[Hallicrafters] mindless posts

[Fred Olsen]

 > Vic Martin wrote:
> I have a Halli

Glen was being very polite.  Normally I let this sort of thing go by but 
these posts were so egregious that I blew my stack.  If you're actually 
SO naive, SO inexperienced, SO newbie, SO ... challenged that you had no 
clue you were doing anything wrong, then, and only then, do I apologize. 
  Just a little.  But if you've been a subscriber for more than a minute 
and a half it should have been abundantly obvious how to behave yourself.

Here's what NOT to do when posting to a group such as this.  All of 
which you did.

1) DON'T rip someone else's totally unrelated post to use as a template 
to write yours.  That's lazy as hell and screws up the content of the 
archive.  Everybody dislikes that, trust me.

2) DON'T do #1, above, without completely editing the post down to 
nothing but the address.  See reasons above.  Better still, learn how to 
use your address book.  It ain't rocket science.

3) DON'T grab a half-dozen different posts and misuse all of them for 
the same message.  If nobody gives a rat's the first time they damn sure 
won't care the fourth.

4) DON'T address those multiple posts to several uninterested 
individuals who authored the original messages you stole, let alone to a 
bunch of lists to most of which you likely don't subscribe.  Not that 
those would get through anyway.  Duh!

5) DON'T go phishing at everyone else's expense.  If you want to sell 
the damn radio - SAY SO!  In YOUR OWN post with YOUR OWN 'subject' 
addressed to YOUR OWN subscriptions.  If you want to figure out what 
it's supposedly worth so that you can extract the last nickel from some 
poor slob on eBarf - SAY SO!  Not that anybody cares to help you with 
the latter.  Do your own homework.

Sue me, flame me, whatever.  Couldn't care less.  Don't show up at my 
door angry; bad idea for you.

Fred Olsen