Old-timers and time wasting

[P3D Jim Roberts <xjim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>Editorial comment:  I am reaching the conclusion that old-timers are
>>>wasting their time with this Internet photo-3d thing... Everything that
>>>there is to be said has been said already.... Of course, not every one
>>>is reading all that is being said...
>>
>>Sad but true.  What with the increase in volume (is it just my imagination,
>>or did it go up by a factor of 2 during the 2 weeks I was off-line) and the
>>decrease in new information I only read about 20-30% of the posts now.

I'm not exactly an 'old-timer' - I think I've been on this list for maybe
a year and a half, but it seems that we are sure wasting a lot of effort
rehashing topics discussed at length only a few months (or even weeks) ago.

I usually try to stay out of flame wars, too, but if Mr. Gregory J. Wageman
thinks that calling two very knowledgable and helpful list members 'old-farts'
and bids them 'good riddence' [sic] then he must be the most obtuse poster
I have yet seen on this list.  

There is definitely something to be said for 'netiquette', in that one should
lurk until one UNDERSTANDS the environment one is posting to.  Rudeness such
as Mr. Wageman's is far worse, in my eyes, than two veteran list members
commiserating about the fact that little new information has been shared in the
past several days.  

In fact, you can put me right in there with George and Jim in wishing for a
little better proportion of new information to old.  I've been skimming the
last dozen digests and finding very little that has not been well covered in
just the last few months.  I think that the very fact that veterans of the
list are repeating themselves shows how willing they are to go the extra
mile for a newcomer, and if a little mild complaining about the state of
things sets Mr. Wageman off so, then perhaps he would be better off
somewhere else - and if he should choose to leave, I say "Good Riddance."

My apologies to everyone but Mr. Wageman for taking so much time.

Regards,

Jim



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