Ian,
You, like all of us have an all powerful weapon. It is called the delete
key. One stroke sends the distateful email to cyber heaven. If the
offending party has seriously broken the rules, the forward command to the
list owner is deployed. Nothing else happens, I just consider the goofy
source and ignore it. Life goes on baby. Ciao
Mike Schmidt
Stirling, NJ
> Dear All,
>
> I have for the past year enjoyed being on this list and reading opinions,
> trawling information and mostly being amused by the exchanges...
>
> However, I am now completely fed up with the constant ill-manners
displayed
> at times and must withdraw.
>
> The recent sniping (from all quarters) about on /off topic / clipless
> pedals, index changing etc., etc., is the last straw. There may be strict
cut-off
> dates for the topics, but it always strikes me that any infractions are
> generally responded to in a discourteous manner.
>
> There may, or may not, be a silent majority out there who agree with me,
it
> matters not - but I will observe that one of the greatest assets to the
list
> - fellow UK resident Mick Butler clearly had his fill recently in
> circumstances which remain unclear, and withdrew. But I do recall his
postings being
> frequently subject to similar ill-tempered / mannered responses.
>
> I want to remind everyone that what we're talking about here is bicycles,
> which are interesting to us - but actually of no import in the great scale
of
> things.
>
> To paraphrase John Becker:-
>
> "I know it's an overused expression, but I realy think it applies in this
> case. Get a life. In fact get one life and share it between you - that'll
> work..."
>
> Bye all.
>
> Ian Briggs LUTON UK.