David W. Duley wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-08-15 11:56:11 EDT, you write:
>
> <<
>  Well I've been following the latest days development in the mentioned
>  threads and I actually enjoy it. Maybe I'm a bit strange, but what's the
>  big deal... I think that the off-topic-threads bring the PIC-community
>  closer, beacuse engineers are (from what atleast i have seen) much the
>  same all around the world; boys in spirit. The boring, academic type of
>  engineer might want to turn to another forum for discussion... If these,
>  as someone called them, watercooler discussions bother any of you please
>  set up the 'pure - technical - and - nothing - but - technical - pic -
>  list'.
>   >>
> Finally a voice of reason!
> I find it much more annoying that the writers of off-topic messages feel the
> need to make the subject
> of the email "OFF-TOPIC" as if I can't figure that out on my own.
>
> Its all related in the end.
>
> Dave Duley
What REALLY nice about the "off topic" in the subject line is: you can
set up a mail filter to delete them!
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