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Re: Brickbay?
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Date: 
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:23:36 GMT
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In lugnet.market.brickshops, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Cary Clark writes:
In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Kenneth Wright writes:
In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Dan Jezek writes:
...
I know, nobody likes to be the news-post policeman (and nobody appointed me
either) but...

but somebody just needs to step up and do it, sometimes... and shouldn't
have to apologise for doing it, either.


I don't think anyone was being, or needed to be, apologetic.  It seemed more
of a rare case of being quite polite, especially when the offending parties
clearly did not intentionally, and quite understandably, misdirect their posts.

There's a newsgroup just next door that is more appropriate for this discussion:

  http://news.lugnet.com/market/brickshops/

Here's the charter: "lugnet.market.brickshops- Discussions and informational
postings related to personal online LEGO-related "shops" and third-party
buyer/seller services (BrickBay, etc.)"

Even Larry[1] won't argue that this group is ideal for this thread. Please
post follow-ups there.

I agree. They clearly belong there. (however this FUT went somewhere else :-) )

Clearly?  Yes, but only now that the preceding posts have brought it to my
attention.  If you go to the main page, you will see that of the 6 choices
offered under MARKET, the best of them was picked.  Now, if you could click
on MARKET from the main page and open up the sub-catagories, it then would
have been clear where we needed to post.  In other words, it appears there
are only 6 sub-catagories for MARKET.  I for one was not aware of this other
sub-catagory, despite my effort to post in the most appropriate location.


Thanks

Cary

To Cary: Thank you.  Your point was made, and quite nicely.  My future
BrickBay posts regarding similar issues will now go there.


[1] I think that all BrickBay-related postings should go there. Larry thinks
that BrickBay-admin issues like this thread should go there.

And note that several weeks after asking for clarification, we never got a
definitive answer from anyone authoritative. How much time does it take to
write a post saying "We've decided that the charter won't change. No
discussion as we aren't changing our minds" or better "the intent was this
and the charter wording is changed to clarify it"???

Lugnet seems to be on automatic pilot.

Thats fine as long as the original course was straight and level. You can
even handle a little turbulence, although it may be more comfortable for the
passengers if the pilots take an active hand and seek calmer air with a
temporary altitude change. But woe be you if there's a mountain ahead or
another plane in your path, or the passengers get unruly, or you run into
mechanical trouble. Worst, what if you run out of fuel because no one's
paying attention?

What happened to the fibblesnork.com domain again? I forget. Oh, ya... It
ran out of fuel and crashed into a mountain. The pilots left it on autopilot
too long.

There are people who went to pilot school on board this plane who want to
help, NOT hijack.  But they're locked out of the cockpit.

Very interesting metaphor (I'll surpress my urge to really analyze it for
now) - lousy timing.

I'm wondering if the pilot(s) of this "plane" you  refer to, despite
probably having their hands full at the moment (be it here or in their
personal lives), have decided they are best left to take their chances and
leave it on autopilot for now.

Normally I would probably apologize for the possible implications of this
statement, but somebody just needs to step up and say it, sometimes... and
shouldn't have to apologise for doing it, either.

Regards,
Ken Wright



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Brickbay?
 
In lugnet.admin.general, Kenneth Wright writes: ... (...) This is odd. What is the URL for the page that shows only 6 sub-catagories? When I go to: (URL) I see nine catagories. Since .brickshops, .appraisal and .theory are relatively new, is it (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Brickbay?
 
In lugnet.admin.general, Kenneth Wright writes: <snip> I think you went off half cocked. My reply to Cary was thanking him for stepping up and doing what needed to be done. (and lamenting that sometimes people give grief about it) I suspect he (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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