[meteorite-list] OT: (AD) another trade offer ART whereartThou??

[MexicoDoug]

Hi Dave,

No, I'm not saying that at all.  Maybe Steve pays Art to support the list 
with $, for all I know.  All I really do know is that Art does approve, so 
it is a moot point, because Art is the decision maker and enforcer.  If I 
were the decision maker, I'd kick myself off the list, so to some extent 
we're lucky about Art.  I appreciate his efforts.  If you want to improve 
the list you could always consider passing around a collection hat and 
offering the financial support to Art for list improvement with some 
grass-root suggestions or just make it conditional support.  That works 
better than shouting into thin air, getting unnecessarily stressed, and 
contracting the stress to others, and bloodying your head against the wall. 
And most of all, better than getting exacerbating allergies to any list 
member...I am just happy to have the list, please don't read more into this 
than intended!

Best wishes, Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Carothers" <david.carothers at verizon.net>
To: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>; "Martin Altmann" 
<altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: (AD) another trade offer ART 
whereartThou??


> Geez Doug,
>
> If you're OK with Steve's posts, then you're implicitly saying it's OK for
> every one else to act the same way.  If everyone else was as inconsiderate
> as Steve(Chicago) Arnold, there would be chaos on the list.  Martin and 
> the
> other posters are just asking that everyone follow the rules.
>
> Dave Carothers
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>
> To: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: (AD) another trade offer ART
> whereartThou??
>
>
>> Martin wrote:
>>
>> "I checked the archive.  This year alone, Steve Arnold Chicago had on 
>> this
>> list 76 ADs.  His worst month was January with only a single AD, his best
>> November with 16 ADs."
>>
>> "The rest of his posts consisted mainly of Wanted-Ads;  reports, which
>> specimens he just bought (to resell them in most cases after
>> a short while); chatting-ups to reputable sellers; garnished with
>> announcements to quit collecting/selling forever, promises to obey to the
>> list rules in future, questions, which he could have answered easily by
>> himself, in reading a beginners book or using google
>> and lachrymose complaints, that in his innocence, he couldn't understand,
>> that he is attacked by list members."
>>
>> "108 ADs he had last year, although he was banned for 3 months.  The 
>> shock
>> from the ban lasted exactly 3 months, Nov 05 - Jan 06, one Ad per month -
>> since last February the notorious mess again."
>>
>> Martin,
>>
>> If Art is OK with Steve's posts, so am I.
>>
>> I am bedazzled how you spent your valuable time compiling THOSE
> statistics!
>>
>> Best wishes, Doug
>>
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