What the heck kind of message is this....?? I can assure you of this! Not all on this list are like that!! That is the most ridiculous crap I have ever read in my life...especially considering the original post wasn't bad at all... We are not all like this!!
Walt
Falls Creek, Pa
> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message ---
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:12:19 -0700
> From: "robt" <rmiller297@wans.net>
> To: "Arnold Clark" <arnoldclark@gmx.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR]What the hell kind of list is this?
>
> > GO fuck your dog ..take a shit but shut the fuck
> > up...................................
>
> This is the second vile message I have had from this listmember. Can the
man
> who is in charge of the list do something about this please.
>
> Arnold
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arnold Clark" <arnoldclark@gmx.net>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:00 PM
> > Subject: [CR]What the hell kind of list is this?
> >
> >
> > > I have been lurking for a while-new list new rules-better take time to
> > get
> > > to know it etc.
> > > It is supposed to be about old bikes I was told. I read the rules
again,
> > got
> > > the message loud and clear that off-topic posts will lead to
banishment
> > (bit
> > > scared to post anything actually!), read some of the archives.
> > >
> > > Then these posts start appearing about the stiffness of bike
> > frames-maybe
> > of
> > > interest, maybe to do with bikes, not to do with old bikes so off
topic.
> > > Some might argue that old bikes have frames therefore discussion about
> > stiffness
> > > is on topic. Well bikes have tyres as well but would it OK to speak
> > about
> > > rubber compounds in scientific terms? What about the tensile strength
of
> > brake
> > > and gear cables? Maybe I have not gone back in the archives-maybe they
> > have
> > > already been discussed.
> > >
> > > Then people start speaking about Campagnolo corkscrews. Sorry, never
> > seen
> > > one of them on an old bike. Mine usually have a bottle opener brazed
on
> > > somewhere. What is this crap. Will the frame stiffness people and the
> > corkscrewed up
> > > people be unsubscribed. If not why not? There are enough lists for
this
> > sort
> > > of thing so why dont these people write about it there.
> > >
> > > And where is the stuff about OLD bikes? Everything seems to be about
> > bike
> > > boom bikes. They must be the most boring bikes ever made. Nothing
seems
> > older
> > > than about 25 years. Does no one have an OLD bike they want to talk
> > about.
> > A
> > > 1930s lightweight is an OLD bike. Seventies bike are not OLD just a
bit
> > of
> > > nostalgia which is not the same thing. Old BIANCHIS, old CINELLIS, old
> > HETCHINS,
> > > old HOLDSWORTHS, old BATES-these are classic bikes, not 70s bike boom
> > crap.
> > >
> > > Can I ask the guy in charge of the list is he is going to take action
> > and
> > > jettison all these off-topic people so you dont get a digest with 25
> > messages
> > > 90% of which are about complete crap! Sorry to make my first post a
> > nagging
> > > one but I thought I had subscribed to a group about old bikes not
> > corkscrews
> > > and framebuilders topics.
> > >
> > > Arnie in Bavaria, Germany
> > >
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