From:	GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject:	Re: Informal Survey - answer (long)
Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 1996 01:56:15 -0700

Pete Sims wrote:
> >> But you're just saying that 'cos everyone on here is polite and well
> >> behaved.
> >
> >HAHAHAHAHAHEHAHAEHEHEHEHEHEHAHAHA..[cough..choke]..heh..he..You
> >haven't been paying attention have you.... ;)
>
> (:-# <Pat on back to clear choking>
>

Erk..Uh..Thank you

> Hahaha - yes I have been paying attention, been lurking for a few months
> now. And I was not just being polite. You guys are extremely well
> behaved and civilised in comparison to some other newsgroups/lists.
>
> So, what makes *you* think otherwise.

I suppose you are right..especially when you hold us up against other
groups..And I guess most do hold to some netiquate standards..It was not
always so..When I first got onto the list about..3 or so years ago...The
flames reached hundreds of feet into the sky...I had to wear asbestos
gloves just to answer my mail..I used to get flamed regularly..and with
great entheusiasm..I would get dozens of flames for even a small breach
of netiquate..When I first started I liked to type in all caps..It was
easier to read..I had to replace all of the keys on my keyboard from all
the flames..Instead of a simple polite message explaining my
transgression I got nuked..But I survived ;)

> And, dare I say it, somewhat amusing too.
>

Sometimes..
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