<VV> Re: your post to VV Digest, Vol 2, 36

[GYoungwolf at aol.com]

Hey Chuck, 
Many of us feel like you do about the political threads, but hang in there! 
This too shall pass, as do all other threads (until someone needs an ego 
boost). Be sure you are getting the digest in the digest mode. This will usually 
give you about 3-4 messages a day with a nice table of contents at the beginning 
of each one. I have been a member just about since the group started, and have 
learned that when such a thread starts that I can just delete all the digests 
for a few days without even opening them and it will die a natural death. 
Whatever you do, don't write a response, because then they "win"! You can also 
usually tell if something is up if the number increases to 4-5 per day (all you 
have to do is delete, delete, delete). There are about 4-5 members whose ego 
is boosted by pretending to be great philosophers and who like seeing 
themselves "published." They even set up their own site, but occasionally go off the 
wagon. Then there are a couple of folks who think they are stand up comedians. 
They apparently enjoy each others "jokes," so we just ignore them, and wait for 
the good stuff to filter through. Then there is that last small group that 
waits in the background and then come out with an all-knowing "shame on you" 
post, thinking they have a direct connection to the Corvair gods, and so their 
post will put everything to rest and make it all better (of course if just 
starts the thread up again :-). If you ever get a chance to meet the evildoers at a 
show or convention, you will find that most are no crazier than the majority 
of us (and probably just aren't getting enough....)

The Carbmeister (older and wiser).