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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:25:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201406301026.01694.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53B10F18.4030608@gmail.com>

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On Monday 30 Jun 2014 08:17:44 Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On 30/06/2014 03:16, wabenbau@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> This isn't the first time a topic has started or ended up being not
> >>> 
> >>>> related to Gentoo or even computers.
> >> 
> >> You are really tenacious. :-) It seems that I should lower my
> >> expectations regarding what's on-topic and what's not. Lets say, every
> >> topic is fine as long as the poster asks a question about a technical
> >> problem he has and as long as the topic has nothing to do with weapons.
> >> Is that definition ok for you?
> > 
> > It's a case of regular posters who have been here for 5+ years, and in
> > some cases more than 10 years. These folks have become friends with each
> > other and sometimes what is being discussed derails somewhat.
> > 
> > That's what humans do - they chat about whatever they feel like chatting
> > about. It is going to happen and there is nothing you can do about it.
> > Just let it go. It happens once every month or so on average.
> > 
> > It's interesting to note that the sub-thread of how off-topic WWII
> > aircraft are is getting larger than the thread it is complaining about.
> 
> +1
> 
> Dale

I recall a thread some years ago now, that offered sound advice on tuning 
motorcycle carburettors for operating smoothly at altitude ... O_O

The funny part was that this was interspersed within an on-topic thread.  :-)

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-30  9:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-28 14:54 [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho! Peter Humphrey
2014-06-28 15:53 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-06-28 16:25   ` Dale
2014-06-29  8:46     ` Peter Humphrey
2014-06-29  8:57       ` J. Roeleveld
2014-06-29  9:22       ` Dale
2014-06-29 14:59         ` Peter Humphrey
2014-06-29 16:38           ` Dale
2014-06-29 16:51             ` wabenbau
2014-06-29 19:29               ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-29 19:38                 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-06-29 20:46                   ` wabenbau
2014-06-29 21:26                     ` Dale
2014-06-29 23:26                       ` wabenbau
2014-06-30  0:12                         ` Dale
2014-06-30  1:16                           ` wabenbau
2014-06-30  6:28                             ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-30  7:17                               ` Dale
2014-06-30  9:25                                 ` Mick [this message]
2014-06-30  7:17                         ` [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30  7:40                           ` microcai
2014-06-30  8:04                             ` Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30  8:56                               ` Dale
2014-06-30  9:08                                 ` Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30  9:51                             ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-30 10:01                               ` Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30 10:09                                 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-30 10:14                                   ` Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30 10:23                               ` Dale
2014-06-30 10:37                                 ` Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30 13:13                                   ` Dale
2014-06-29 21:59                     ` [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho! Neil Bothwick
2014-06-29 23:40                       ` wabenbau
2014-06-30  6:30                         ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-29 17:40             ` J. Roeleveld
2014-06-29 19:28             ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-29 19:36               ` Neil Bothwick
2014-06-30  9:22             ` Peter Humphrey
2014-06-30  9:37               ` Joost Roeleveld
2014-06-30 12:47                 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-06-28 16:58 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2014-06-28 20:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-28 20:44   ` J. Roeleveld
2014-06-28 22:18     ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-28 22:37       ` J. Roeleveld
2014-06-29  8:47       ` Peter Humphrey

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