Date: 05 Oct 2001 16:53:50 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Toyota in top five again (JD Power....)
In alt.autos.saab Bruce Bergman <blCHURRObergmannopsamhlink.net> wrote: > On Fri, 05 Oct 2001 06:30:30 -0700, MDT TechÆ > <ssauer4Onopsamchboard.net> wrote: > And starting a back-and-forth snipe-fest isn't going to accomplish > anything other than wasting poor defenseless bytes and electrons. I > don't know about Dave, but Rick has the cojones to keep going on this > one forever, so dropping it is the prudent response. When the > cross-post peters out, you won't have to read Rick's .sig anymore. Actually, I don't see his .sig any more since I wrote him off as useless and killfiled him. Honestly didn't know he was continuing; he's free to do so, of course, but I won't be seeing any of it. I can't see any value in continuing to read his posts. > Actually, "Derek Hawkins" <elNOSPAMdatanopsamcom> started this whole > sordid conversation by cross-posting the original news blurb between > alt.autos and the a.a.Toyota, a.a.Volvo and a.a.Saab groups. > Obviously, he thought the original subject would be interesting to > all - or he'd see if a good flame-war would start between groups that > normally don't hang out together - the world may never know which. I > must commend everyone here, you've all remained *fairly* civil... ;-) Well, I did get flamed early on for commenting that cross-posts are rarely a good idea. > If there was a strong delineation of a group that this discussion > belonged in - or didn't - it's trivial to trim the distribution list, > but nobody ever did. Control-K works really well in my newsreader, as well. Improves the signal:noise ratio a bunch. Dave Hinz