Hi Paul,
I thank you for your suggestion but at this time I feel their is no need to
stop this thread. We have 1249 members on this list and some may like what is
being discussed and some may not. I my self do not find this thread to be to my
liking so as moderator I skim over it just to make sure everyone is playing
nice and I then delete it. Their are a lot of topics on this list that are not
of interest to me, the ones that are not I delete the ones that are I read with
enjoyment. If this is a thread that you do not like I would like to suggest
that you use your delete key and move on to a topic on the list that is of
interest to you. So, as for now as long as everyone is playing nice and like
Charlie said it doesn't turn into a fist fight the thread will continue unless
the list owner wants to over ride me on this.
Thanks
John Lee
CBQ list Moderator
St. Louis, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "pal_houston" <paulaleonard08@att.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:02 PM
Subject: [CBQ] [MILW] Re: The Board of Directors
> Mr. Moderator:
>
> I would like to suggest that you block this topic, or send it back to the
> MILW group on Yahoo, along with Mr. Edgar's comments.
>
> My specific reason for making this suggestion is that I have tremendously
> enjoyed the CBQ group's discussions up until this point, and I would like to
> see it continue. I do not feel the same way about the MILW group. My reason
> for this is my personal perception of differences in attitude and ambiance
> between the 2 groups.
>
> I have been a member of both the MILW and the CBQ groups for approximately
> the same amount of time. Based on that, and my admittedly personal and
> subjective observations, I compare the discussions on the 2 sites as follows:
>
> The CBQ group celebrates and enjoys the history of the CB&Q; about half of
> the discussion of the MILW group similarly concerns itself with the sharing
> of information about the history of the Milwaukee road, and its successes and
> milestones. Unfortunately, the balance of discussion on the MILW group seems
> to be devoted to making themselves miserable about the all the gory details
> of the demise of the MILW, and how it could've/should've/might've been
> different, if only this or that or the other thing.
>
> They wish it were different, and like to commiserate about why it's not.
> Bummer. I don't complain there, because I don't have to participate. The
> facts can be very interesting to read, but the endless rehashing of
> conclusions and conjectures is a real downer.
>
> Personally, I much prefer the ambiance of the CB&Q group, where the history,
> the successes, the milestones of a great railroad are discussed and honored.
> I, for one, would like to keep it that way.
> And I see no particular value in arguing the relative pros and cons of CBQ
> and MILW in this group, or beginning an interminable discussion about why the
> Burlington is no more (or is, and the Milwaukee is not) or other possible
> variants of an essentially negative discussion.
>
> To all of you folks who make the CBQ group such a pleasure to participate in,
> thank you!!
>
> Regards,
> Paul Leonard
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