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No good deed goes unpunished
--- Frank Reed <> wrote:
> George H wrote:
> ""With Frank in charge, I fear it would be like playing a game of
> street football, when the other side owns the ball."
>
> That seems to heve been particularly prescient, now that Frank has
> suddenly and unilaterally decided to walk off with his ball, and
> suspend NavList; just like that."
>
> Insulting posts are inappropriate, and you know that.
>
> As for taking away your "ball", there is nothing that you CANNOT do now that
> you COULD do previously. So where is this figurative "ball" that I have
> supposedly taken away?? Relax, George. You haven't lost anything.
>
> I will reiterate: I have no interest in creating a schism in this discussion
> group. Since the consensus which we had very nearly reached to shift to a
> new list service fizzled, there is no point keeping a service which is
> almost
> functionally identical active. The only features lacking "here" on
> Navigation-L are a web interface (which is a concept that confuses many) and
> better
> posting reliability. If those differences eventually become strong enough
> reasons
> to move the group to NavList on googlegroups, then we are all set to go! The
> list is alive and fully-functional. :-) I would even be happy to see you,
> George, as an owner of that list when we actually MOVE to that service
> instead
> of straddling the fence and/or creating a division within the community.
>
> All this talk about "taking away the ball" has got me thinking about a game
> of pool. For those of you who make it Mystic in two weeks, I will have to
> introduce you to a neighborhood pub. They have the only pool table in town.
> It
> costs a quarter to play (!!).
>
> -FER
> 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
>
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