Miata Mailing List: June 1995, Message #133
sponsored by



     


   From: Aengus 
Subject: Re: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
   Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 13:18:47 -0400

rkowalski@nixonvan.com (Rob Kowalski) said:

[original query from rob snipped; also, text reformatted to fit on the
#&*(%^$()! screen...]

This was an answer to Rob's original posting:

> > What were you thinking when you sent this message?  The Hella Horn
> > Install FAQ was discussed on March 5 of 1995.  In fact horn
> > installation was a hot topic that day.  You should have checked the
> > miata.archives before posting.  All you needed to do was download the
> > last 4 years of archives to your hard drive (What's 30 Meg of hard
> > drive space anyways) and search  for the words (Horn, horn, Install,
> > install, Hella, hella...) There's probably only 1000 instances of each
> > of these words. Wouldn't take any time at all to read every single
> > post referring to horns... ;)

And this was Rob's response:

> -------------
> 
> I hope this paragraph starts and ends with sarcasm !! :&   I AM in the
> process of FTPing those archives to build a large ASCII file to run
> Cheeta full text indexer on, but currently don't have them all,
> OBVIOUSLY.
> 
> BTW, I joined the mailing list about 6 weeks ago FYI...  Ohh, and
> 'anyways' is not a word... it's 'anyway'.
> 
> pissed off,
> Rob '93 Black SE

And this is mine:

Rob

It _was_ sarcasm, but it wasn't aimed at you; rather, it was aimed at
certain recent flamers who were *not* poplular with the list.  I'm
glad you've joined the list, the more the merrier, but give us the
benefit of some doubt, ok?

BTW, our posters vary all over the shop in spelling, grammatical and
typing abilities, but we tend to judge on *Miata* content and wit; and
wit is somewhat tricky, as you're seeing and I've had demonstrated to
me a few times. If you're interested in _language_ issues, I can
recommend alt.usage.english, where I also like to hang out.

Aengus
   who reminds his callers that the *real* DEC guys now say "Digital"
MacIntosh
------------------------+---------------------------------------------
Aengus                  |  The opinions expressed herein will be those
amacintosh@actcorp.com  |  of ACT Inc. when my genius is recognized.
------------------------+---------------------------------------------
92 yellow SE -- still unnamed, poor orphan, but much loved nonetheless