Brian you put it back to "normal" please > let me know, thank you. > > That is of course if you ever get to read this post! :-( > > MY POST AS SENT EARLIER! My apologize Ric if you end up the only > one with this rant again. Quite frankly a justifiable rant indeed! > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:46 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Modest Suggestion to Manage Your LUG email > Volume > > >> OUT of the closet for a couple of minutes. >> >> Of all the lists I've touched on in the past ten years, this LUG >> without >> question is the family of families! DO NOT MESS WITH IT!! >> >> Leave it alone it's worked as is simply because the way it works >> is just >> fine. mess with it and make changes and it'll fail and fall apart >> without >> the communication levels it has. >> >> Look, for those of you who can't handle the number of posts. KISS >> KISS!!! >> >> KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID... and this really applies here! >> >> A: You don't have to open them all..... scan quickly down the list >> with >> finger on the delete key, "a topic of no interest or poster of no >> interest" >> CLICK DELETE without hardly moving your finger and in a moment or >> two you >> now have a lean and mean list to look at. Or none at all! >> >> Or on a day when life has you by the tail and there isn't a hope >> of looking >> at 10 posts.... select all delete all!!! Yes you might miss >> something , >> rarely because if it's worth a good read it'll be back the next >> day, quite >> often the next 32 days if it's really worth while! >> >> The ones to pass over quickly are all the ... "I like it - Nice >> light - >> nice colour - I love your B&W - thanks for posting" that kind of >> ramble >> means diddly squat other than to the initial picture poster!" So >> anything >> like that send it to the person you wish to congratulate, not the >> whole damn >> list! >> >> Besides for sometime the LUG has been loaded with all kinds of >> nickel an >> dime little pat's on the backs and ass with "nice picture, I like >> it" crap! >> Why? Quite honestly some days I think the poster making the >> comment must >> have two bad eyes unlike myself with only one bad eye! yes it's >> getting >> worst and pissing me off no end losing what little sight there is >> in it!! >> >> If a poster likes the shot send the comment to the producer of the >> photograph simply because the rest of us do not need to know what >> you think >> unless you are making an intelligent comment with back up >> information as to >> why you like or don't like it! "nice picture" tells us absolutely >> nothing >> certainly when our opinion the posted picture should've gone to >> file 13 >> rubbish in the first place. >> >> OK THAT'S IT FOR NOW! >> >> Have a nice day as I'm back to real work for a change. Thank you >> to those >> who made inquiry as to my well being as the above attests I'm >> still biting >> and barking! ;-) >> >> ted >> >> tedgrantphoto.com >> tedgrant@shaw.ca >> Ted Grant Photography Limited >> 1817 Feltham Road >> Victoria BC V8N 2A4 >> CANADA >> 250-477-2156 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >