i never used that word in your presence. if this is how you remember it then
fine. Case Closed. mark-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Poland <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: To brighten your day
>To Mark: To you, specifically, I answered "No." Obscenities, including the
>"f" word, were your response. At the time, you interrupted a conversation I
>was having with a young collector.
>I am now through with this dialogue.
>
>To Conch-L: I'm sorry to be involved in this. I felt I had to respond as
>Mark's comments were posted to the list. As to why I said "No" to Mark at
>Peanut Island was a personal choice, and not the usual one. Sharing is
>fundamental. I believe in it.
>I hope this is the end of it.
>
>----------
>> From: mark <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: To brighten your day
>> Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 8:32 PM
>>
>> 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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