Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!msuinfo!plemmons From: plemmons@nsf1.mth.msu.edu (Steve Plemmons) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: INDOOR vs. OUTDOOR:Please read(was Re: Aspiration in birds) Message-ID: <1990Aug1.200400.3633@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 1 Aug 90 20:04:00 GMT References: <37352@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1990Aug1.171049.29466@dinorah.wustl.edu> <3055@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Reply-To: plemmons@brain.mth.msu.edu (Steve Plemmons) Distribution: usa Organization: Michigan State University, Dept. of Mathematics Lines: 28 In article <3055@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> geek@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Chris Schmandt) writes: >Sure seems that its about time to split this group. Traffic is high >enough to warrant it I bet and it just hasn't worked well to have >people use keywords in their subject lines to aid kill files. More >and more often I just "catch up" on all the postings because I get >tired of sifting through all the birds-as-pets postings, and likely >the pet owners feel the same. > >I don't have the energy to do anything official like call for votes >or discussion, but I'd suggest that either a rec.birding get created >for those who prefer to observe birds or a rec.pets.birds for those >who perfer to own them. Or both, and blow off rec.birds. > >chris Traffic? The traffic in this group is light compared to most groups I read. A few times this summer there were days at a time when nobody posted at all. Is hitting the "k" key through 15-25 articles a day that tiresome to you. Come on people, this group is IMHO just fine. Steve -- ======================================================================== Steve Plemmons plemmons@mth.msu.edu Math Department plemmons@frith.egr.msu.edu Michigan State University 21144smp@msu.bitnet