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Re: Frank's postings
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2004 Dec 1, 10:15 -0500
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2004 Dec 1, 10:15 -0500
Hi George; How are you doing? This is indeed a nav related question because I so enjoy the posts of both you and Frank. You seem to be whining just a tad which is out of character for you. My wife tells me I get whiney when I'm not feeling well. Makes me worry about your health. Should I be? I need to keep you about for a while. Anything we can do to help? Respectfully Dave W -----Original Message----- From: George HuxtableSent: Dec 1, 2004 9:58 AM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Frank's postings Frank's Postings I always look forward to Frank Reed's contributions to this list, which are usually full of insight, and well expressed. However, he appears to deal with Nav-l traffic in an ususual way, which has some implications for readers. It seems that he accumulates archived material, and then deals with the resulting collection by responding, as he thinks fit, one by one, to each contribution as he gets to it, in order of receipt. Of course, he is perfectly entitled to respond to the list in any way he wishes. However, problems occur when a question arises that has subsequently been answered, or when a discussion has moved on from the earlier postings. This can result in Frank sending a superfluous message, or sending a number of messages on the same topic. We have to allow for this when we read his postings. If I have misunderstood his procedure, no doubt he will put me right. What I suggest would be more useful for us all, including Frank, is that when he decides to deal with his stockpile of messages, he READS them ALL first. Then, knowing which questions have already been answered, and knowing where the discussion has by then got to, he can apply finger to keyboard and tailor his replies accordingly. It is, of course, a problem that faces all of us that don't have instant e-mail; that when we post to Nav-l, we don't know how far the discussions have proceeded since we last downloaded from our in-box. For most of us, that interval is no more than a few hours. In Frank's case, it can be several days; that's when the problems arise. George. ================================================================ contact George Huxtable by email at george@huxtable.u-net.com, by phone at 01865 820222 (from outside UK, +44 1865 820222), or by mail at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. ================================================================ Dave Weilacher .IBM AS400 RPG contract programmer .USCG Master lic. 100 ton .ASA Sailing Instructor Evaluator