To Admin:

See response below.

David Euans wrote:
> OK, I've had it.  I haven't gotten into these flame wars in the past,  
> but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  I'm fed up with the wasted bandwidth and will  
> now filter out any thing but [PIC].  Like most organizations lately,  
> the PIClist has seemingly become more concerned about being PC than  
> with the general content of the list.  Olin can be abrasive and so can  
> I (just ask my friends).  However, his contributions far outweigh IMHO  
> any grief that he has piled on someone who  generally deserved a  
> verbal switching.  I have learned a great deal from this list  
> (speaking as a rank amateur) and some of that has come from Olin's  
> posts.  I would rather spend a little extra time researching a problem  
> than to waste everyone's time by asking a question that can easily be  
> answered in the archives or app notes.
>
> To those offended by Olin, and now by me, ****GET A LIFE****!  Reality is not  
> always warm and fuzzy.  If you say the wrong things in life, you may  
> get physically slapped.  Thicken your skin if you post on this list  
> and we will all gain from it.
~cut~
> To our admins - this thread has lasted far longer than it needed to.   
> Get Olin back and contributing to the list and get our members to have  
> a little more spine.
>
> You may flame away at me but I won't bother reading your posts.
>
> Dave Euans

I totally agree with Dave.  ****ENOUGH is ENOUGH****.  This thread has 
lasted far too long.

Bring Olin back!

Maybe the lists Admin needs to change...!!!!

Peter
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