Time: Wed Nov 13 21:00:18 1996 To: roc@xmission.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Re: another NWOW! Cc: Bcc: I left out one thing: nobody is compelling you to read this, are they? I certainly am not. /s/ Paul Mitchell At 04:58 PM 11/13/96 -0800, you wrote: >On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote: > >> I agree entirely. I am just >> resisting the idea, all too >> frequent these days, that I >> do the research at my own >> expense. I have better things >> to do with my professional time, >> believe me (and I hope you will). > >I am sure you would grant us the courtesy of recognizing that many of us >consider our time at least as valuable as yours? > >Using your own figures, and estimating that there are a thousand people >on this list who took on average about 30 seconds apiece to evaluate >your epistle cast to the winds without verifying the facts behind it, >and then redirect it to the bit bucket, that works out to be 8.33+ hours at >$75/hr = $625. > >Consider yourself billed, and tender a check to the list-owner to help >defray the expenses he incurs by providing and maintaining this list at >no charge. Of course, any donation in excess of that I am sure would >be gratefully accepted. > >----- >Harry Barnett <harryb@eskimo.com> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >"Facts? FACTS! Ah doan need no steenken' FACTS!" > >
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