[W126 Coupe] January issue of Mercedes Enthusiast: UK

[RONNY GEENEN]

Good luck, Andy

Ronny
Glendora, Ca 91740
1987 560 SEC
1984 300 SD
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andrew Sporner 
  To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists 
  Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] January issue of Mercedes Enthusiast: UK


  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  perhaps thats what it means to be a little out of date ;-)  Somethings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  go out of date--or perhaps should not ever go out of date :-/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
  The MB Coupes Website!
  W126 SEC Mailing List
  Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.


------------------------------------------------------------------------------



  No virus found in this incoming message.
  Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 
  Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.4/1976 - Release Date: 02/27/09 13:27:00
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mbcoupes/attachments/20090228/94f89026/attachment.html>