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Trying Something New... | 45 comments (45 topical, editorial)
Re: Trying Something New... (3.00 / 0) (#33)
by pyrocasto (pyrocasto at hotmail dot com) on Tue Feb 5th, 2008 at 08:41:36 PM MST
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Looks very nice Tom. Way to clean up the board and remain nice and inviting at the same time IMHO.



Re: Trying Something New... (3.00 / 0) (#39)
by dynaman on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 04:56:53 PM MST
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I too would consider myself a newbie and like many, many others who come across this forum do not always understand how exactly to navigate it. I have on occasion asked for information on projects and have recieved answers that range from way over my head, to exactly what I needed and could understand, to rather mean spirited. I understand that sometimes what I read is not the way the writer intended to come across, and sometimes it probably is. I also am not as internet savy as some others. I have no idea what it takes to maintain this site in both energy and dollars I don't know if my questions use up limited stoarage space or slow down the site. There are probably zillions like me out there. I have read questions that even I have seen as not well thought out, I may well have even asked some, however I have a real desire to learn more about renewable energy, lower my energy requirements and be be kinder to the environment. I would hope that people get involved in this forum because they like sharing their knowledge. If a question is that bad no one has to respond to it. All that said I think the response that Tom drew up in his last post is well stated, to the point and positive, and hopefully will go a long way in solving the problems that these posts seem to cause.

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Re: Trying Something New... (3.00 / 0) (#42)
by hiker (hiker.wild[at]yahoo[dot]com) on Fri Feb 8th, 2008 at 05:35:08 PM MST
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no big brothers please....
we were all newbies at one time...

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WILD IN ALASKA
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Re: Trying Something New... (3.00 / 0) (#43)
by JW on Fri Feb 8th, 2008 at 09:53:09 PM MST
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Although I tend to agree with you Hiker,

 Tom makes a valid point, there is quite abit of 'dilution' going on with the subsance of replys, overall, in general.

 I submit, that if 3 people request a delition of a reply,in following replies, in succesion, that it should be done without an e-mail corrisponence(sp?)...

JW

 

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Re: Trying Something New... (3.00 / 0) (#44)
by TomW on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 06:03:26 AM MST
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hiker;

First, make no mistake, I respect you as a doer who shares his experiences.


no big brothers please....

Uh, did you actually read what I wrote? Doesn't look that way from this comment?

Its more like friendly advice on how to submit than "Big Brother" stuff.

Figures that about 1 in 5 actually read and understand the post as it was intended.

You see, Big Brother wouldn't be explaining he would just do it and do it to anyone who complained they thought he was doing it.

This is just to give them a chance to resubmit after some thought. The original post stays long enough for them to read why it happened.

Please go back and READ what I actually wrote rather than just assume the worst, Really.

By all means, disagree if you actually disagree with what was written, not simply to disagree with me, please.

I don't have any older brothers but the guys I know who had big brothers had a defender, a teacher and a mentor, plus the occasional butt kicker. Maybe I misunderstood your reference to "big brother"? In this sense we could all use a big brother, I think.

TomW

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain
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Re: Trying Something New... (3.00 / 0) (#45)
by Volvo farmer on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 01:31:24 AM MST
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I hate to admit it, but I like how this seems to be working. The locked tag is good, the link to the OP is excellent. One thing you might do for clarification is something like.

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Editor: OK here is my response. Go read THIS.. etc.

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Otherwise the comment seems to come from thin air or from God or something ;-)

Volvo Farmer

May you always have success in your quest to irritate those who you despise. -Ben Goode
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