Rules to Digest by...

[John Heidemann <jheidemann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

This is not exactly an Alfa post but I felt these humble words relate to
a lot of what I see in the digest...enjoy!  :)

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"Forgive us Lord"

For the sin which we have committed
    by responding too often,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by not posting at all when we have something valuable to say;

For the sin which we have committed
    by responding angrily in haste,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by posting private email in a public forum;

For the sin which we have committed
    by misinterpreting others' words,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by not expressing ourselves clearly;

For the sin which we have committed
    by being sarcastic to other list members,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by not being tolerant of their positions;

For the sin which we have committed
    by not explaining technical terms,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by assuming others know as much as we do;

For the sin which we have committed
    by posting announcements directly,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by posting subscription commands to the list;

For the sin which we have committed
    by forwarding messages without introduction
And for the sin which we have committed
    by cross-posting our own messages to many other lists;

For the sin which we have committed
    by not using an appropriate subject line,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by having a long .signature file;

For the sin which we have committed
    by quoting others' posts in their entirety,
And for the sin which we have committed
    by not providing context to our replies;

For all of these, Forgiving One,
Forgive Us, Pardon Us, and Grant Us Atonement.

copyright + 1995, 1998, Mark Frydenberg
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Maybe we can post this to everybody that joins the list?

Regards,

John Heidemann
Brisbane Australia
1982 Alfetta GTV 2.0

mailto:jheidemann@domain.elided

>"Don't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."

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