CBQ Listers,
I agree that as long as the emails remains civil, the thread will allowed to
continue.
Dave Lotz
CBQ List Owner
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
BNJohn@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:17 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] [MILW] Re: The Board of Directors
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
<mailto:paulaleonard08%40att.net> >
To: < CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.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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