davidmbedard wrote: jasperofzeal wrote: What gets me is the lack of courtesy that is shown to lots of people who share their knowledge. It doesn't take much to come to an OP and tell everyone who replied: "Thank you for your time and interest in my issue", or whatever it may be.Exactly. From my end, I feel a bit 'used' by forumites like this. So rather than reply, I simply egnore.David B
jasperofzeal wrote: What gets me is the lack of courtesy that is shown to lots of people who share their knowledge. It doesn't take much to come to an OP and tell everyone who replied: "Thank you for your time and interest in my issue", or whatever it may be.
What gets me is the lack of courtesy that is shown to lots of people who share their knowledge. It doesn't take much to come to an OP and tell everyone who replied: "Thank you for your time and interest in my issue", or whatever it may be.
Exactly. From my end, I feel a bit 'used' by forumites like this. So rather than reply, I simply egnore.
David B
I, too, received an e-mail after offering one very limited response to one of his threads. Then I got another - about some topic about which I know little and care less. I PM'ed him the (rather specific) conditions about which he could query - all things about which I rather doubt he has an interest. Haven't heard from him since.
The entire business seems remarkably like trolling. Maybe we should ask Bergie to send him an e-mail about forum etiquette!
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
He does reply but he sends an email instead of using the PM feature or just joining the dialog here. I don't like the email way since I have to log in to this site to reply to them (when they originate from here).
TONY
"If we never take the time, how can we ever have the time." - Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)
modelmaker51 wrote:Local to where?
Good point. Alloboard, if you edit your profile, you can add your location so we know this stuff and don't have to ask.
But, (though love time) sometimes the right answer is "learn to do it yourself." There's pretty much nothing in this hobby that the average person can't learn. In the past 3 years, I've picked up painting, plaster casting and a lot of other stuff I never knew I could do. It's been a satisfying and rewarding trip, all the way. Last week, I sat down and did circuit design with 16-pin chips, another new experience. Why, after a decade or so of model railroading, you could be a regular Renaissance Man.
Don't be afraid to take that leap. You can do it.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Jay
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