Subject: Re: RCR - July 24/25
From: Charlie Smith <charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:01:44 -0400 (EDT)

Since the AI threw two cents into the well, I've got to add my nickle ...

> just to make the point clear, my concern is not for "my" bandwidth
> (at its earlier home in bell labs, b/w wasnt particularly a problem).
> i am concerned with etiquette with regards to overall bandwidth
> (though with modern day micro$oft enabled surfers thats probably
> a hopeless concern), judicious use of our kind host's (charlie)
> resources and a regard for other subscribers on the list: i forget
> the count of how many folks are on the list, but i am sure most
> dont want to see a 100 "count me in" messages in the mailbox.

    My mind blurs (or at least my vision) at the thought of 100
   'me too' messages, followed by approximately 243 messages commenting
    on other people's 'me too' messages, and somewhere in the neighborhood
    of 813 messages asking who is bringing what booze or commenting on the
    booze to be brought or the booze overlooked ...

    Ummm.  Let me start the 813 group ... I figgure I'm going to
    bring some fine Italian liqueur called Grappa, and perhaps a
    bottle or two of other delightful liquids.  Yo Martin, what
    was it a few years ago ... Goldschlager?  :-)

> hey
> if most of you want such messages and if charlie doesnt mind the
> traffic, i have no problems!


    I don't have a problem with the bandwidth per-se ... but let me
    bail off the list first, before the 3,143,794,382 messages begin
    to flow and richochet past ... none of my mailboxes can stand it.

    - Charlie