From galya@u.washington.edu Sat Mar 4 12:12:01 PST 1995 >From galya@u.washington.edu Sat Mar 4 12:12:00 1995 Return-Path: Received: from carson-oms2.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA15423; Sat, 4 Mar 95 12:12:00 -0800 Received: from carson.u.washington.edu by carson-oms2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA20351; Sat, 4 Mar 95 12:12:00 -0800 Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 12:11:59 -0800 (PST) From: Galya Diment To: slavic-uw@u.washington.edu Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: chicken and road (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII As a chicken would say when asked why he/she crossed the road, "Hey, it's a free country!" If people feel it's time for "non-significant repartee," I will definitely not stand in the way. So far, however, we have been rather strict about enforcing the "nothing-that-is-not-related" law, and I still believe we have certain obligations to our subscribers who joined the list to hear about what's going on with the UW Slavic department to make sure our discussions remain reasonably focused and meaningful. But, to use another chicken analogy, this time in Russian, this whole issue probably "vyedennogo iaitsa ne stoit," and we should not spend much more time debating it. GD On Sat, 4 Mar 1995, James Augerot wrote: > I don't agree. I think that right now in the interim, at least, the list > should be used to foster fellowship among the wonderful people who have > supported us, including the "lurkers" out there who might be brought in > out of their shells with a little non-significant repartee. > > -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- > jim augerot slavic dp-32 uw 98195 fax: 206-543-9285 tel: 206-543-6848 > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > On Fri, 3 Mar 1995, Galya Diment wrote: > > > I feel I have to step in and regain control over the list: I am giving > > everyone until 8p.m. (11 Eastern) to get their Tolstoy cum chicken and > > road fantasies out of their system. After that any mention of > > the above subjects, particularly the last two, will be prohibited. I > > realize we do need a comic relief now and then, but I suggest we pursue > > this discussion on a different arena. How about sending all your > > suggestions to Amarilis -- chekov@u.washington. edu -- since she opened > > this can of worms for us! GD. > > > .