I was imagining some reference to olive branches, peacemaking, something
like that....
But then, who cares what they'll do with it, really?
Again, we show no signs of using or needing a dot.org. Surely one yahoo
account and two FB pages are enough for the rather silly chats and
squabbles we occasionally indulge in? Oh, and the movies are posted on
youtube. And there's personal email exchanges, and the phone, and smoke
signals.... It's enough already, for the purposes of nostalgia or any
actual present-day connection, communication, and coordination.
Rin
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM, olivestarlightorchestra <
samoolives_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Looks like I'm getting into the conversation at bit late as usual...
> Any other info about Herr Insect Overlord Requestor? The High school band
> thingy isn't too horrible, IMO. But what would he do with something called
> "Olives?" and how would it relate to anything socially responsible? I can
> just imagine it now:
>
> * Keep your olives safe and secure from predatory marketers!
> * Your tree and orchard images are always fresh!
> * Remain socially conscious of the health benefits of olives by linking to
> medical websites!
> * Know where every olive is with our new Olive Online(TM) Tracking
> feature!! (Requires purchase of mini-barcode labeler, only $199.95 and
> includes 12 rolls mini-barcode labels for free!)
>
> Woo hoo.
>
> I vote keep for now.
> WHO HAS THE OLIVE LOGS AND THE MOVIES AGAIN???
> --G.H.
>
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "barkofdelight"
> <barkofdelight_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Point taken, but remember that w/ domain names, "once it's gone...it's
> > gone!"
> > One might also ask: "what are the new Insect Overlords going to do with
> > the URL themselves?"
> > One anonymous reviewer found this website associated w/ the proposed
> > buyer:
> > http://vimeo.com/13408781 <http://vimeo.com/13408781>
> > Not very inspirational.
> > As you might have guessed, my vote is to keep it. Generally, ".org"
> > domains don't sell for very much money anyway.
> > Bark!
> > [PS: What's wrong with hoarding again?]
> > --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Jennifer Mandel
> > <jenmandel_at_> wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree with Rin - what exactly will the website be used for? If it's
> > a URL that is being held on to for only nostalgic reasons, I'd say
> > that's hoarding, and I ain't going on no reality show. Perhaps some of
> > the money could be donated to a mutually agreed-upon (ha!) cause....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
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Kate C. Watt
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