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From: "Suellen Stringer-Hye" <Stringers@LIBRARY.Vanderbilt.edu>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Boredom...
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> I'd like to second Nick Grundy's opinion. Isn't this why listserves exist?
> Hasn't everyone learned to ignore or delete threads that are not of
> interest? I thought this was common practice.
>
> ---Suellen
>
> On 6 Sep 2002, at 9:51, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <nick.grundy@blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:47 AM
> Subject: Boredom...
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> > Dieter Zimmer wrote:
> > >Brian and I are so close on this (and much more) that perhaps we should
> > >not pursue it, especially as other readers seem to find it a great
bore.
> > >Just one more remark which the bored guys and gals should by all means
> > >skip.
> >
> > Indeed they should - but, without wishing to second-guess those kind
> enough to provide and maintain the list, please don't curtail your
> discussion because a handful of people are so irked by the herculean task
of
> pressing delete that they feel bound to report this to the rest of us.
> Heaven knows what they were expecting when they signed up, but I perhaps
> rashly assumed the list would discuss Nabokov's life and work - something
> which, IMHO, the mimicry thread does rather admirably...
> >
> > Nick.
> Suellen Stringer-Hye
> Jean and Alexander Heard Library
> Vanderbilt University
> stringers@library.vanderbilt.edu
From: "Suellen Stringer-Hye" <Stringers@LIBRARY.Vanderbilt.edu>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Boredom...
> This message was originally submitted by
Stringers@LIBRARY.VANDERBILT.EDU to
> the NABOKV-L list at LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU. >
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (40
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> I'd like to second Nick Grundy's opinion. Isn't this why listserves exist?
> Hasn't everyone learned to ignore or delete threads that are not of
> interest? I thought this was common practice.
>
> ---Suellen
>
> On 6 Sep 2002, at 9:51, D. Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <nick.grundy@blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:47 AM
> Subject: Boredom...
>
>
> > This message was originally submitted by nick.grundy@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
> to the
> > NABOKV-L list at LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU.>
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> > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (9
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> > Dieter Zimmer wrote:
> > >Brian and I are so close on this (and much more) that perhaps we should
> > >not pursue it, especially as other readers seem to find it a great
bore.
> > >Just one more remark which the bored guys and gals should by all means
> > >skip.
> >
> > Indeed they should - but, without wishing to second-guess those kind
> enough to provide and maintain the list, please don't curtail your
> discussion because a handful of people are so irked by the herculean task
of
> pressing delete that they feel bound to report this to the rest of us.
> Heaven knows what they were expecting when they signed up, but I perhaps
> rashly assumed the list would discuss Nabokov's life and work - something
> which, IMHO, the mimicry thread does rather admirably...
> >
> > Nick.
> Suellen Stringer-Hye
> Jean and Alexander Heard Library
> Vanderbilt University
> stringers@library.vanderbilt.edu