No it is not ,but now that I have your attention...Do you know that at least one in four of us will have a family member affected by cancer and that all of us will have someone in our circle of friends die from it.
There is something we all can do to help.Click on the thread below titled "OT Join UD now Results 8/23/02" and sign up for the UD research program.
Team PC911 now has 296 members and needs just 4 more to reach a goal of 300.This program runs in the background and does not affect your use.It provides a valuable research tool in the fight against that terrible disease.Don't hesitate. Click on Dubbers thread and join now .Thank you !!!!!

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81 Newbee

81 Newbee,


Heh, I thought this would be a post about algebra.

We sure do need some new members in UD/PC911. You can read about that here or click on my Sig below.

This falls into the same category as spam mail...Don't do this again else I, for one, won't open anything with your name on it. The others that do UD are straight forward about it.

I applaud all of you that are involved with this and I ask you to be honest with your posts......

Sorry about that Old Dude.It just frustrated the hell out of me to see so many people using this great site and seeing so few signing up for the UD program.I suspected that many of them just never clicked on on Dubbers postings because they didn't know how important the subject was.I figured I might get them to at least check it out.If it gets just a few more to sign up I am not sorry that I posted it.As for your not opening my posts there isn't a lot you could learn from a novice like me,and I hope you will continue to help me when you can.I didn't intend to piss anyone off and I do hope it gets a few people to realize how important UD is.SINCERELY,


PS:I just passed 3000 and hope to add many more.

81 Newbee

I agree with Old Dude 100%. Bait and Switch. Fool me once...shame on you....fool me twice, shame on me! Besides, just because a PC911 Forum subscriber is not a member of the UD team doesn't necessarily mean they are not "crunching!"

OrchidBill

>I agree with Old Dude 100%. Bait and Switch. Fool me
>once...shame on you....fool me twice, shame on me! Besides,
>just because a PC911 Forum subscriber is not a member of the
>UD team doesn't necessarily mean they are not "crunching!"
>
>OrchidBill

And I repeat yet again when it's marked OT skip over it or stop complaining. UD is a part of this forum and it appears some had best get used to it.

I'm sensing a definite lack of tolerance for a bit of change here from some whom I would think are mature enough to know better. Things just don't remain the same as time goes by and much as I've wanted them to at times I too have had to learn to adapt.

This forum has a fair number of members now and no one can possibly expect everyone to share the same interests and life experiences which may motivate them. There are often topics posted that I find contentious but if I don't have an interest in them I ignore them and let those who do enjoy them have at it and do their thing.

I simply feel that where UD is concerned those who don't have an interest in it should extend those of us that do the same courtesy.
We try hard to police the threads ourselves yet once in a while something you don't like may slip by but that doesn't mean it's open season for attack.

There are plenty of non UD related posts that push the boundaries of patience for some of us as well so it is a two way street.

The operative word here is tolerance. It must be given in order to be received.

That's my thoughts on the issue plain and simple.

Regards.........

Spezi,

I disagree and have already edited the title to reflect it.

If the UD campaign chooses to use these type of tactics, you WILL gain a member of staff as an active enemy. I doubt you want that.

>Spezi,
>
>I disagree and have already edited the title to reflect it.
>
>If the UD campaign chooses to use these type of tactics, you
>WILL gain a member of staff as an active enemy. I doubt you
>want that.


Disagree with what statement pray tell? There were several made.

I disagree that titling it OT was sufficient, and I feel the basic title was dishonest. I also am tired of the ongoing membership drive using any and all methods.

It has already been discussed that UD posts are welcome as long as they are clearly marked as such. This thread was not.

Old Dude had and has a good point, and you're busy chastizing him, when you should be chastizing the member of your team who posted this. Maybe you believe in Machivellian methods. Don't bring them here.

Alex is the PC911 team leader as has been mentioned many times. Maybe it is time that the team looked to its team leader for example.

Al, it seems to me that you are coming across just a little heavy handed here. The poster did what he did with the best of intentions. One person objected basically, but Old Dude is alright, he just got ticked at being fooled.

Change the header if you must but to threaten the entire UD team with dire consequences seems a little in excess. These folk have only good intentions and are working extremely hard to get things accomplished. Personally I think your actions should have been directed at Backward Bob in another post with his inflammatory statements. Not the first time he has raised the ire of other subscribers here if my memory serves me correctly.

Not too often I disagree with your line of thought and I am sorry you have not been posting as regular lately as was the case in the past. But this time I feel you are not quite right. Just an opinion.

Derek.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions".

People are responsible for their actions, not their intentions. Heavy handed? So far, I'm being very mild.