Hi George,
I don't dispute that that's what the list guidelines say, and on a strict
interpretation of those guidelines, coffee machines are prima facie off topic.
However, this constitute peripatetic enforcement. I went onto the April
archive page of Access-UK to see how many messages had been posted about the
Goodmans DAB Digital Radio. To be honest, I gave up counting, but there were a
lot more than there have been on the coffee machine thread and I didn't see one
from you about the thread being off topic. BTW if anyone wants to count, the
link is https://www.freelists.org/archive/access-uk/04-2016?threads=1.
If the speed limit is 70 miles an hour, you have to enforce it for all cars
you see doing 90, not just yellow ones. Or if you prefer, if the referee books
a player for a tackle from behind after 5 minutes, he has to book everyone else
who does the same thing in the rest of the game.
Cheers,
Ed
On 13 May 2016, at 23:42, George Bell <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm hoping this plain text message is visible to all members.
The first part of the list's Welcome message says:
"1. This list is primarily set up for UK users of Access Technology to
discuss any technical problems which are related to either the hardware or
software they are using."
Note the words "users of Access Technology".
I'm sorry, but coffee machines, guide dogs and such like are not "Access
Technology".
There are others lists to discuss such topics, and if this continues, it will
be necessary to take a harder line here.
George Bell.
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