"Ante Topic Mimara" ]

Lee Michaels says... snip my e-mail address

What a world class scumbag. I purposely munge my email addy. And this creep
unmunges it so the various spambots can my harvest my addy. And does this
while hiding behind various remailers and an alias. I think that we can
safely conclude that this guy is bad news Approach at your own risk!!


"Ante Topic Mimara" wrote:

I have little to no means to do a small project that I have in
mind, (a circular saw, a drill, and that's it!) and I am seeking
someone who has a fairly decent shop, a bit of experience, and
enough time that they would be willing to help me out. I have a
drawing of two simple items, and I would like to open a dialogue
with a hobbyist who is interested and willing to help.

I can be reached at aegis365 at hotmail dot com if needed, so that
I can forward the drawing.


Just a friendly hint.

Unless you can figure a way out to do this over the internet, it
may be an idea to include a physical, real world location.

Are you volunteering to discuss the project, or do you just wish to
regulate how people post requests?


It may come as a shock to you, but the internet is global. It is like saying
there is a good store down the block. It is information that is beneficial
for locals. Not people on the other side of the planet.

Idiots do this all the time. They say that they have an item for sale that
can not be easily shipped. Who cares if no location is supplied? Location
is an important component of anything that is done locally. Do you really
not understand this?


A city, a country, etc...

Not pertinent information until such time as an agreement to work
on the project is decided upon. After a point where I as the seeker
find someone to help (the helper), and we actually agree on how much
it would cost for materials, expertise, and labor, then I would be
more than pleased to provide my personal contact information via a
private e-mail, rather than post it to some Usenet newsgroup where
anyone can find it, for whatever nefarious reasons. One can never be
too careful on the internet, as I have found out in the past.


Location is not pertinent information?? Maybe if you are going to pay fifty
times the going rate. But if time and money are involved, location is
incredibly important. Besides it is courteous to supply enough information
to make it easy for people to decide if they want to deal with you.


I'll post my mailing address, as soon as everyone else on this group
posts theirs. I was just asking for woodworking advice and assistance.
I didn't realize I had to open up my private information to the whole
world to satisfy you.


Well you posted my e-mail addy without my permission.

And we are not asking for an intimate medical report. A town or state or
something to narrow it down. Is this hard for you to understand?

And it has nothing to do with my satisfaction. It is the nature of usenet.
It is both global and local. If you demand that everybody be global (and
anonymous) only, don't expect assistance with anything local. You can not
have it both ways.


Unless, of course, you live off planet or are just a figment of
our collective imagination.

By no means am I a figment of anyone's information, and the last time
I looked, I was just as earthbound as everyone else who isn't in the
employ of, say, NASA... Why is it so important to you to know where I
can be found?


Believe me, I can only hope that you don't live near me. I made a friendly
suggestion and you go nuts.

Again, another friendly hint. You might try to make nice when making
requests. Your chances for assistance with your project would be much
higher.

But feel free to dismiss this suggestion out of hand as well. It is, no
doubt, also some kind of demented plot.


Unless of course you really don't intend to do anything other than
criticize my request for assistance with a project, quibbling over
my abject failure to post to your satisfaction, instead of inquiring
about the project itself. Which is what I should have expected.


My satisfaction?? My, my, you must have an unusually high opinion of
yourself. I made a friendly suggestion. On the off hand chance that you did
know how to make such an inquiry. These sinister plots and murky underworld
dealings you are alluding to are all a figment of your imagination. You
might try to scam a victim elsewhere. I don't think you are gaining many
friends here.

And this bunch is one of the friendliest and helpful groups of folks on
usenet. ****ing them off collectively is quite an accomplishment.

You must be so proud.