Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 28, 2009 at 19:23:12 from (216.208.58.181):
In Reply to: Re: Why old left posted by Jim Allen on January 28, 2009 at 11:20:04:
Jim: In my opinion the typing skills of guys the age of Old, Vet and myself, turn this into a time consuming event. The archives are more or less useless due to the vast number of titles that can be used on a particular subject. I hate to think of the number of times I've typed out the use of casting codes.
I like being here, don't get me wrong. I also believe if some new participant is going a good job of solving a problem on a thread, keep out unless you can help or enhance his answer in some way. One problem we have is folks giving answers when they don't know the correct answer. Now, we all make mistakes, but lately I've seen a few folks giving advice on a Farmall Super A and you'd swear they were discussing an Impalla.
I firmly believe we should encourage new guys who are knowledgable. Fellows my age aren't going to be around forever. Hell, I don't feel as good as I did this time last year. One of the biggest problems most good wrench folks encounter is being able to put their thoughts in type. When I came here, I already had a lot of experience in farm organizations. I had served as recording secretary for 8 years, and man if you can put everything in print a bunch of farmers are saying in a public meeting, your a bloddy genius. Even if that is my own opinion. I remember one evening in a farm meeting, had been a rather unruly event. Finally an old farmer who hadn't said anything all evening, got to his feet and addressed the meeting. He said, "The only way to get two farmers to agree is shoot one of them." I recorded that in the minutes, and read it back to them the next meeting, during the reading of the minutes. YTer's are not a lot different from the room full of farmers, lets face it, it's in their blood to argue. Thus when I encounter an arguement here at YT, it runs off me like water off a duck. I may nail you a month from now, or I may be content to watch someone else nail you.
You can not eliminate arguments or disagreements, and we shouldn't. Name calling is another matter, however the name caller is very easy to nail next month, plus you just never know who may be prepared to do it for you. Just don't get angry, but rather get even.
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