From: dmac@julia.math.ucla.edu (saki)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Welcome...what was that?
Summary: Apply :-) only if strictly necessary
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:13:58 GMT
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department

In article <1992Aug28.085259.5757@fuw.edu.pl> michals@fuw.edu.pl (Michal Szleper) writes:
>Saki writes:
>>[the regular monthly "Welcome" post deleted]
>Now, what did you exactly mean by your posting?

>That it is banned to post in This Noble Group for simlpe-minded
>people?

Simple people, I trust you mean? Heavens to Betsy. We like all sorts
here in r.m.b...complex, simple, elegant or down-home---whatever your
particular persuasion. You don't even have to know where you fit in. If
it's a mystery to you, one of us will surely be happy to advise.

>That everyone must pass some special courses before you
>kindly allow him/her to post here?

I don't "allow" anyone to post, kindly or otherwise. It's not my group,
you see. I just hang out here. And no one, believe me, has to pass a
rigorous course of exams to expostulate about the greatest rock 'n' roll
band in the history of the universe (to put it mildly). But I must admit
that yours is the first protest I've ever seen about the *opportunity*,
freely and cheerfully offered, to find out more about the Beatles via
our series of information notes, written by dedicated r.m.b. regulars.

You are not, I hope, suggesting that r.m.b. ought to be one of those
Usenet "anti-groups"...where the more you participate, the less you know?
My stars. Television has provided that service for several decades already!

>Are you maybe planning to organize some beatle-maturity exams
>before admiting anybody to This Noble Group?

Heaven forfend. Again, all ages are welcome. We've had weeks worth of
posts detailing the ages of r.m.b. regulars and semi-regulars. I think
the range was from 17 (you know what I mean) to...well, someone in his
late forties, to be charitable. Don't forget, Ringo himself is 52 this
year. Were he to get a Usenet account, he'd be an honored member of our
little circle---though I'd encourage *him* to read the intro notes as
well. And Paul...isn't he technically entitled to an account at his
alma mater, University of Sussex? It seems that one of the sysops there
could set him up as macca@syma.sussex.ac.uk. Then we could *really*
have some fun...especially if he tried to tell us that the Byrds gave
the Fabs the idea of using 12-string guitars. :-)

One of the things detailed in those notes is the ground that r.m.b.
readers have covered over the last five years. This helps if you're
concerned about repeating a topic that has already been discussed
(and would possibly be ignored if you introduced it anew...which
might frustrate and discourage you even further!)

Even so, if you have something important to add, no one should ever
blast you out of the water for mentioning it. If there's a new gloss
on the "Paul Is Dead" hoax, and you know about, by all means tell the
rest of us.

>Waiting for your answer before I unsubscribe from r.m.b.

Consider it done. Your move.

>"All you need is love, love,
>Love is all you need..."

Well, you've already got the basic idea, I can see from your .sig. :-)
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