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"Lefty" > wrote:

> I wonder how many people actually use Killfile even though they say they do.
> I'll bet very few --I think people are too afraid they would miss something.


I just checked my filters for this group, I have 42. I've only had
killfile capability for six months, so these are all from that time
period. Before then I just didn't read posts from certain people.



> You could killfile the ones you deem as usually bad smelling; like holding
> your nose, closing your eyes, and plugging your ears as you pass certain
> doors; but by doing so you might also miss out on the music. That intolerant
> asshole, that whining pussy, that know-it-all, might be the best horn player
> you've ever heard.
>
> Creative people always have their eyes, noses, ears, and palates open to new
> things. They can tolerate a lot of stinky chitterlings cooking in the pot if
> the cooker takes a break and plays Schubert, or Marley really well.


It's not a music group, it's a food group.


> You can dislike, argue, rant, call somebody a fool in one of their cooking
> posts but next time you pass their door you may hear great music. Creative
> people change levels; you can now appreciate that poster on a different
> level. So you called them names about cooking ten posts ago--that doesn't
> mean you cannot like what they say about the music and tell them so. So
> the killfile is actually killing possibilities.

It's not a music group, it's a food group.

I don't KF people because I don't like them, I KF them because I'm not
interested in reading their posts. I have people in my KF that I like,
they just aren't posting anything worthwhile.

I have 24 hours in a day. I have things to do besides read junk on this
group. I could easily find several hundred hours of things to do every
day. I have to kill a lot of possibilities already. That's life.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA