[Rockhounds] netiquette topic, Holy Cow!

[Pmodreski at aol.com]

I thought Don's Lacy Underwear Agate was kind of funny.
 
And I was amused, first about Stinking Water Agate, because that's a pretty  
odd name too, which I have to admit (not being a true agate hound) I'd never  
heard of.  And of course, I did puzzle over it when I first read the post,  
and my reaction too was, "and can we please know what state or country this is  
from?"--but I didn't post anything back of course, because (a) I didn't know  
anything hence have anything to contribute, and (b) I figured someone else 
would  remind the poster to say what part of the country he was talking about; 
but then  there's even (c), my old standby rule of thumb, "If some locality is 
mentioned  in _rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com_ 
(mailto:rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com)  and  the poster never gives the least clue where in the world it is, it's 
always in  Oregon, 'cause that's where all the real rockhounds are, it seems, 
at least the  ones on this List!
 
And I was doubly (or triply or whatever) surprised to read someone else's  
reply that there were "lots" of localities in the U.S. for "stinking water  
agate".  Now, that's hard to swallow; it sure sounds like a locally  named 
material that by definition can only come from one place.  But  since I never heard 
of it before, I'm not exactly the one to comment.
 
Over here in Colorado we have lots of "mineral collectors", but I do think  
that Oregon has the monopoly on real down home classic Rockhounds!
 
And of course, I'll suggest that most of our posters are not really putting  
people down, they're just writing off-the-cuff and maybe trying to throw in a  
little humor, which "sometimes" is just a little bit at someone's expense.   
We all just need to shrug that off and not take it too personal, because 
they're  all good folks who just love rocks.
 
Pete Modreski



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