[TheForge] Off-topic vs on topic....

Tue Jun 3 00:59:00 2003

You missed the point I was making. Now, I'm violating my own rule. So I'm
dropping it.
It's just not a big enough deal to get worked up about.
Rob
PS
Mark Pearce does do the best forge welding I've ever seen. I enjoyed all the
demonstrators.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reynolds" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:24 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Off-topic vs on topic....

>
> Phlip:
>
> I was polite in my request. You seem to lack that ability in disageement
with my simple request of asking you to inform readers your post is off
topic. I was under the impression this forum was about blacksmithing, not a
chat room.
>
> My request made perfect "sense," but you got your feelings hurt so you did
what you thought best... launch a cruise missle.
>
> Why not just try disagreeing without being impolite?
>
> Rob, I was at Ironfest for four days. If all you got out of that
experience was reciting to the world what you had for lunch and that there
was weather, then you missed a fine demonstration by Mark Pearce. It is rare
a classically trained smith comes to the U.S. to do a demo. That is worth
talking about and sharing. Yes, I am writing about it and it will be on my
ABANA chapter's web page this week.
>
> Lighten up you guys. All I requested was that when you make a post
unrelated to blacksmithing, then let other readers know. Your post, Phlip,
never mentions techniques, tools, material, design. Just why would the forum
be interested in everyone elses weekend excursions? Just because you mention
the word blacksmith, doesn't mean everyone wants to read your post if it
offers nothing related to the craft or skill.
>
> I didn't attack your character or impeach your worth as a person, Phlip. I
would be glad to read your postings, as they are literate. I just want them
to be related to smithing.
>
>
>
>
>  --- On Mon 06/02, Phlip < [email protected] > wrote:
> From: Phlip [mailto: [email protected]]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 23:09:41 -0400
> Subject: [TheForge] Off-topic vs on topic....
>
> <br>Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...<br><br>> Phlip:<br>><br>> Many of us
get off topic a bit at times. A little banter can be fine.<br>However,
verbose narratives unrelated to smithing, tools, marketing etc.,<br>which
include descriptions of meals, weather, fond memories and other<br>subjects
unrelated to blacksmithing are, well, not cherished by this
reader.<br><br>The rest snipped, due to utter lack of good
sense.<br><br>Reynolds, I don't know what planet you come from, or who peed
in your<br>Wheaties, but the last I heard, a description of a blacksmithing
event on a<br>List dedicated to the blacksmithing community is not off
topic. We are not<br>just a bunch of hammer arms pounding iron- if we were,
we could set up the<br>25 lb Little Giant List, and let the machines talk to
each other. Instead,<br>we are mostly a group of friends who share a passion
for the steel and the<br>events we enjoy together, and, unless I'm sadly
mistaken, it's the community<br>we share that draws
>   us together. If all we wanted was information, we could<br>stay home
with a matalurgy manual.<br><br>Unless Dave objects, and tells me so
publicly, I will continue to post about<br>my involvement in smithing
events, and impressions and experiences I have.<br>If you don't like my
postings, please feel free to delete them- or better<br>yet, fold them 5
ways and forge weld them to your prominent arse.<br><br>Phlip<br><br> If it
walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not
a<br>cat.<br><br>Never a horse that cain't be rode,<br>And never a rider who
cain't be
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