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.
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> 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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