<Chuckle>
Right you are Peter. As the bronze-medal winner I must say it is interesting
that no-one has so far mentioned the real spams that one must endure as the
result of participating in a public newsgroup like BOz. The depressing thing is
that the purveyors of insurance, pervert sites and Nigerian bank scams keep
changing their email addresses, so the spams keep coming through the net.
On the birding front, I had the pleasure of seeing [what I presumed to be] an
immature mangrove bittern flying down the Brisbane River at lunch time today.
[I had no knockerlockers but the bird had a hunched flying posture, was fairly
dark and I could make out a hint of a yellow bill]. Presumably it was mangrove
hopping from the botanical gardens to roo point.
LK
wrote:
>
> Really People! This is the internet! spamming, advertisements, crap emails,
> useless information!!!
>
> These are the foundation of this wonderful technology...and the best thing
> about it is, you can ignore, delete and destroy anything that doesn't tickle
> your fancy. And NO PAPER is wasted!!! *cheer*
>
> Some suggestions:
>
> 1.\ Start an email account just for BIRDING-AUS emails e.g Hotmail account
> etc. This way it wont clutter up your personal inbox.
>
> 2.\ If the subject doesn't sound interesting to you, delete it.
>
> 3.\ Learn to skim read. The internet is FULL of useless information that is
> trying to get your attention. If you read every word that is presented to you
> on a computer screen, you would be here for an eternity... Its crucial on the
> internet that you can skim through information and pick up stuff that is
> relevant/interests you.
>
> I hope no one else leaves the group...it would be one less email to skim
> through and delete that may just have some useful information. : )
>
> regards,
>
> Peter
>
> On 17/10/2002 06:43:57 PM owner-birding-aus wrote:
>
> >Ok you lot, as the obvious top scorer ( offender ??) in Andrew's list and
> >given some of the thinly veiled comments made by others today I have just
> >unsubscribed from this list.
> >
> >This is not in any way to be construed as an admittance that I go off topic
> >anywhere near as much as some other subscribers, but I do wish you well in
> >dealing with the residual mass of garbage with which this net will continue
> to
> >contend in my absence.
> >
> >On a positive note this action on my part will significantly reduce my
> Telstra
> >bill and I can now savagely review the great list of "blocked senders" in
> my
> >address book.
> >
> >Tony Russell.
> >
> >.
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