Gary, well put. Perhaps i could contribute, Its not always what you say, its how its you say it. Tim Australia t...@dodo.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "olson gary" <olsontrees...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:10 AM Subject: KR> Tim Haynes engine information
>I have had the privilege of belonging to several e-mail groups where > everyone enjoyed helping each other achieve their dreams and goals of > building an aircraft. Recently there has been an incredible amount of > griping from a few of the members of this group. It is directed at others > simply trying to tap into the vast knowledge base that exists in this > club. > > I had recently posted an item for sale on the site that was purchased by > another member. The item was extremely popular and I received several > e-mails regarding it. I thought it best for everyone including myself that > I > forward one of the e-mails to the group with my reply that the item was > sold. My intention was to let any other interested members know that it > was > sold and not to waste their time or mine by inquiring about it. Lo and > behold, I was sent an e-mail by one other fellow that accused me of spam > mail. His e-mail to me "by his very own definition" was SPAM. I did not > want > it or ask for it, but he felt it was his job to dress me down for wasting > his time. Wouldn't it have been easier to just click the box along with > the > rest of the posts that you had no interest in and delete it instead of > going > thru the trouble of sending me a accusatory reply? The reason that we > belong > to these groups is because we are not all-knowing or perfect and sometimes > we make mistakes with regard to posting items. We are looking for help, > not > to be scolded like a 2 year old. For all of the truly good hearted and > helpful people on the list, thank you. I am sorry for wasting your time. > For > the other few, perhaps a little tolerance of those who are not as perfect > as > you would go a long way!! > > Gary Olson > Oshkosh > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html