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I read with interest the postings of Dan, PDQSHIP and Peter Wales. I agree with Scott that this group is VERY sensitive to commercial matter. Maybe (although I'm an academic now - altho I outgrew my tweed jacket...) because I sold cars while earning my master's degree, I might be less sensitive than others....and I like to hear about commercial items which are available to me. I appreciated Scott's last paragraph, as the rest of his post seemed bit warm to me. In my case, Peter's assumption that others besides the original poster might be interested in what he had to say was valid. While participating in lists, I tend to operate on the same principle as I do in dealing with questions in class - I assume that if one person has the question, others also do but have not voiced it. This is generally a safe assumption, and my interest constitutes evidence that it was in this case. In fact, I excerpted Peter's message from the digest and added it to my personal archives in case I want to pursue the matter. Since my 200 is an automatic and I'm not eager to rebuild the d**n thing again, I am ambivalent about messing with the power...which is pretty darn good now! IMO, Peter made a good faith effort to answer a question and then clam up. He later responded fully and openly to some pointed questions about his product. Finally, he sent another post in which he removed the reference to his commercial affiliation from his SIG line. I personally found his postings appropriate and helpful. I agree with Scott in this respect - we can benefit from Peter's personal knowledge of Audis, and I hope he shares that general knowledge. To this point, however, I find nothing objectionable in his comments. Even if I'm a committee of one, I'm happy with the situation. I suspect this discussion has given the good Mr. Wales and others with business interests food for thought. Enough bandwidth............ *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Al Powell Voice: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 107 Reed McDonald Bldg. Email: a-powell1@tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-2112 W3 page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/rpe/alpage.htm ***The PACK is back!*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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