Re: to "tail" or not to "tail"
From: Rebecca Reid (rreidcohousing.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:32:04 -0800 (PST)
This appears to be a conflict of needs between digest and non-digest people. As a digest person, I find tails so tedious that if I find myself reading the same long tail twice I just delete the whole thing. But I can see how it would be great to have if you were just reading that one message.
I wonder if Fred can come up with any briilliant solution to this.
Rebecca Reid
Pioneer Valley



Message: 5
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:56:21 -0600
From: James Kacki <jimkacki [at] mts.net>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ to "tail" or not to "tail"
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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The desirability of brevity notwithstanding, I read every message
that comes through (not digest mode) and personally I'm having
trouble piecing together the threads of conversations since we've de-
tailed. It used to be quite clear and interesting reading the days
postings and following the threads to their conclusions. (answers
first, followed by the threaded messages in chronological order) Now
the messages seem disjointed and haphazard, not clear who is
answering what, bits & pieces of information and opinions, some
answers at the beginning, some at the end, some interspersed between
paragraphs, -in those especially its not clear who is the originator
& who is the responder.
Anyone else having the same problem?
I don't want to upset the de-tailed applecart,, but....
James

On 16-Jan-08, at 9:48 AM, Monty Berman wrote:



Perhaps we could have posted at the top of every Digest the earlier-
delivered mentioning of the practice of deleting not fully
necessary "tails" in our automatic replies to messages (be it on
this listserv or any
of our personal messages).
Regards, Monty Berman EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:37:33 -0800
From: "Lynn Nadeau" <welcome [at] olympus.net>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Car sharing
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
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Lynn at RoseWind, Port Townsend WA
You'll have to check this with your particular insurers, but what we were
told here was that
YES one person's insurance covers other people driving their car
BUT the whole deal is null and void if any money has changed hands for the
use of the car

SO our desire to jointly purchase a car, or pay shares of the insurance and
maintenance, would have resulted in non-coverage if there were a claim and
the (forensic bloodhound) claims-deniers at the corporation could find
evidence that the driver was by any stretch hiring the use of the vehicle.

The result was that we shared the use of the little GEM electric, but didn't
pay the generous owners anything (at their request, so the insurance would
be valid). Counter-intelligent.

Likewise we periodically borrow a member's old pickup truck, but just for
filling the gas tank.

Lynn at RoseWind Cohousing
where we shiver if it gets down into the 40s, and complain if there are two
days in a row without sun; yesterday I spent some hours doing yard work
without a jacket


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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:40:59 -0800
From: "Marcia J. Bates" <mjbates [at] ucla.edu>
Subject: [C-L]_ Fwd: Re:  to "tail" or not to "tail"
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
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Folks,
I agree with James.  The storage required for the added bits
is trivial, while the loss of coherence is more significant.
Marcia




The desirability of brevity notwithstanding, I read every message
that comes through (not digest mode) and personally I'm having
trouble piecing together the threads of conversations since we've de-
tailed. It used to be quite clear and interesting reading the days
postings and following the threads to their conclusions. (answers
first, followed by the threaded messages in chronological order) Now
the messages seem disjointed and haphazard, not clear who is
answering what, bits & pieces of information and opinions, some
answers at the beginning, some at the end, some interspersed between
paragraphs, -in those especially its not clear who is the originator
& who is the responder.
Anyone else having the same problem?
I don't want to upset the de-tailed applecart,, but....
James

On 16-Jan-08, at 9:48 AM, Monty Berman wrote:



 Perhaps we could have posted at the top of every Digest the earlier-
 delivered mentioning of the practice of deleting not fully
 necessary "tails" in our automatic replies to messages (be it on
 this listserv or any
 of our personal messages).
 Regards, Monty Berman EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY
 (And I almost forgot to do this on this one )> From: cohousing-l-
 request [at] cohousing.org> Subject: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 48, Issue
 23> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:16:07
 -0800> > Send Cohousing-L mailing list submissions to> cohousing-
 l [at] cohousing.org> >
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:43:36 -0500
From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ to "tail" or not to "tail"
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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On Jan 16, 2008, at 11:56 AM, James Kacki wrote:

The desirability of brevity notwithstanding, I read every message
that comes through (not digest mode) and personally I'm having
trouble piecing together the threads of conversations since we've de-
tailed. It used to be quite clear and interesting reading the days
posting

Some email programs will create theaded messages for you. I think if
you read at the website, you can select threaded messages.

The thread is always based on the the subject line.

Several conversations at the same time are a characteristic of email
lists, particularly ones with 1000+ subscribers.

List Moderator
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Where everyone trims their tails!






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