Richard Webb wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


TL> You might want to make a post about familynet in the othernets
TL> echo...Bob posts there.
 RW> tHink I carried that one for awhile, might again.

There is no traffic other than sporadic announcements.....

 RW> NOw as soon as echolist updates come in, we unzip 'em,
 RW> remove any line with the name "hoffman" in it, as they're
 RW> just wasted space and time.  

TL> Well, it we applied the logic of wasted space and time across the
TL> board, we could eliminate many echoes, most of the admin addresses
TL> in Fodonet, and a large number of the node listings (g).....but
TL> that. like your statment, is simply a matter of opinion.

 RW> AGreed.  WE spend enough time on 14300 just saying hi to
 RW> folks, letting folks make their skeds to move off frequency
 RW> and chatter, but when the stuff really hits, we're there,
 RW> with folks who know how to get the job done .

There is a difference....with ham radio we are "suppossed" to
perform public service(although many folks don't)...where as in Fidonet
there is no charge to do anything that's helpful...it is simply a
hobby...and in most instances performs no useful functions whatsover, other
than filling time and massaging egoes.



 RW> Oh no prob, it's just that some of what I do around here
 RW> with my automation looks through elist entries when backbone
 RW> updates are made.  

But most of Bob's echoes are not in the Fidonet Backbone...they are family
net echoes.....

 RW> multitude of sins for the system by filling in for missing
 RW> links and operators, both on NTS digital and phone circuits, and I
 RW> needed to cover for him that day, as well as cover for others who
 RW> volunteer to take on these responsibilities then
 RW> don't show up .
 RW> sPeaking of which, did you read that guy's editorial in the
 RW> Contest update I posted in ls_arrl yesterday?  

I don't take that echo.....I have no interest in the ARRL....although I am
a life member, I have had enough disagreements wtih them over the years I
should simply resign my membership.....


 RW> This same frustration is also why I argue against this
 RW> automated email by radio as being the be-all and end-all in
 RW> emcomm work, but that's a subject for another echo .

Yep.....

cya,
thom
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