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Re: Hiding MKH from Beginners

Subject: Re: Hiding MKH from Beginners
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:14:27 -0700
Walter, you wrote,

>For over a year now I've severely limited my participation in recorder
>discussions and the same for helping beginners. For about the same
>period I've cut off nearly all mention of the newer mic setups I'm
>working on. Stuff other than the 5 main mic setups I use. It's just too
>much pain and hassle for me.

Why, because sometimes someone disagrees with you? It's a discussion
group, Walt! Challenges wake us up and keep us on our toes.

>I dropped the group to digest to slow my
>responses, to see if anyone else was going to help that beginner... I'm
>just going to have to do the same for all mic discussions, and some
>other subjects on the group.

You're a willing participant here, Walt, not a victim. Cut the "have to" cr=
ap.

>Which means no advice, no opinions, even
>less advice for beginners. That's where I'm at and I have no expectation
>of it being any different in the future. Yes, teaching, giving advice is
>a basic part of my makup, it also hurts to not say anything.

Why in God's green earth do you think anybody wants you to not
express your valuable opinions?

>I do get to help folks still, I receive lots of requests for help in
>both nature recording and photography via email. I used to help the
>nature recording folks and then refer them the the naturerecordists
>group for differing opinions. I no longer mention naturerecordists to
>such folk. If they ask I do give them my honest opinion about the group.

As an active member I'm insulted. This is one of the best places to
get advice about nature recording, and your contributions have been
an important part of the value. I wish you'd quit whining and get on
with business.

-Dan Dugan

p.s. technical note: this post I'm replying to, and others from you
lately, have contained two "from:" lines in the heading, yours first
and then another subscribers, perhaps the person to whom your message
was replying. This produces unpredictable results, like Eudora
labeling your message as from someone else! Strange, I wonder how
that happens.

-dD-


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