[DMCForum] Re: How Many Listmembers Does it take?LOL (Dave S)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh come on Dave, you know no one has made a decent light bulb since
the late 1970s. I can't imagine anyone hanging on to contemporary
light bulbs. It's almost as if they're meant to be used then thrown
away. I am planning to modify my DeLorean to use household bulbs. They
are simple and big, which will make changing them in the future a 5
minute job. I don't have the time or patience to spend all weekend
changing a stock light bulb.

Bill Robertson
#5939 

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> Or... DeLoreanized as below... =)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stragand, Dave [mailto:dave.stragand@xxxx]
> Sent: 30 October 2002 20:49
> To: DMC News (E-mail)
> Subject: [DML] How hard is the life of a DML moderator?
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I know what these moderators go through -- as I run 6 different mailing
> lists myself, and have been a member of this list for over five
years. Want
> an idea of how their average day goes? Try following just one imaginary
> thread... Let's say that I changed my turn signal light bulb in the
'Vixen',
> for instance. How many emails does that generate? About FIVE HUNDRED
> emails:
> 
> 1 to change the light bulb, and to post to the list that the light
bulb has
> been changed (that's me).
> 
> 17 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs, and how the
light
> bulb could have been changed differently, or to caution about the
dangers of
> changing light bulbs, and/or how light bulbs should only be changed by
> approved vendors
> 
> 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
> 
> 21 to flame the spell checkers.
> 
> 20 to correct spelling/grammar in the spelling/grammar flames.
> 
> 37 to write to the moderators complaining about the light bulb
discussion
> and its inappropriateness to this list.
> 
> 22 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
take this
> thread to the new [DMC-LIGHTBULBS] group at Yahoo Groups!
> 
> 54 to demand that cross posting to [DMCforum], [NCDMC] and
[dmc_electrics]
> about changing light bulbs be stopped.
> 
> 41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all have light
bulbs
> and therefore the posts are relevant to this mail list.
> 
> 106 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
where to buy
> the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for D's,
and what
> brands are poor.
> 
> 5 to say that HID, LED or OLED lightbulbs are better.
> 
> 10 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
> 
> 8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
corrected URLs.
> 
> 2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
> list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
> 
> 2 to ask about the differences in Euro-spec lightbulbs.
> 
> 2 to talk about DMC light bulbs seen in video games/rock
> videos/movies/television/etc.
> 
> 1 to post about the new light bulb vote in the polls section.
> 
> 3 posts to ask where the polls section is.
> 
> 19 posts asking about the light bulbs used in "Back to the Future".
> 
> 12 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers
> and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."
> 
> 7 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
> 
> 4 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they
cannot handle
> the light bulb controversy.
> 
> 3 to suggest that someone make a DMC light bulb FAQ.
> 
> 1 to propose getting all new moderators that are "lightbulb friendly"
> 
> 4 vendors to say that their bulbs are NOS, better than NOS, or even
better
> than the sun.
> 
> 1 post from Martin Gutkowski about how to make your own improved
light bulbs
> (some soldering skill required).
> 
> 3 to post light bulb cross-references.
> 
> 5 to say that those cross-references can be dangerous & to support the
> vendors!
> 
> 3 to talk about how they bought a case of lightbulbs for $1 at a KAPAC
> warehouse sale.
> 
> 7 to say that Delorean One would not sell them any light bulbs.
> 
> 3 to defend D-One, saying that Ed Bernstein -is- the light; there is
no need
> for bulbs.
> 
> 11 to say just take the car to to PJ Grady, DMC Houston, Dave
Bauerle, Don
> Steger, DMC Joe, etc.
> 
> 3 to suggest that somehow James Espey has some kind of "light bulb
> conspiracy" going on.
> 
> 2 to say that Lee Seiler's scale DMC lightbulb has -still- not arrived.
> 
> 1 to say that Lee's light bulb did arrive and is wonderful.
> 
> 2 emails asking if JZD invented the light bulb.
> 
> 1 to ask if JZD invented light.
> 
> 4 from new owners (or non-owners) asking What is a light bulb?/Where is
> it?/How can it be changed?
> 
> 39 emails begging the moderators to please end this thread.
> 
> 5 to talk about diving in the North Sea to find the original DMC
light bulb
> dies.
> 
> 2 to say how those dies would no longer be useful.
> 
> 1 from the moderator of the week, saying that the light bulb thread
is now
> dead (unless anyone has anything really new to add)
> 
> 1 post with new information
> 
> 1 from the moderator of the week (again), saying that the light bulb
thread
> is now REALLY dead. =)
> 
> 
> In that flurry of 500 emails, just how many get through? NOW you
know what
> the life of a moderator is like...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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