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RE: (erielack) politeness, was: DAYTON HILL.



Good 4 u, Paul.  I find myself making a few mistakes when I type up one of 
my anecdotes, but I figure - what the heck - it's just for fun & I'm 68 now. 
For those who don't like it, it won't be too long there won't be too many of 
us who worked on the ERIE & EL.
Along those lines - I used to wonder about those old guys who used a 
typewriter to take trainorders. I always wrote them longhand. I NEVER 
understood how they did it.

Regards to all;

Walter E. Smith

>From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
>Reply-To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
>To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>Subject: RE: (erielack) politeness, was: DAYTON HILL.
>Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:47:17 -0400
>
> > It is people like Jerry that we should be making efforts to
> > listen to. His knowledge supercedes any
> > grammatical/typographical errors. Commenting on items like
> > that is just being far too picky and ungrateful. This man
> > knows more about these pieces of track than most of us ever
> > will. We should be thankful he chooses to share this with us.
> > I never saw the Erie or EL operate as I was born in 1978 in
> > eastern PA. This section of the Erie/EL/WNYP fascinates me
> > and I am glad to be able to learn about it. I'm sure there is
> > at least one other person here who shares my sentiments.
>
>
>Here are my personal observations, after moderating this list for almost a 
>decade (has it been that long already?!?)
>
>There are many people who are on this list who follow standard "netiquette" 
>- correct capitalization, punctuation, etc. And that's fine. There are also 
>many who don't. This does not dimininish their message! Many people are 
>comfortable typing in ALL UPPERCASE or with abbreviations.
>
>I've met some of the people that do this, and they're perfectly normal, 
>intelligent individuals. The late Harry Scholz, who used to be an active 
>participant on this list, always typed in uppercase. But Harry, for those 
>of you who knew or met him, was a virtual fountain of information and 
>details. Another example of "don't judge a person by his typing style." The 
>Internet is just a communication medium - you shouldn't read a person's 
>personality into how they choose to communicate.
>
>In closing: Be nice. We're all one big family here, and everyone has 
>something to contribute of value.
>
>	- Paul
>
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