[ASLML] Crisis on the Abucay Line

[Seth W Fancher]

Was this a private message, or am I simply privileged to get the message 
and a reply before the original message?  If private, please exercise more 
care before sending to the ASLML.



At 10:03 PM 1/4/2004, Bruce Probst wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 20:52:29 EST, Bearlyonthehill at aol.com wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately for me, I thought the board number was there.
>
>That's nice; I wasn't interested in the board number.
>
> >It is unnescessary to speak to anyone in the manner that you just did 
> (Depends.  What on earth
> >are you talking about?) to me. It is also good etiquette to be polite
> > when trying to help.
>
>It's better etiquette when *asking* for help to provide your would-be
>assistants with sufficient information so that they can, in fact, help you.
>The onus is on *your* shoulders, my friend.
>
>As for being polite -- all I said was that you asked a very vague question
>that was virtually impossible to answer, without expecting your volunteer
>helpers to go out of their way to dig up information that you could have
>easily provided in the first place.
>
>Instead of learning something useful from this, you appear to have gotten
>huffy and sensitive.  What were you saying about being polite?
>
>It's really not difficult -- when requesting assistance, *provide details*.
>Don't just assume that everyone knows what you're talking about, because the
>reality is that no-one knows what you're talking about.  There are no
>telepathic experts around these parts.
>
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