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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Dave Watkins wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Personally speaking I'd like to see Jake here on an unmoderated
status.
>
> There are times that appropriate responses to questions are
delayed due to
> his moderated status and as a result the list suffers.
>
> There is a time and place for pissing contests and I for one don't
think
> that this list is that place. As you are all aware there are
probably as
> many personalities on this list as there are listers. Some people
just take
> life to seriously like the guy that threatened to shoot me between
the eyes
> when I suggested that Canadians would never approve of the right
to "BARE"
> arms. Now before the death threats roll in here again look at the
spelling.
> BARE is meant to refer to short sleeve or sleeveless garb not
carrying guns.
> It's just too damm cold in Canada to go round half naked al the
time.
>
> A lot of what has transpired in the past is IMHO more of an issue
of placing
> personalities before principals not the other way round.
>
> Jake may be opinioned but then so am I. I don't think Bogdan can
sing that
> well though his harp skills are up there. Millerized looks damm
scary in
> pajamas with or without the assault rifle mounted on his trusty
steed and I
> believe that this Fred Hink character is actually a bot that scans
our list
> and inserts very accurate, informed canned responses, as well as
fast
> service, automatically just to keep us happy. Hell, people look at
me like
> I'm a nut when I tell them that I just did 10,000 Klm on The Mile
Muncher
> just cuz I wanted to do all that I could to make sure a friend
that hadn't
> ridden for 6 year made it home safe from Atlanta on his new Harley.
>
> I've sat and chatted with Jake, argued some points with him and
listened to
> his rants on certain topics. Do I agree with everything he says?
Not on your
> life! Do I listen to what he has to say? Yes, and then I make my
own
> decisions. Jake has been a part of this list longer than most of
us. He has
> both experience and color to add here and I for one would like to
see him
> treated like the rest of us would like to be treated. He is and
continues to
> be an Ambassador where the KLR and promoting a fellowship among
riders is
> concerned. Just mention that you are going to be within 500 miles
of Milford
> and you'll have a tour guide, cook, B&B operator not to mention a
pretty
> good machinist at your disposal. Not like that rat on an '04 KLR
in Kansas
> that refused to wave as I passed him going the opposite direction
in a
> blinding rain storm.
>
> Principals before personalities is one of my favorite AA slogans
and one
> which I follow daily.
>
> So, my vote is for "unmoderated status" and if he flips out I'll
personally
> ride down there and hit him with a pound of back bacon.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave Watkins
> Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>
> dave@d...
www.davewatkins.net
> Voice: 403-701-5746 Fax: 403-266-0626
>
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Dave...I always enjoy your very well written posts. How about a
summary of your big trip ? I'm sure you saw some interesting, and (I
hope ), odd sights. And some photos ?
Steve
B.C.