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Re: Lugnet can always grow; it's up to us to make it happen.
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lugnet.general
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 4 Nov 2001 00:52:09 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.general, Joel Kuester writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Nick Crocco writes:
> > > I miss the old posting procedure. I don't like the whole "Lugnet Member"
> > > thing. Personally, I don't have a means to pay for a membership. I barely
> > > have enough money between college and necessities to live off of. I also
> > > dislike the new "e-mail confirmation" thing. You know how many people would
> > > have written a small "that's really awesome" comment on a message, but don't
> > > because of the extra step.
> >
> > I'm not fond of the sign-in process, but I prefer it to the alternative. I
> > also think that $10 is not an unreasonable amount to ask for a *lifetime*
> > membership. If someone can't save up that much over a few months, it
> > clearly isn't very important to them. Again, I don't know your personal
> > situation. I myself am unemployed at the moment, and $10 is a lot of money
> > to me... in my case I am far more concerned with trying to find a job than
> > signing up to an internet message group (if I hadn't signed up already, for
> > example).
>
> I've gotta ask--college student without $10 to spend on a lifetime
> membership to something they claim to prize? I've been trying to
> understand this whole "but but it's the Internet, they said it would
> all be free here, open, etc" mindset. It *is* free. Only the short-
> cuts and the special features are reserved for members. And it's not
> like you have to learn the secret handshake and sign over the family
> farm--it's ten bucks. Most college students I know spend that in
> two hours at the bar; most of the college students here, granted,
> probably blow it on a Guarded Inn every five hours. :D Really,
> ten bucks is *not* a lot of money, and I'm speaking as a guy who
> lives off of less than you probably do.
Well, it *could* happen. When I was in college a friend of mine knew a fellow
student who bought a large bag of lentils once a week and lived all week on
lentil soup. Toward the end of the week when the lentils ran out she went
hungry, so my friend would invite her to dinner. Of course, I never actually
met this person....
> Nick, your points are valid and reasonable, but they don't mesh with
> my own experience; I hope LUGNET will bring your optimism back
> soon enough. Joel, I think you've put these points together
> beautifully--I rarely can respond to things at such length
> anymore, but it really warranted a kudos. (Yea, kudos is
> singular, blame the Greeks.)
Okay, Lindsay, I made a special trip from the second floor down to the basement
to check my OED compact edition on this. Are you sure the word takes an
indefinite article? None of the examples gave any indication that it does.
Maggie C. (Queen of living on less-- I got the OED-- the two volume slip-cased
edition with the magnifier in a little drawer-- for 2 bucks from a garage
sale!)
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