[OFB Cafe] ADMIN: A Note from Your List Administrator

[Chris Olson]

From: Rick Bowers

> Well, since I started the offending thread, I feel badly that it has

It's not an offending thread.  It's a good one.

> decayed to this. I honestly only wanted to know if the bio-fuel for 
> my furnace is a good idea. It appears the answer is yes.

Depends on if you ask one the Republican, Bush Administration-supporting, Big Oil loving, anti-biofuels people on this list, or ask somebody who actually knows something about the issue.

> I've always stayed back and listened to opposing views of people. I 
> learn a lot that way, and can balance the pros and cons myself. I 
> haven't, personally, been offended by the "conversations". I learn 
> from that. But I'll have to agree it doesn't breed good will.

LOL!  Too many people have never mastered the art of heated debate without resorting to personal attacks.  So far I've learned that people on this list have problems with:
  a.. me having too many guns 
  b.. me having too many vehicles 
  c.. my wife collecting sports cars 
  d.. my wife having registered horses 
  e.. our boat goes too fast 
  f.. we catch too damn many fish 
  g.. what will they think of next?
And all this in a Biofuels thread!  It's like, JFC, you'd better not offer much of an opinion on ANYTHING, much less back it up, because somebody will take it personal.  The one and only reason I came to this list was to check out the new "home" that Tim had set up for my TechTalk refugees that I've known for years.  But I don't belong here because I'm too much of a maverick and there's too many people here who can't handle that without getting all bent.  I have little time for discussions of cameras, computer problems, whose email client behaves properly and whose doesn't, debating the awesome advantages of plain text email, and so on.  I have bigger fish to catch.

Hope Tim's Café list works out for everybody, but it's time for me to move on.
--
Chris
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   From: [1]Rick Bowers

   > Well, since I started the offending thread, I feel badly that it has



   It's not an offending thread.  It's a good one.

   > decayed to this. I honestly only wanted to know if the bio-fuel for
   > my furnace is a good idea. It appears the answer is yes.



   Depends     on     if     you    ask    one the    Republican,    Bush
   Administration-supporting,  Big  Oil  loving,  anti-biofuels people on
   this  list,  or  ask  somebody  who actually knows something about the
   issue.

   > I've always stayed back and listened to opposing views of people. I
   > learn a lot that way, and can balance the pros and cons myself. I
   > haven't, personally, been offended by the "conversations". I learn
   > from that. But I'll have to agree it doesn't breed good will.



   LOL!   Too  many  people  have never mastered the art of heated debate
   without  resorting  to  personal  attacks.   So  far I've learned that
   people on this list have problems with:

     * me having too many guns
     * me having too many vehicles
     * my wife collecting sports cars
     * my wife having registered horses
     * our boat goes too fast
     * we catch too damn many fish
     * what will they think of next?

   And  all  this in a Biofuels thread!  It's like, JFC, you'd better not
   offer  much  of  an opinion on ANYTHING, much less back it up, because
   somebody  will  take  it  personal.  The one and only reason I came to
   this  list  was to check out the new "home" that Tim had set up for my
   TechTalk  refugees that I've known for years.  But I don't belong here
   because  I'm  too  much of a maverick and there's too many people here
   who  can't  handle  that without getting all bent.  I have little time
   for  discussions  of  cameras,  computer  problems, whose email client
   behaves properly and whose doesn't, debating the awesome advantages of
   plain text email, and so on.  I have bigger fish to catch.



   Hope  Tim's Café list works out for everybody, but it's time for me to
   move on.

   --

   Chris

References

   1. mailto:rwbowers at gmail.com