Main List / Good Luck, Melinda / Roundabouts

Tue Aug 19 04:41:30 UTC 2003

Does the automated e-mail sent to everyone who clicks to join our 
Y!Group give the URL of the OoP FAQ (thank you, Grey Wolf, for 
writing it!) as well as the VFAQ?

Grey Wolf wrote:

<< Cat, let me tell you that you're one of my favourite posters, and 
the first one to actually identify by name and eagerly read when I 
joined. If you hadn't been the one in Chat to welcome me, I would've 
never stuck there, either. >>

Wolfie! How nice to see you! Congratulations on the girlfriend. I 
shouldn't have begged for compliments, but I am basking in the warm 
glow of your compliment.

Cindy C. quoted Deranimer:

<<I simply would not go over there if I didn't know that all of the 
TBAYers -- Elkins, Cindy, Eileen, Dicentra, Marina, Pip -- would be 
coming too, because, quite frankly, those are the best posters. >>

and added:

<< The only way to know is to set the list up and see who drops by, 
I guess. (Oh, and I'd add quite a few names to the list of people I 
miss ::waves to Catlady::). >>

*basks happily*

Is anyone in touch with Elkins? She hasn't posted in a while -- I
 used Yahoo!mort's search to find her latest post, 2/21/2003. I hope 
she knows that not only has she become archetypal in TBAY, but people 
are still quoting her essays.

Heidi wrote:

<< Actually, I 'keep up' with the main list by hunting down your 
weekend posts - I hope it gives me a cross section of discussion 
topics! >>

Ooh, I feel flattered. 

It's not *really* a *cross* section, as I don't reply to "why didn't 
Harry see the thestrals?" posts and lately I haven't been responding 
to How Many Students? posts, and also I don't reply to posts which 
have already been adequately replied to by others. 

Elle wrote:

<< (my personal least favorite) the number of students at Hogwarts.) 
>>

Ouch! You probably are glad that I don't keep posting my long rant on 
that subject once a week.

RSFJenny wrote:

<< I, personally, was so intimidated I researched stuff in Fantastic 
Posts before I dared post anything to the list! :) >>

Admirable! Kudos to you. 

Grey Wolf wrote:

<< I've been doing some maths. Pre-OoP, we had 42% of the archives 
full. Two months later we have 52%. At current rate we will fill the 
list in ten months. Less if the posting rate continues to grow, and 
even less if something is not done about non-snipers (a one line post 
suddenly is 17k big). >>

Moderators can delete posts from the archive. Can they edit posts in 
the archive so as to preserve the one line that's new? If not, maybe 
HPfGU needs a new rule that posts can be involuntarily deleted for 
severe snipping violation.

Steve bboy_mn wrote:

<< 4.) Give old links to Newbies- As bad as Yahoo Search capabilities 
are (I just spent hours searching for one of my own posts) it would 
be nice it the long term members made the effort to refer Newbies 
back to existing posts that answered their question or dealt with the 
same subject. >>

Yes, it would, but it takes way much TIME just to READ all the posts, 
more to reply, and MUCH MORE to Y!search out the remembered good 
posts from ... 10,000 posts ago? The best I can manage is to refer 
people to Fantastic Posts.

Cindy C wrote:

<< Completely re-work the old VFAQs to reflect the repetitive 
questions folks are asking right now, and then send it out to every 
member. >>

When James Redmont suggested on Main List that there should be a Fact 
FAQ, I suggested off-list that he write it, and he said he'll do it. 
Could some MEG contact him to avoid duplicate effort?

<< Prepare a document explaining the HPfGU customs on snipping, with 
examples, and send that out >>

That is the ADMIN post on Snipping ("no, not Shipping") that gets 
posted occasionally, but apparently not read by the violators.

KathyK is:

<<hoping the feelings of unwelcomeness go away quickly and that I 
don't sound too whiny >>  

You sound like you need a hug. *hugs Kathy* Your Main List posts are 
cool.

Melinda wrote:

<< This is the situation. My father has not paid child support for 
years. We have a warrant for his arrest in this state, California >>

Good luck sorting him out, Melinda!

Wendy St John wrote:

<< As for roundabouts, I'm really surprised that someone you know was 
complaining about them. >>

Yes, on another list, a Brit wrote:

<< In Britain, the roundabout has been perfected as an efficient 
traffic junction. Unlike some types of traffic circle, the traffic on 
the roundabout has priority over traffic entering so it does not fill 
up with traffic and jam. The traffic goes round in a clockwise 
direction, which would be anti-clockwise if we drove on the right.

Today traffic has become so heavy at some large roundabouts, that 
traffic lights have been installed at the entry junctions.

The are also small roundabouts and some places such as Swindon there 
is a ring of small roundabouts called the magic roundabout. See
http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm

See also
http://engr.oregonstate.edu/~taekrtha/round.html
http://www.roundaboutsusa.com/intro.html
http://www.therecord.com/links/links_0303271031.html
http://www.ci.federal-way.wa.us/depts/pw/traffic/roundabout.htm
http://www.vicpark.org/kent_roundabouts.htm   >>