[W126 Coupe] January issue of Mercedes Enthusiast: UK

[Andrew Sporner]

I think its important in this context to remind people who are unaware of
what emoticons are and how they are used in the new media.


> Nice to see everyone settle down.


Since my private message didn't register I decided to post this publicly.

One of the principle problems with electronic media is that it is
nearly impossible
to understand the inflection/emotion of the writer of the message.
For this reason
emoticons were developed.

For those not familiar with what these are, they are:

     :-)  Smiley   used  "nice to see everyone settle down :-)"  on a
friendly note
     ;-)  Wink  used in the case of something that is meant *NOT* to
be taken seriously
     :-/  Grave  - Serious matter.  As in my case an indictment
against a society that
           is less and less polite and not as able to communicate.

Its a matter of politeness to answer emails when send to a person
directly, whereas
a "broadcast" email to the list is not necessarily intended to get
responses. :-)

Normally such things go without saying, but given the way that things have
developed :-( in this thread its clear that they need to be reviewed.

Perhaps I woke up and found myself in a different world than I grew up
in, but hey
perhaps thats what it means to be a little out of date ;-)  Somethings
however never
go out of date--or perhaps should not ever go out of date :-/

No flames please.  This has nothing to do with coupes, but I think it
would save a
lot of time and a lot of fragile nerves (mine included) to try to not
be ambiguous in
emails.

However on a sad note :-(  I have had to "bury" my 500 SEC, without a tremendous
investment that makes no sense, I have no chance to pass German emissions. Its
unclear if I will remain a list member.  Time will tell (and whether I
decide to replace it)
In this economy less is more.

Best wishes to all

Cheers



Andy