Was Re: Spam? Now Tweety Hosts.

[Keith Davis]

"Since when have we stopped commenting on any 'group of pages' post just
because we have moved on to later pages? I envisioned plisters reading and
commenting when they could but trying to 'catch up' to the posts on a
weekend."

This is how I do it now, anyway, catching up when and if I can.

and, Dear Cur., Agreed, a day at a time of hosting seems like it might get
real cunfuzin' reel fast, but what do I know? I've never even been on (at?)
a group read. Is it like a jam session? And, if you want me off your lawn,
you'll have to speak up, sonny..


On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:03 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was initially alarmed at the prospect of a chapter a day (I'll be
> away/busy for a fair bit of the period) but then Laura makes a point,
> since I often lost interest in the IV read because there just wasn't
> enough going on in each chapter to warrant such close analysis. And BE
> is richer, but it's not GR. Thinking of it as seven chapters a week
> makes it seem quite doable, allowing for catch-ups. Hell, I read the
> whole thing in 3 or 4 days at a reasonably leisurely pace.
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, dropouts, toughen up. Spam is just maps spelled backwards.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Sep 22, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Laura Kelber <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I do sort of think that 2-3 chapters a week would be more manageable,
> but, on the other hand, a faster pace might help prevent the dropout
> syndrome which has plagued many of our longer reads in the past.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >> On Sep 22, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear Curmudgeon,
> >>>
> >>> But I believe you did offer 6-7 chapters a week---which is the same
> thing! And we could have taken that on the sign-up sheet.
> >>>
> >>> Since when have we stopped commenting on any 'group of pages' post
> just because we have moved on to later pages? I envisioned plisters reading
> and commenting when they could but trying to 'catch up' to the posts on a
> weekend.
> >>>
> >>> But again, if we all feel Morris has time on his side and want to
> lengthen the read, let's vote...double the time?....leaving Holiday times
> free? .....finishing in February then?
> >>> 2 days a chapter? ...3-4 chapters, 30-40 pages a week? Was that our
> previous pace....
> >>>
> >>> Can see no other way but to vote again....if we vote yes, we'll just
> moves the dates on the sign-up  list,okay?
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 22, 2013, at 5:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yes.  That's why I signed as "Curmudgeon Morris" in my short rant.
> >>>>
> >>>> My next comment re. BEER (I repeat):
> >>>> 1 day/1 chapter BEER hosting a bad idea.  It is hosting in TWEET
> TIME.  This format will almost guarantee lost communication among those not
> willing or able to daily hang out and interact on an instant basis.
>  Today's post quickly becomes yesterday's deleted.  This pace is
> counterproductive.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just sayin' (again)...
> >>>>
> >>>> And get your sorry asses off my lawn!
> >>>>
> >>>> CM
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sunday, September 22, 2013, Michael Bailey wrote:However, my own
> take, which for some odd reason i feel moved to record, is it isn't all
> that hard to delete, or skip over,rilly (:
>



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