[DMCForum] Re: How Many Listmembers Does it take?LOL (Dave S)
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[DMCForum] Re: How Many Listmembers Does it take?LOL (Dave S)
- From: "twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:43:37 -0000
Hahaha, that's funny, Bill, and Dave, who started this Delorean
specific lightbulb thread, and Lauren, who kicked the whole thing off.
Me, I plan to dissassemble all my Delorean's monofilament lightbulbs,
turn them into dual filament bulbs with bezels from other types of
lightbulbs from different cars.
Rick Gendreau
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
wrote:
> 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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