[Yak] Cameras not

[John S. Allen]

At 07:20 AM 1/14/2008, Larry Varney wrote:
>Lynette at Bike Friday wrote:
>>>Far be it from me of all people to rag about off-topic threads
>>
>>Sorry about that Kevin. In my haste I forgot to tell folks to 
>>answer 'off-list'. I also hallucinated cameras would be of 
>>interest, given that I am buried under a mountain of superb travel 
>>snapshots to process for the Gallery.
>>The first people I think of when on the road with a burning 
>>question are the ever-clever, ever-present Yaksters. You're my 
>>family! (Or 'lifeline' as one customer facing surgery put it). 
>>Thank you for all your write. Sorry to have caused 
>>annoyance._______________________________________________
>  I am as crazy about cameras as I am about bicycles; I seldom go 
> anywhere without one or the other, and it's perfect when I can 
> combine the two hobbies. In my case, discussions about the usage of 
> cameras with bikes is as valid a topic as locks, commuting and 
> camping gear, and so on. I can understand that there are some who 
> do not want to read about this topic, or many others. Perhaps there 
> should be a rigid list of topics that are permitted to be discussed 
> here, and those of us who like to talk about other things, can go 
> elsewhere and no longer annoy the YAKers.

If the diversity of topics and volume of messages become more than 
people want to deal with, one way to go is to convert an e-mail list 
to a forum system so people can check in only on topics that interest 
them. The e-mail list of Massbike, the Massachusetts advocacy group, 
will convert soon for that reason. It especially helps to give helmet 
and anti-helmet warriors and bike lane/anti bike lane fanatics their 
own very special dedicated online battlefields :-)

But on the other hand, travel is broadening, as the saying goes, and 
that includes travel to other people's areas of interest. I 
personally don't find the Yak list too much to deal with.

John S. Allen

Regional Director for New York and New England, League of American Bicyclists
League Cycling Instructor #77-C and Member of the League's Education Committee

http://bikexprt.com