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<pre>Dear Oz

Please get your own internal forum; this one is getting a tad boring.
Actually more than a tad.

Hello Africa, Jordan, Switzerland, Hungary, wherever. Pls use this forum to
disseminate ideas and passion on matters pertaining to the olive

Get lost Australian parochial interests and open this group up again to
international flavour.

What are you bloody moderators doing? Moderating? More like trying to
acquiesce to Australian contributors it seems!


Regards
Peter Caird
www.victorianolivegroves.com
AUSTRALIA
0418 392 157



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<pre>Hear, Hear, Peter.

While the Oz content on this chat site is of personal interest I'm sure the
'Internationals' must be bored witless with the internal/political nature of
most recent postings.
I for one miss the advice offered by olive growers of the old world and
felt some empathy with growers' queries of the new.
Let's hope the original international flavour and participators of this
discussion group return or have they already dropped off through lack of
interest.
It's a pity that the original Oz discussion group, begun by Damian Conlan
didn't continue for that would be a more appropriate place for most of the
recent discussions.

Alan Watt
Tanja Olives

-----Original Message-----
From: P Caird [mailto:caird@...]
Sent: Friday, 17 October 2003 10:24 PM
To: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [OliveOil] OZ

Dear Oz

Please get your own internal forum; this one is getting a tad boring.
Actually more than a tad.

Hello Africa, Jordan, Switzerland, Hungary, wherever. Pls use this forum to
disseminate ideas and passion on matters pertaining to the olive

Get lost Australian parochial interests and open this group up again to
international flavour.

What are you bloody moderators doing? Moderating? More like trying to
acquiesce to Australian contributors it seems!


Regards
Peter Caird
www.victorianolivegroves.com
AUSTRALIA
0418 392 157



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<pre>Couldn't agree more!
Well said Peter!

Although in John's defence, is any one else confident enough to submit
anything for John to moderate.

{Not sure how to take this... JA}

Most have either left the group, lurk in
disgust or don't want to take the risk of saying anything that could
possibly open themselves up to ridicule and snide remarks from certain
individuals.

Hopefully those with issues about the AOA will sort them out with the
AOA and leave this forum for those who want to chat with our OS friends
about olive growing.

Cheers!

Lisa Rowntree

-----Original Message-----
From: P Caird [mailto:caird@...]
Sent: Friday, 17 October 2003 9:54 pm
To: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [OliveOil] OZ

Dear Oz

Please get your own internal forum; this one is getting a tad boring.
Actually more than a tad.

Hello Africa, Jordan, Switzerland, Hungary, wherever. Pls use this
forum to
disseminate ideas and passion on matters pertaining to the olive

Get lost Australian parochial interests and open this group up again to
international flavour.

What are you bloody moderators doing? Moderating? More like trying to
acquiesce to Australian contributors it seems!


Regards
Peter Caird
www.victorianolivegroves.com
AUSTRALIA
0418 392 157



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<pre>--- In OliveOil@yahoogroups.com, "P Caird" <caird@i...> wrote:
> Dear Oz
>
> Please get your own internal forum; this one is getting a tad
boring.
> Actually more than a tad.

**yawn**

>
> Hello Africa, Jordan, Switzerland, Hungary, wherever. Pls use this
forum to
> disseminate ideas and passion on matters pertaining to the olive
>
> Get lost Australian parochial interests and open this group up
again to
> international flavour.

oh the ironing!

hey pete, it's a free country mate, and i don't think it's your place
to demand that a certain group of people shutup.

that's the AOA board's job!

( LOL! sorry, couldnt resist that one!!)


>
> What are you bloody moderators doing? Moderating? More like
trying to
> acquiesce to Australian contributors it seems!

right on! i believe that everything should be in moderation,
especially moderation!

and btw pete, can i have a glass of whatever it is you've been
drinking?...
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