Miata Mailing List: December 1997, Message #29
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From: 	olovyann@pfizer.com (Oleg Olovyannikov)

Subject: Re: New List Member Question

Date: 	Mon, 1 Dec 1997 10:40:07 +0000





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> On 11/26/97 9:23, Helmut P Stumph hstumph@juno.com wrote:

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> >Is this list always this full of personal stuff?  Why don't people use

> >person-to-person mail instead of posting page long personal statements

> >for all of us to read?   Is this an AOL chat room or a car list?  It's

> >tough to find much miata stuff lately.   I made a post requesting some

> >information and have only had one reply while receiving over a hundred

> >messages in the interim.



Helmut,



First, welcome to the list. I've been on this list for about three years or

so and, personally, will never voluntarily unsubscribe. As a couple of other

folks have mentioned, this list is unique in its warmth and sense of family.

I've met a number of list members in person, and they've turned out to be great

people. Others, I feel that I've gotten to know and care about through their

postings. Another poster has eloquently described the list community as a true

Dickensian village!



I subscribe to a number of other mailing lists, including auto-related lists

and none of them even remotely approach the sense of comfort and community this

lists projects. They are all cold and dry, with an endless procession of 

problems, with no human connection. I don't doubt that this might be appealing

to some, but the Miata list is different and I really like it, in no small part 

for the humor and personal stories of its members. Just use that NMC tag!



There is tons of technical data available as well, just check the archives and 

the Garage section on Miata.net. These resources and the technical knoweledge of

the folks here has solved many of my technical problems.



Regards,



Oleg

'93B Mariner Blue Autorotor