Bill,
Wow - if these people do not mean anything to you, they do to me. I work in
the tech field and find that the better the persons knowledge the better we
all treat then and hope to hold on to then. I think the same should go for
this list.
Now to follow up on the steering wheel questions - will YOU (Bill) - tell me
what are the correct colors for my November 45 (titled as a 46) Chevy 3104!
I will be waiting for YOUR answer,
Jim House
46 Chevy 3104
Hollis, NH
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Whittaker Bill G Civ
ASC/SMY
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:12 AM
To: 'oletrucks@autox.team.net'
Subject: [oletrucks] Can't we all get along??? What a crock!
Welcome to the real world people.
I joined this list about 8 months ago and just recently had to drop
everything but the daily summaries due to personal time constraints. However
I do single out the messages that interest me and read them religiously.
Because I don't post that often and I'm relatively new to this list I'm
going to try an approach this latest problem from a neutral point of view.
I'll state up front that I haven't read any of the "Farmer" messages and
frankly don't want to. Like I said before I read what interests me those
that don't I ignore. It's just too bad some other people don't seem capable
of doing the same.
One thing you're always going to run into are differing opinions, especially
with over 800 people involved. There will always be those around that will
try to stir things up just to get a reaction. This happens frequently on
some of the bulletin boards I belong to and there is a tried and true method
most boards use to get rid of them. What these troublemakers want most of
all is attention. The solution is to ignore them. When they're ignored
they rapidly get tired of playing the game and just go away. This method
works virtually every time.
What I'm seeing here however, is a bit more troubling. I'm seeing the "If
you won't play by my rules, I'm going to take my ball and go home"
mentality. This attitude is even more childish than those who stir up
trouble just for the attention. Personally I don't care how much knowledge
someone has, if they can't deal with a little controversy and immediately
resort to an "it's my ball game" philosophy then maybe it's better if they
do leave. There's no way I'm going to beg anyone who displays this childish
behavior to stay or come back. The many posts we've seen announcing their
impending departure are nothing more than an attempt on their part to have
everyone to do just that, beg them to stay. In their own way their
demanding the same attention the troublemakers are and it's just as childish
a move.
If you have the knowledge and are willing to share it with others, that's
wonderful. If you have the intestinal fortitude to ignore the troublemakers,
that's even better. If you don't, then take your ball and go play somewhere
else. I for one won't beg you to stay no matter how important some people
think you are to this list.
Now I know I've probably ticked many people off, and that may not be a bad
thing. Once you get over being angry at me you just might see that I'm just
pointing out how childish we're all being over this. I've never been
accused of being politically correct and as you can tell I didn't choose
this message to start. So if you're mad so be it. If you're thinking about
leaving and now realize how childish you're acting, welcome back. If not,
then do us all a favor, exit gracefully and spare all of us the "I'm so
pi**ed of I'm going home" messages. Frankly there rather boring.
Bill Whittaker
'53 3100 Hemi
Built Like A Rock
With Mopar Stock
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