[Rockhounds] Hendersonville Museum

[Drew]

Maybe if Bryan didn't come through with a condescending tone, nothing
would've been said.  A one-liner explaining the "really bad idea" of posting
addresses wouldn't be helpful to a newbie... maybe a short note explaining
why it is such a bad idea would be a little more appropriate?

Maybe you and Bryan have unlisted addresses, but I (as does Ed and Al) have
my address listed in many, many public places... so why is it such a big
deal?

Drew

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Bob Loeffler <bobl at peaktopeak.com> wrote:

> Hi Bryan, et al,
>
> I vote for continuing to educate the public.  As you said, there are still
> a
> lot of newbies on this list and they should be warned every now and then.
> You didn't know if Edward was a newbie or not, so it's good to be on the
> safe side.  Maybe Edward, Al and a few others should start their own list
> for "advanced users", call it RockExperts at drizzle.com (since Rockhounds is
> more of a childish name) and make their own rules for what should and
> shouldn't be assumed, expressed, and advised.  Then we, on the Rockhounds
> list, can go back to having a good time on the list without needing to
> worry
> about what the experts and grizzled veterans might think of our
> well-intentioned remarks.
>
> BTW, I've never seen anyone put their full address on a mailing list, and
> I've been in the computer industry since the mid 1980's, so I too thought
> that Edward was a newbie and assumed he didn't know what he was doing.  Oh
> well.  You can't win for trying to help anyone anymore.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of J Bryan Kramer
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:13 PM
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Hendersonville Museum
>
> Well I'll refrain in the future, but not knowing whether someone is a
> newbie
> or a grizzled veteran of the computer wars leaves one wondering how to deal
> with situations. It isn't as tho there aren't real people lurking in the
> shadows on the net. But Edward sure handled the situation with polite
> grace,
> my hat off to him and let that be a lesson to me.
>
> BK
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Al Balmer <albalmer at copper.net> wrote:
>
> > Although I generally ignore it, I too get tired of the condescending
> > assumption that others don't know what they're doing. I can understand
> > Edward expressing his irritation. Let's confine such advice to our own
> > children, at home.
> >
>
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