Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:49:09 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: fiberglass repair on poptop
In-Reply-To: <vanagon%2008090716114943@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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I would have to support what Bill has so eloquently said. I'm glad
Joy is okay with the end result. Eventually, only Frank will know
whether his demeanor on the list enhances or subtracts from his
business. We all have delete keys too.
DM&FS
At 03:04 PM 9/7/2008, Bill Glenn wrote:
>On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:39:51 EDT, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 05/09/2008 9:11:58 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> >LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> >
> > OK, gotta chime in here. I have installed a few of these pop top
> >strut kits and have had absolutely no problems....geeze it's not rocket
>science !!!!....
>
>Frank,
>I agree that Mark is to be commended for putting together this kit to aid
>those in need of help with the lifting of the pop-top; I have a friend or
>two who could benefit from it. I am glad that your level of experience
>allowed you to avoid the problem with the seemingly erroneous/confusing
>installation instructions that caused Joy difficulty. She posted to the
>list to provide a heads-up to others about the problem, and to seek advice
>as to an appropriate remedey for the mistake that resulted. She received a
>number of helpful replies; your "...geeze, it's not rocket science!!!!"
>comment was not one of them.
>
>You make your living working on cars, have obviously done so for years, and
>based on your postings to the list over the years, which are appreciated,
>it would seem you could do most anything related to automotive work without
>help from anyone. I doubt you really have need of the List, other than for
>the plugging of your commercial offerings, which I, and surely others, do
>not mind, or at least tolerate, if only because you often take the time to
>share your knowledge as well.
>
>However, please be mindful that only a handful of the thousand members of
>the Vanagon List likely possess your level of expertise in automotive
>repair, and that the rest of the membership could benefit from some
>patience and tolerance on your part, as well as your expertise. That fact
>that the subject of a posting may not be a problem for you, or that the
>subject was discussed at some point in the prior fourteen years of the
>Vanagon List, is likely irrevelant to most of the membership. Members
>seeking knowledge should be accorded a polite and civil forum in which the
>free exchange of ideas and answers can occur; anything less hinders
>participation, which may deny to the membership the benefit of others'
>experience and knowledge, which is precisely the purpose of this forum.
>
>Bill
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