- Really, that blind thing is an old wives tale. Tail? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Sims" <yutty_666@xxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 9:53 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Can't we all just get along? > - > Hey guys, > > I think the list should be limited to Geocaching, > abortion, gun control, human cloning, religion (or > lack of,) racial issues, nuclear weapons, violence in > video games and the media, the death penalty, drug > legalization, the Kennedy assasination, school > shootings, postal shootings, rap, Catcher in the Rye, > and dog fights, but NEVER sexuality. > > I kid, but I know things are bound to drift off topic > from time to time but a lot of things that are not > directly geocaching related may be still be of > interest such as: > > Cycling > Park Legislation > Conservation > Homeland Security and it's effect on GPS users > The Weather > Geostl.com being hacked > Etc etc etc. > > But unless someone is going to have a group cache > combined with a same sex marriage, it's totally > pointless as far as this list is concerned. > > How are we to tell the difference between an > informational camping NGR message, and a stem cell > research NGR message from the subject line? I didn't > pick up on what the post was about till I opened it. > I'm not an acronym dictionary. > > I've been part of newsgroups and mailing lists from > the old BBS days, and when things get all hot and > bothered over something totally off topic, it just > ruins the list. People stop reading and miss events. > Important information gets lost, and most of all > people get their feelings hurt in a place that they > assumed was a safe haven. > > Some questions are better left alone. My stance on > sexuality would probably make most of you blind. So > I'm not going get into that in here out of respect for > people who don't approve of what I may or may not do. > I believe that most folks in here would rather not > know my opinion on a whole world of subjects. I try > and use common sense. There's a difference between > censorship and yelling the "F" word during a wedding. > > I'm a lot of people's worst nightmare, but I like to > cache. I don't want to ruin future group events by > dividing the community. We shouldn't do things to > make people feel excluded from the sport as > ultimately it will only hurt ourselves, by having > fewer caches and fewer cachers as people find new > hobbies out of frustration. > > I really need this. Geocaching is the first hobby > I've really gotten into in a very very very long time. > Right now I'm at a point in my life were having a > hobby is very important. I've been a member of this > list for a while but have avoided group events because > I'm afraid people won't like me, and that's without a > flame war. I was planning on going to the JC thing > Jan 31st, but now I'm not so sure. I was thinking > about doing the group cache tommorrow, but is it going > to be a cache hunt or a fist fight? > > See what I mean? > > And speaking of not drinking, those old bar rules > should apply to Geocaching: No religion or politics. > Probably the only smart thing to ever be developed in > a bar. > > Andy (Who's name shall appear in the book of sinners.) > AKA Yutty > > > Here's a cute kitty to make up for any hard feelings: > > > > |\ _,,,---,,_ > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > **************************************************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field