[obol] Re: thinking of rules for OBOL, from The Moderator
- From: "R. Adney Jr." <rfadney@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 21:00:28 -0700
Bravo Dave, don't change a thing!
Rich Adney
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> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 05:18:59 -0700
> From: deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] Re: thinking of rules for OBOL, from The Moderator
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> Folks,
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> First, a hearty thank you for all the comments. Personally I think OBOL
> works rather well, and I have zero desire to change the rules at all or
> put any kind of restrictions on posts other than what we already have.
> The number of complaints I get are extremely small, so why change
> anything because a few of us are a bit grouchy about this or that.
> Life goes on.
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> With that said, I got a good chuckle out of some of your comments.
> Paul suggested that some posts are too long, yet his post on the topic
> was the longest. Paul suggested it would nice if OBOL was like a
> newspaper and you can skip the sections you don't like. I think it
> already is like that, and you can use the delete when you like. Yeah,
> maybe there are a few studs in the center of the lek that really know
> how to strut their stuff, but there's a lot of others running around
> them having a lot of fun with extra pair copulation. I haven't heard
> too many of them complain about the fun they are having running around
> while the others boom. Sometimes being in the center of the lek is
> good, other times you're the target of the predator. We all find our
> niche. After all, those satellite males at the Ruff leks actually do
> pass their genes along just fine. And we all know the ladies are the
> ones who ultimately benefit, as either way they get what they want.
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> I forwarded that email only as a simple reminder to us regulars to play
> nice, and to point out to those that are intimidated, to please
> participate because the news depends on everyone to report it. It
> seems to me that we have come to the final conclusion we normally come
> to: OBOL is a big family, and we know we get to choose our friends but
> not our family, but we generally really need to deal with our family
> whether we like it or not. Except Crazy Uncle Ernie, we just use
> delete when he starts to rant his mumbo jumbo.
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> There's a COMMON NIGHTHAWK calling outside and the ROBIN is the first
> one to sing this morning in the thick fog. I LOVE Oregon.
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> Carry on.......
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> Cheers
> Dave Lauten
> The Moderator
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