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Snobbish? Was: On-line Writing Workshop?

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From: Rich Zidonis
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:15
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In a previous article, philo@orion.IntelliCorp.COM (Philip R. Obermarck) says:

>In article <...>, ag@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (andy garton) writes:
>
>|> I understood it to be a mailing list whereby any message sent is received
>|> by the other people on the mailing list.  Having not received any such mail
>|> therefore, I was just trying to ensure that my message to 'writers-request@
>|> studguppy.lanl.gov' had in fact been sent properly.
>|> 
>
>About a month ago, I sent email  to that address asking to subscribe to the
>On-line writers group.  I promptly recieved a notice asking if I was was 
>really committed and willing to participate, etc.  If so, I should send a
>hello and bio message for the group to review. 
>
>I did so, but have not heard anything more.  Yesterday, I sent another
>message to writers-request, asking after my status.  I have had no reply.
>
>Perhaps the system is down or something?
>
>I'd hate to think that they were being stand-offish snobs. ;-)
>
>
>|> 
>|> Andy
>|> ag@hpopd.pwd.hp.com
>
>-- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  Philip R. Obermarck                 "I've been alive since time began,
>  PObermarck@IntelliCorp.COM            Not beast, not god, and yet not man.
>                                       I am the music and the dance,
>  <IntelliCorp disavows any             I am the piper who enchants."
>   knowledge of my actions>                           (Creature of the Wood)

Ditto the above. THEY: Are you ready to participate?  ME: I am. I am!

Maybe they are a sub-chapter of the Procrastinators of America.  :^)  ;^)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

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RAZ     ai118@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
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Subject: Snobbish?  Was: On-line Writing Workshop?
Date: 12 Nov 1992 14:15:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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