we only asked to see your find when you walked up to OUR group. Nice to see
that you remember the events in such a way that you can think of yourself as
wholesome. As for demanding? only asked to see your find, I've got three
witnesses from our club and someone else who was just tagging along who saw
things form our point of view. After you left this independent witness was
the one who said how RUDE you were not me.
From: Philip Poland <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: To brighten your day
>Dear Mark,
>
>I was helping a novice that day. It was you who interrupted our discussion
>and demanded to see the brown olive. I declined. Happily, I had several
>witnesses from the Miami Club.
>Your behavior on field trips, much like that you've demonstrated on
>Conch-L, has not been constructive. Your expectation of "hate mail and
>insults" in an earlier message today is, in my opinion, a classic example
>of projection.
>I continue to support the rules of our list, that is, that personal
>messages, off-topic messages, and cumbersome lists not be sent. The
>Internet is a nearly infinite resource. If other subjects are sought,
>they're out there.
>
>Phil P.
>
>----------
>> From: mark <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: To brighten your day
>> Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 5:07 PM
>>
>> We only lost the boring and snobbish, the true die-hards are still here.
>The
>> new Conch-L has personality and charisma. When i joined, anyone who
>asked a
>> stupid question was made to feel like an idiot, but i guess this was your
>> version of paradise. You showed your true personality when approached by
>a
>> group of novice shellers on Peanut island, do you remember? When the
>novices
>> asked to see your "rare" olive you found you put your nose to the air,
>> saying "NO" and walked away like a pompous "old-time" sheller you are.
>This
>> attitude is what keeps new blood from joining. This is not a Palm Beach
>> Country Club, one needs not carry a degree nor be of blue blood just have
>a
>> healthy zeal for learning so if you mind the "human interest stories"
>either
>> slam the "delete" button or better yet just go away. FERRETER.
>> "The middle of the road is a bastion of the damned" me
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Philip Poland <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 2:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: To brighten your day
>>
>>
>> >Call me a grouch, call me a purist, but I DO prefer to keep Conch-L on
>> >subject, without the private mail, the thank-yous and the I-agrees.
>We've
>> >lost some of our best due to the burden of off-subject and oversized
>> >contributions.
>> >----------
>> >> From: shelloak <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Re: To brighten your day
>> >> Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 11:43 PM
>> >>
>> >> ----------
>> >> > From: Stewart Jones <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> > Subject: To brighten your day
>> >> > Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 9:04 PM
>> >> >
>> >> > Hope this message might brighten your day. Something I picked up on
>> >the
>> >> > internet. For those purists who believe that CONCH-L mail should be
>> >> limited
>> >> > to shells and nothing but shells, please consider that this is
>intended
>> >> to
>> >> > warm the cockles (cardium robustum) of your heart.
>> >> > sj
>> >> >
>> >> >
>
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