Am I the only one who finds the amount of general chit-chat and flames that
seems to have crept into this group recently rather intrusive.
When thanking someone for their contribution, surely a simple 'Thank you'
would suffice rather than starting an in-group 'hero worship' club.
Likewise, I am sure that my knowledge of and skills with VB.Net are enhanced
by knowing that so-and-so did a tour of various McDonalds outlets etc.
Having to wade through these types of posts to get at the 'nitty-gritty' is
getting beyond a joke.
I am sure that if one wants to carry on a social conversation then email or
some other medium is more suitable.
Love
Stephany
Nov 20 '05
18  1195 
Sorry, Herfreid and ( More specifically Stephany, )
I completely agree with Cor and Fergus. There is nothing wrong with a little
light entertainment whilsty going about your daily work ( in this case
giving your free time or simply your time and expertise. ) in order to help
others. Otherwise its all sober drudgery.
At least in most cases Fergus , Nak, Myself, cor , Jay and Herfried, we do
actually try and help folk rather than telling them to go help themselves !
Regards
"Stephany Young" <st******@sysof t.co.nz> wrote in message
news:eO******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Am I the only one who finds the amount of general chit-chat and flames
that seems to have crept into this group recently rather intrusive.
When thanking someone for their contribution, surely a simple 'Thank you'
would suffice rather than starting an in-group 'hero worship' club.
Likewise, I am sure that my knowledge of and skills with VB.Net are
enhanced by knowing that so-and-so did a tour of various McDonalds outlets etc.
Having to wade through these types of posts to get at the 'nitty-gritty'
is getting beyond a joke.
I am sure that if one wants to carry on a social conversation then email
or some other medium is more suitable.
Love
Stephany
Hello,
"One Handed Man [ OHM ]" <te************ *************** @BTOpenworld.co m>
schrieb: I completely agree with Cor and Fergus. There is nothing
wrong with a little light entertainment whilsty going about your
daily work ( in this case giving your free time or simply your
time and expertise. ) in order to help others. Otherwise its
all sober drudgery.
There is nothing wrong with that for us (and me), but as Stephany's posting
showed, there are some people who do not like that many off-topic postings.
I do not have anything against OT postings and discussions, but I must
always remember that there are folks who do not like it.
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Hello,
"Cor" <no*@non.com> schrieb: I do'nt reffer to your OT's. Don't make a policeman from yourself.
But when you want to place an OT it's of course your decission.
ACK.
I don't see you as the policeman in this newsgroup, so don't
try to become one.
;-)
And please no appologises for the group, you are not
respondable for what Fergus, Nick, Armin or I write.
I do not apologize for the behavior of the others, but sometimes some of the
others (including myself) need to be remembered what the topic of this ng
is.
And when you go into that, we love it to get you over that
border. :-)
And a LOL (think twice by this) is a good thing to keep up
the high standards this newsgroup has reached.
And if a OT, ACK, a LOL or whatever it is sometimes on the
wrong place, so what Fergus did explain that good.
:-)
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Hello,
"Cor" <no*@non.com> schrieb: OT
Why do you write postings like this one?!
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
I did mean EOT, when I had sended, I have again hit my head.
:-)
Ok everyone, I do agree with Stephany, sort of, and all of you -- I love
walking the fence.
_Sometimes_ the OT posts get a little out of hand, but it _is_ nice to see
some casual messages go on, I think that it makes asking the questions a
little bit easier to get a feeling of the people here. Otherwise, it is
very steril and I might as well call Microsoft and talking to one of their
operator/gatekeepers who wants a credit card before you can actually talk to
a person.
With that said, this _mere_ message thread itself is OT for the newsgroup,
but I think that it needed to be brought up, just to tell people 'Hey,
someone noticed. Maybe we are getting a little silly.' So, good point
Stephany.
Regarding reading all these OT posts, yeah, once they are getting out there,
I just ignore the thread. (Citing example of conversation with the topic
'Serious discussion about removing dynamically controls'. I think that
particular thread would sum up what Stephany is saying. The problem is, if
you ignore a thread, and then someone _does_ post something important, you
end up missing it.
Just my humble thoughts and opinion. Now, Stop it or No Soup for You! ;-)
"Stephany Young" <st******@sysof t.co.nz> wrote in message
news:eO******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Am I the only one who finds the amount of general chit-chat and flames
that seems to have crept into this group recently rather intrusive.
When thanking someone for their contribution, surely a simple 'Thank you'
would suffice rather than starting an in-group 'hero worship' club.
Likewise, I am sure that my knowledge of and skills with VB.Net are
enhanced by knowing that so-and-so did a tour of various McDonalds outlets etc.
Having to wade through these types of posts to get at the 'nitty-gritty'
is getting beyond a joke.
I am sure that if one wants to carry on a social conversation then email
or some other medium is more suitable.
Love
Stephany
Hello, Stephany:
I agree with the rest of the posts to this thread that OTs are good for the feeling of being part of a community. I also agree that too much OT is not pleasant and even counteractive if you feel that a thread is a private conversation between two or three of the members of the newsgroup... but it isn't private: I'm sure that I can participate in any conversation and my opinion will be respected.
Anyway this newsgroup is a relax after reading the microsoft.publi c.es.windowsxp group, in wich the personal confrontations with lots of insults are frecuent :-(
Regards.
"Stephany Young" <st******@sysof t.co.nz> escribió en el mensaje news:eO******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
| Am I the only one who finds the amount of general chit-chat and flames that
| seems to have crept into this group recently rather intrusive.
|
| When thanking someone for their contribution, surely a simple 'Thank you'
| would suffice rather than starting an in-group 'hero worship' club.
|
| Likewise, I am sure that my knowledge of and skills with VB.Net are enhanced
| by knowing that so-and-so did a tour of various McDonalds outlets etc.
|
| Having to wade through these types of posts to get at the 'nitty-gritty' is
| getting beyond a joke.
|
| I am sure that if one wants to carry on a social conversation then email or
| some other medium is more suitable.
|
| Love
| Stephany
|
|
|
Dont much care for soup anyway
;-D
"Richard Brown" <rb****@easylif t.org> wrote in message
news:ub******** *****@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl... Ok everyone, I do agree with Stephany, sort of, and all of you -- I love
walking the fence.
_Sometimes_ the OT posts get a little out of hand, but it _is_ nice to see
some casual messages go on, I think that it makes asking the questions a
little bit easier to get a feeling of the people here. Otherwise, it is
very steril and I might as well call Microsoft and talking to one of their
operator/gatekeepers who wants a credit card before you can actually talk
to a person.
With that said, this _mere_ message thread itself is OT for the newsgroup,
but I think that it needed to be brought up, just to tell people 'Hey,
someone noticed. Maybe we are getting a little silly.' So, good point
Stephany.
Regarding reading all these OT posts, yeah, once they are getting out
there, I just ignore the thread. (Citing example of conversation with the topic
'Serious discussion about removing dynamically controls'. I think that
particular thread would sum up what Stephany is saying. The problem is,
if you ignore a thread, and then someone _does_ post something important, you
end up missing it.
Just my humble thoughts and opinion. Now, Stop it or No Soup for You! ;-)
"Stephany Young" <st******@sysof t.co.nz> wrote in message
news:eO******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Am I the only one who finds the amount of general chit-chat and flames
that seems to have crept into this group recently rather intrusive.
When thanking someone for their contribution, surely a simple 'Thank
you' would suffice rather than starting an in-group 'hero worship' club.
Likewise, I am sure that my knowledge of and skills with VB.Net are
enhanced by knowing that so-and-so did a tour of various McDonalds outlets etc.
Having to wade through these types of posts to get at the 'nitty-gritty'
is getting beyond a joke.
I am sure that if one wants to carry on a social conversation then email
or some other medium is more suitable.
Love
Stephany
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