On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:25:53 GMT, BigRed <BigRed (AT) nvbell (DOT) net> wrote:

Oh the ignorance! There were genuine Mini Cooper Ss long before BMW
ripped off the name.Those are the cars covered by this newsgroup. It
is absolutely clear from the charter that this group does not include
the MINI-branded cars built by BMW. Anybody who continues to argue the
point clearly has problems of mental capacity.

Regards, David Betts
davidb (AT) minilist (DOT) org
The Mini Gallery:
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334

Talk about ignorance, right in the charter it states mini cooper. It
doesn't say all mini coopers excluding BMW.
But I think that I get it now. This news group has two requirements. You
have to own an old broken mini and be a total ass-hole. I've never been
in another news group with more one sided bigots. Good day.

It's not a matter of being a one sided bigot.

Although I disagree with some of the more veminous comments towards
innocent MINI owners stumbling in here by mistake, and am more in favor
of Bad Apple's approach....sending you in a direction where you might
be helped and welcomed, you have been told on more than one occassion
that this is the wrong newsgroup for your postings and yet you persist
in poking the hornets nest.

"BigRed" <BigRed (AT) nvbell (DOT) net> wrote

if that's the case Then it must include the Taxi fleet I mentioned in my
earlier post, done in mini roof decals and complete with bonnet stripes and
winged Mini badges,
infact , they look better than the BMW copy,
Fitzy............photos by request ;-)

Its either 10 foot long or its not a mini, the car I mean :-)

Steve.


"Fitzy" <peterfitzpatrick (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote

Just to save me replying to everyone....

we have alt.mini & we have alt.new.mini do we not?

when you do a search for subjects on Ng's both come up, so theres a clear difference.

I've noticed that the bulk of the MINI ie BMW hatch backs, posters are from the US.... so maybe there is an issue with servers in the US?

for my 50 cents worth. alt.mini predates the hatch back, so Im happy for it to stay as it is. 2nd if an owner of a hatchback posts in here and gets flamed thats life, but you will actualy find that most of the regs here will politely point out that this is for the mini and that there is another NG that covers the MINI. I have to admit though that even after they have been politley pointed in the correct direction often they will continue to post here and often get beligerent/agressive by return....so when this happens I have been known to unleash the "dogs of war".....but then just quietly I also happen to dislike most Americans I've meet

MY only interest is in the Mini, I have no desire to discuss the MINI, nor would I ever purchase one. There are far better cars on the market and much better prices than the MINI.

so in reality your suggesting we change somthing that works perfectly well, so long as posters take a moment or two to read the search results, or as was suggested spend some time reading the messages prior to posting.

and alway remember

"if it ain't a Mini then its just traffic"


"ADD" <l400ras (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote


can we not rename this group to alt.autos.classic-mini?
or just create a new one and use it instead?

RS

nice one Tim

Steve.
"Tim" <tim_lis(NOSPAM)@clear.net.nz> wrote

Just to save me replying to everyone....

we have alt.mini & we have alt.new.mini do we not?

when you do a search for subjects on Ng's both come up, so theres a clear difference.

I've noticed that the bulk of the MINI ie BMW hatch backs, posters are from the US.... so maybe there is an issue with servers in the US?

for my 50 cents worth. alt.mini predates the hatch back, so Im happy for it to stay as it is. 2nd if an owner of a hatchback posts in here and gets flamed thats life, but you will actualy find that most of the regs here will politely point out that this is for the mini and that there is another NG that covers the MINI. I have to admit though that even after they have been politley pointed in the correct direction often they will continue to post here and often get beligerent/agressive by return....so when this happens I have been known to unleash the "dogs of war".....but then just quietly I also happen to dislike most Americans I've meet

MY only interest is in the Mini, I have no desire to discuss the MINI, nor would I ever purchase one. There are far better cars on the market and much better prices than the MINI.

so in reality your suggesting we change somthing that works perfectly well, so long as posters take a moment or two to read the search results, or as was suggested spend some time reading the messages prior to posting.

and alway remember

"if it ain't a Mini then its just traffic"


"ADD" <l400ras (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote


can we not rename this group to alt.autos.classic-mini?
or just create a new one and use it instead?

RS

Spot on There Tim,
Fitzy

"Steve68s" <steve68(remove)@btinternet.com> wrote

nice one Tim

Steve.
"Tim" <tim_lis(NOSPAM)@clear.net.nz> wrote

Just to save me replying to everyone....

we have alt.mini & we have alt.new.mini do we not?

when you do a search for subjects on Ng's both come up, so theres a clear difference.

I've noticed that the bulk of the MINI ie BMW hatch backs, posters are from the US.... so maybe there is an issue with servers in the US?

for my 50 cents worth. alt.mini predates the hatch back, so Im happy for it to stay as it is. 2nd if an owner of a hatchback posts in here and gets flamed thats life, but you will actualy find that most of the regs here will politely point out that this is for the mini and that there is another NG that covers the MINI. I have to admit though that even after they have been politley pointed in the correct direction often they will continue to post here and often get beligerent/agressive by return....so when this happens I have been known to unleash the "dogs of war".....but then just quietly I also happen to dislike most Americans I've meet

MY only interest is in the Mini, I have no desire to discuss the MINI, nor would I ever purchase one. There are far better cars on the market and much better prices than the MINI.

so in reality your suggesting we change somthing that works perfectly well, so long as posters take a moment or two to read the search results, or as was suggested spend some time reading the messages prior to posting.

and alway remember

"if it ain't a Mini then its just traffic"


"ADD" <l400ras (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote


can we not rename this group to alt.autos.classic-mini?
or just create a new one and use it instead?

RS

Tim wrote:


......but then just quietly I also happen to dislike most
Americans I've meet

Well bip bip and bloody toad stools...that's just down right rude.
Hell to the queen! I've never really cared much about the English, maybe
thats why I prefer the BMW version of the mini....

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 08:15:15 +1300, "Tim"
<tim_lis(NOSPAM)@clear.net.nz> wrote:

Good points tim, other than the knee-jerk ant-Americanism, which we
can do without. Also, grateful if you could do somethng about
re-setting your line lengths and deleting the business card please.
Text only, you know <grin). You will find some ISPs won't even
propogate your message with attachments.

Regards, David Betts
davidb (AT) minilist (DOT) org
The Mini Gallery:
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334