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[Henry Musikar]

Initial lurking is a good idea in any environment. I'm glad young 
Andrew spoke up, though. When a child (or anyone, for that 
matter) suspects that they have made a wrong turn, they should speak 
up and ask for directions. Hmmmm...

On 20 Mar 97 at 9:08, Craig Clark <CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA> wrote:

> Murthy wrote:
> 
>   > And to those folks worried about corrupting Andrew (not that
>   Andrew, but > the new young'un), rest assured - he lasted only 3
>   hours on the list. We > just chew 'em up and spit 'em out.
> Yep, we do, and we don't have to feel too guilty in this case, foax,
> because young Andrew had made his way to the wrong part of the
> Infobahn and so headed on out under his own steam. With a prize too:
> he's been told he must go off and read a novelist about whom he'd
> never heard before.
> 
> Perhaps in our code of conduct it might be a good idea to ask foax
> to lurk for a few days before posting, just to make sure that this
> is the place they want to be. If Andrew had done that (and I think
> his age and articulate exuberance excuse him), he would have
> unsubscribed without our ever being aware of him.
> 
> 
> Craig Clark
> 
> "Living inside the system is like driving across
>  the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
>  on suicide."
>    - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
> 

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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