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<DIV>topic posts people leave.same as tom, swift board I run on
yahoo</DIV>
<DIV>some times there will be a cluster of 3 will seem
to leave at once. no accounting for it they just
some they just go</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Thanks,<BR><BR>Ed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 5/3/2011 7:36:44 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ted@quadvideotapegroup.com writes:</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>As long-time QuadList readers have seen, we're primarily focused on Quad
Videotape: Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in
conjunction with the Library of Congress.</DIV>
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<DIV>We do have some excursions into historical (or occasionally other) realms
that aren't exactly On Topic, but are in some way (sometimes loosely) related
to Quad or the Quad Era.</DIV>
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<DIV>I neither wish to discourage or encourage such postings, in part because
there's some fun to be had, and we often learn something—perhaps something
rather significant—as these Off Topic (OT) threads run their course.</DIV>
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<DIV>As the Secretary and Webmaster (such as that is) I
<I>am</I> concerned with the topic SNR, such that people don't begin to
unsubscribe because the tracking is out of adjustment and the heads are
reading the guard band or worse. </DIV>
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<DIV>We have had relatively few un-subscribes over the life of the list... and
we're more than 100 strong as of this writing. Including several new members I
haven't had a moment to welcome, yet.</DIV>
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<DIV>On the other hand, we had three or four unsubscribes in the last 30-60
days, which Is a little unusual. I haven't asked the unsubscribers what
led to their opting out... but do hope it's not been too much OT
traffic.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm curious to know—off-list please—what <I>your</I> thoughts are.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you have an opinion, click on this link: </DIV>
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topic and off topic (OT) postings--MY thoughts</DIV>
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<DIV>and share.</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't imagine I'll be drowned with 100 replies, but I am interested in
hearing from the folks that don't always post. It's about the only way I
know how the QuadList is being received by people.</DIV>
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<DIV>We'll report back about what happens.</DIV>
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<DIV>We now return you to our irregularly scheduled programming...</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted</DIV><BR>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica>Ted Langdell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica>Secretary for the <A title=http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/ href="http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/"><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(0,24,234)" color=#0018ea><U>QuadVideotapeGroup.com</U></FONT></A></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 10px Helvetica" size=2 face=Helvetica>: </FONT></DIV>
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conjunction with the Library of Congress</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Thanks,<BR><BR>Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC
<BR><BR>See the Museum's Web Site at <A href="http://www.smecc.org/">www.smecc.org</A><BR><BR>We are always looking for
items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you
have anything we can use.<BR><BR>Coury House / SMECC<BR>5802 W. Palmaire Ave.
Phone 623-435-1522<BR>Glendale Az 85301 USA<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>CONFIDENZIALE:
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