[Rockhounds] netiquette topic, Holy Cow!

[DonH]

R. Adney Jr. wrote:


> The " Lacy Underwear Agate" comment, was the last straw.

Hi,

E-mail is pretty one-dimensional and sometimes people take things the 
wrong way.  People who know me know that I have a tongue-in-cheek sense 
of humor, and I certainly didn't intend to pick on your post in 
particular--if I did, I would have made up a name more closely aligned 
with the name you used.  In fact, there are a lot of agates with the 
term "lace" in their commonly known names, and that was the perfect 
example of the kind of issue Ted was talking about.  It definitely was 
not directed at your post.  I also added another example about "gravel 
from Smith County" to make the point as generic and non-specific as 
possible.

I think your introduction to the group may have started off on the wrong 
foot, but from knowing the people involved in the discussion, I am quite 
certain they had the benefit of the group in mind, asking for clarity 
and specificity.  This issue has been raised previously.

I urge you to give it a chance, but if you still decide to leave, I 
certainly won't bear the responsibility of having placed the last straw 
when I intended nothing of the kind.

Yours truly,
Don