sliding on pavement!

[Jsherlockholmz@aol.com]

Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members in our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 people just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but I thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about. Have we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that we actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are we here or are we not? Jim Sherlock Austin, Texas

[Susan Moorhead]

Jim, The old 80/20 rule again, ha! 80% of the discussions by 20% of the list. Happens in a lot of things in life. Just my .02 worth. Marshall in Afton, Ok '95 KLXC3 "Blackhorse" (in honor of those who served)

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:23 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Members vs Active Listers > Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members in > our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the > daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 people > just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and > wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a > new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but I > thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about. Have > we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day > discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that we > actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are we > here or are we not? > > Jim Sherlock > Austin, Texas >

[Dreas Nielsen]

As a not-very-active lister, I can give you one perspective. I ordinarily delete 90-95% of the list e-mail unread because it is mostly just social chatter. I don't ride to socialize, and I don't subscribe to the list to socialize. If I think I can contribute something to the list, I'll post a message or send one directly to another lister; these occasions are rare because a) in 14 years of riding a KLR I've hardly had any problems worth mentioning, and b) I don't tinker with and customize my bike just for the fun of it. In addition, very occasionally I'll post a wise-ass comment mostly for my own amusement. Your reference to "daily writing" carries a subtle implication that all list members should post every day, or at least very frequently. I don't agree, of course. In fact, if any large fraction of the 1400+ members posted every day, and the posts were of the same nature as most of those we have now, the volume of message traffic would be unbearable, and I'd be out of here. Dreas Nielsen

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jsherlockholmz@... [mailto:Jsherlockholmz@...] > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:24 PM > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Members vs Active Listers > > > Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members in > our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the > daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 people > just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and > wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a > new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but I > thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about. Have > we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day > discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that we > actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are we > here or are we not? > > Jim Sherlock > Austin, Texas > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

[timbennett@uswest.net]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Jsherlockholmz@a... wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members

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> our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the > daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 people > just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and > wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a > new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but I > thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about.

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> we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day > discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that we > actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are we > here or are we not? > > Jim Sherlock > Austin, Texas

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[Dan Oaks]

For Christ's sake, don't wake 'em up! -- bierdo Jsherlockholmz@... wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members in > our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the > daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 people > just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and > wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a > new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but I > thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about. Have > we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day > discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that we > actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are we > here or are we not? > > Jim Sherlock > Austin, Texas >

-- Dan (BIERDO) Oaks, President Formtech Services, Inc. the stable: '01 XT225 - '01 KLR650 - '99 DR650 '82 XL250R - '78 TC90 - '77 GS550 '91 Yammy 4 stroke golf cart 2 bad dogs and a sled Wanted: TLR200 Mfr. of Printing Equipment & Supplies formtech@... bierdo@... http://www.formtechservices.com Mfr. of 4x4 POLY Motorcycle Parts bierdo@... http://www.dirtly.com 2970 Robins Nest Ct. Saint Cloud, FL 34772-8182 USA 800 522-6257 407 957-7887 (fax) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Charles MacKarness]

...huh ...uh, whats that noise? ...never mind, back to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Dan Oaks wrote: > For Christ's sake, don't wake 'em up! > -- > bierdo > > Jsherlockholmz@a... wrote: > > > Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members in > > our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the > > daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 people > > just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and > > wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a > > new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but I > > thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about. Have > > we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day > > discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that we > > actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are we > > here or are we not? > > > > Jim Sherlock > > Austin, Texas > > > > -- > Dan (BIERDO) Oaks, President > Formtech Services, Inc. > > the stable: > '01 XT225 - '01 KLR650 - '99 DR650 > '82 XL250R - '78 TC90 - '77 GS550 > '91 Yammy 4 stroke golf cart > 2 bad dogs and a sled > > Wanted: > TLR200 > > Mfr. of Printing Equipment & Supplies > formtech@f... > bierdo@m... > http://www.formtechservices.com > > Mfr. of 4x4 POLY Motorcycle Parts > bierdo@d... > http://www.dirtly.com > > 2970 Robins Nest Ct. > Saint Cloud, FL 34772-8182 USA > 800 522-6257 > 407 957-7887 (fax) > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[jimk@spotgraphicsinc.com]

Hey all, I don't know if I get counted or not as I have the list bookmarked and look up the messages daily as opposed to getting them sent to me, but out of all the messages posted every day, it does often seem that less than 20% are actually useful/informative etc. as opposed to, for example, the message that I am directly responding to right now (not to start anything...). There are simply too many messages to wade through daily. Unless the title specifically mentions something of interest, I don't bother even opening the message. I tend to look at the list as a way of gaining knowledge to remember at a later (when needed) date. At this point I am not able to contribute much info having had my '96 less than a year, but I know the info I am gleaning will come in handy on occasion. But yes, it sure would be easier/more manageable if a lot of the random comments didn't get posted. For example, I also belong to the Audi S-Car List, it gets maybe 30-40 posts on an average day and in the last year some of the more technically inclined folk have set up a separate more technical list as they got fed up with irrelevant pissing contests etc. This is a bummer as a lot of general knowledge/help was lost to the original list and I now have to check both lists to see everything (but in the end don't get as amny answers to to the more mundane issues as the original list doesn't have as much knowledge and the new one is REALLY technically oriented and doesn't tolerate the more mundane stuff). Just my .02 Jim 96 KLR

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Charles MacKarness" wrote: > ...huh > ...uh, whats that noise? > ...never mind, back to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz > > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., Dan Oaks wrote: > > For Christ's sake, don't wake 'em up! > > -- > > bierdo > > > > Jsherlockholmz@a... wrote: > > > > > Has anyone else noticed that we are supposed to have 1482 members > in > > > our group, yet we hear from probably less than 100 members in the > > > daily writing. What's up with this? Do we actually have 1300 > people > > > just listening in? I just thought the numbers looked curious and > > > wondered if anyone else noticed this, or If I missed the boat to a > > > new location. Mentally, well, that ship left a long time ago, but > I > > > thought I was pretty up on what is currently being talked about. > Have > > > we perhaps lost that many active members? Could the day to day > > > discussions have become such dull and predictable rederick, that > we > > > actually lost that many members? Waaaaaaaas suppp listers? Are > we > > > here or are we not? > > > > > > Jim Sherlock > > > Austin, Texas > > > > > > > -- > > Dan (BIERDO) Oaks, President > > Formtech Services, Inc. > > > > the stable: > > '01 XT225 - '01 KLR650 - '99 DR650 > > '82 XL250R - '78 TC90 - '77 GS550 > > '91 Yammy 4 stroke golf cart > > 2 bad dogs and a sled > > > > Wanted: > > TLR200 > > > > Mfr. of Printing Equipment & Supplies > > formtech@f... > > bierdo@m... > > http://www.formtechservices.com > > > > Mfr. of 4x4 POLY Motorcycle Parts > > bierdo@d... > > http://www.dirtly.com > > > > 2970 Robins Nest Ct. > > Saint Cloud, FL 34772-8182 USA > > 800 522-6257 > > 407 957-7887 (fax) > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Alan L Henderson]

>ravine. Traffic was moderate and several people stopped immediately >to help and the ambulance was on the scene in about 6 minutes. >Mark >B2 >A2 >A3

Jeez! Hope your feeling better soon! Alan Henderson A13 Iowa