violatons of listserv etiquette

[Dave Monroe]

On 4/4/08, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> dont'cha hate that?
>
> I never do that myself...
> when I ask about something instead of, or in addition to, looking it up,
> it's in the interest of magnaminously opening a conversational space
> allowing for an enthusiast to rhapsodize (-;
> it's a litmus test to see if the subject
> is not just interesting enough to learn about
> but also enough so as to make
> people who learn about it interested enough in it to share...
> yeah, that's the ticket...

I don't know about testing anyone's litmus, but I will say, I don't
fault people for aksig quiestions they seemingly, at any rate, might
have looked up answers to, 'cos (a) they might get OTHER answers as
well, perhaps even better ones; (2) we ALL get the answers then; and
(iii) we all hear the question as well ...

Ditto repostings, unwitting or otherwise, of, well, whatever.  Not
everybody might have caught something the first time 'round.  Not
everyone might have BEEN here the first (or sceond, or ...) time
'round ...

This reminds me ...