[NTLK] [OT] Sandy threatens financial/economic Armageddon

[John Heinrichs]

The Fate of NYC:

There was a young girl from Rabat,

who had triplets, Nat, Pat and Tat;

It was fun in the breeding,

But hell in the feeding,

When she found she had no tit for Tat.



Cheers
John
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 28 Oct 12, at 15:55, Lord Groundhog <lordgroundhog at gmail.com> wrote:

> ~~~ On 2012/10/28 22:39, Grant Hutchinson at grant at splorp.com wrote ~~~
> 
>> 
>> On 2012-10-28, at 12:12 PM, Michael Rankin wrote:
>> 
>>> Otherwise, I will unsubscribe as I'm sure others will also if it does not
>>> stop.
>> 
>> That would be unfortunate ... and quite frankly, mostly your loss. Part of the
>> ongoing charm of the NewtonTalk list is the often hilariously off-topic nature
>> of the off-topic posts. If the frequency (or density) of the off-topic posting
>> becomes too prevalent, I promise to nip them firmly in the bud.
>> 
>> Meanwhile, enjoy the list in all its quirky glory.
>> 
>> g.
>> 
> 
> I'd like to second this if I may.  One of the things I like about this list
> is that we manage to deal with one another as real people, including topics
> of a more personal nature.  I've been on a number of lists in my time, but
> I'm more likely to sit down and have coffee and a rap with the folks here
> than with pretty much any other group of people I know only via the web.
> For the most part (nobody's perfect) we achieve that by the second thing I
> like about this list, when we go off-topic people really do try to remember
> the "[OT]" tag in the Subject line.  I'm sure we can and should do better
> but things can get a little imprecise where humans are involved.
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> Some years ago I was on a list where messages were blocked if listers
> included anything that was the least bit off-topic (including references to
> local weather and in one case, a suggestion that some of the listers might
> get together at an upcoming computer trade show).
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> I must admit, seeing that extreme made me lean towards our occasional errors
> in the direction of our -- "quirky glory".  And of course we have List-Dad
> to whip us back into line if we get too carried away.  ;-)
> 
> 
> Michael, I'd be sorry to see you or anyone leave the list because of this.
> I quite understand that some people can't afford to waste time on OT
> subjects.  I also value our ability to be more than anonymous data-source
> points.  Let's find the line and walk it?
> 
> 
> Shalom, 
> 
> Christian 
> 
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