Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

No, don't blog, I enjoy reading your musings, so please keep them on the NG

Tom


"Arch" wrote in message
...
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

(Arch) wrote in
:

Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog
offers a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and
subsequent discussions than a news group.

One of the benefits of your musings here is that they are here. It's a
place I drop by regularly, just to see what's up.

I don't need another place to 'go visit'. There are too many of those
already.

JMO, however.

Patriarch

Thank you for considering a more appropriate alternative venue for the
essays. I do appreciate it. And if you have a big fan club and you draw
them all to your blog your musings might turn you a couple of bucks now
and then, so to speak. Green shavings are the best kind, right? :-)

J.

Arch wrote:
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

Keep them coming. Beats the heck out of some of the other stuff that's been
posted lately. All that's done is help me rebuild the kill filter on my new
lap top.


"Arch" wrote in message
...
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings




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Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:36:53 -0400, (Arch) wrote:

Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers a more
appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here.

While I confess I don't read them, I certainly don't mind their
presence. I have a big DEL key and an active finger, as do most
other users clever enough to be on usenet so the presence of yours or
any other's essays (particularly since they're on topic) can't
possibly be a hardship on anyone.

I think the absolute wrong thing to do would be to dilute the
collective wisdom to scattered venues throughout cyberspace which may
or may not come to the attention of those most needing it.

--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.

Arch wrote:

Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings



Your musings have provided insight that is sometimes lost on the
utilitarian aspect of what we do. You cause me to actually think and
ponder what I am trying to get out of my turning experience. I agree
with Mac that your "Musings" provide everyone with the option to read or
not. I always look forward to what you have to say because your essays
help me to see how you think and where your point of view is from. So
to post only to a blog would deprive the rest of us in the NG the
ability to see and know you without having to visit a pre-constructed
page.

Mike Burr

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:36:53 -0400, (Arch) wrote:

Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

IMHO, you're on topic and contributing to the group.. some folks (me included)
might not go look at a blog just because a member has one... but I read the
newsgroups at least once a day...

I might add that since you're courteous enough to have MUSING in the topic, we
can choose whether or not to read it, right?

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

Arch wrote:
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.

Keep 'em coming Arch. I never read blogs, and don't care to start.
Over on the far right of the message listing is the size of the post.
If it's long I can just skip it if I'm too tired to read it. Even the
longest text post here is probably much shorter than even a simple web
page, with all the various graphics and pictures and whazzat that seems
to go with them. They're on topic, they're amusing, and they elicit a
sense of camaraderie w/in the group. How droll this would be if it was
strictly 'rub the bevel'.

Anyway, that's my .02 worth, and since I've been here since the
inception, adjusted for inflation, it's present value is at least
$.05238 (just over a nickel for the math impared)...


....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
Registered Linux User No: 307357

Arch wrote:
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to

ANIP

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


Stay here. I check this NG fairly regularly, but don't want another
site to go to. Plus, this NG can easily be found by someone looking
for information. As with all NGs, this one rarely stays on topic long
and many different ideas and discussions have sprouted from the
original "musing" thread that are easily available to everyone.

And in that line of thought, anyone that searches and finds this group
would be exposed to a lot of good information and ideas, with some of
your musings being a contributing factor. And again like all
newsgroups, they need all the quality folks they can get.

Robert

There's plenty of techincal stuff in this group as well
as rec.woodworking - lots of How To and plenty of
How Do I. What often is lacking is the WHY - the
thought provoking questions that lead to interesting
insights, or at least interesting observations. What
is it about what ever we do with wood that fills some
need and is - occassionaly - so satisfying.

I sometimes get tired of reading one and two line
posts - or a detailed description of how to sharpen
a particular gouge. These posts have value - don't
get me wrong. But I enjoy insightful posts that
describe universal truths we have but can't put into'
words. And it's comforting to see that others have
odd experiences with their tools and equiptment,
confirming my hunch that there are insidious (sp?)
plots they're hatching - sort of the Al Quaeda of
the tool world (anyone up for a pre-emptive strike
on Robert Sorby and company/cell? and then go
after Delta! Of course we won't be able to call our
elite strike team Delta Force but what's in a name).

So keep up the musings. I look foreward to posts
that have more than one paragraph. One liners can
be funny, but I prefer George Carlin's approach.

charlie b

In article ,
Kevin Miller wrote:

Keep 'em coming Arch. I never read blogs, and don't care to start.
Over on the far right of the message listing is the size of the post.
If it's long I can just skip it if I'm too tired to read it. Even the
longest text post here is probably much shorter than even a simple web
page, with all the various graphics and pictures and whazzat that seems
to go with them. They're on topic, they're amusing, and they elicit a
sense of camaraderie w/in the group. How droll this would be if it was
strictly 'rub the bevel'.

What him say.

Anyway, that's my .02 worth, and since I've been here since the
inception, adjusted for inflation, it's present value is at least
$.05238 (just over a nickel for the math impared)...

Truly? Wow, that's a long time. I'm a relative teenager at only 5 years
compared to your time here.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
___
Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.

Owen Lowe wrote:

Anyway, that's my .02 worth, and since I've been here since the
inception, adjusted for inflation, it's present value is at least
$.05238 (just over a nickel for the math impared)...

Truly? Wow, that's a long time. I'm a relative teenager at only 5 years
compared to your time here.

Yeah, but I hardly ever post any more, so for contributions rendered
we're probably par...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
Registered Linux User No: 307357

"Kevin Miller" wrote in message
...
Owen Lowe wrote:

Anyway, that's my .02 worth, and since I've been here since the
inception, adjusted for inflation, it's present value is at least
$.05238 (just over a nickel for the math impared)...

Truly? Wow, that's a long time. I'm a relative teenager at only 5 years
compared to your time here.

Yeah, but I hardly ever post any more, so for contributions rendered
we're probably par...

...Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
Registered Linux User No: 307357

==================

Yep,
Kevin was a crusty old curmudgeon here when I first arrived in 1998. Seems
like Lynn, Leo M, Arch, and some of the other regulars were already
established (anchored, rooted, etc.) here also.

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX.

I have an article directory that may work if you needed something like
that to link back to the groups or a blog if you would like to try out
writting articles on Woodturning and such. Great way to get links back
to your site and kick start traffic.

http://www.tc-sales.biz/article/

Arch wrote:
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

Hello Arch

Arch I have given my opinion on this before, not the blog as such, but
the splintering of the group, also who's going to find all the
different groups, sites, blogs etc.
It's already so that we have to go to several sites to kind of keep up,
and then we have some servers not serving all sites and/or you need to
be invited and keep your opinions within there parameters etc., we all
loose that way IMO.
In this also fits your musing, yes keep them coming, we all need to
have that grey matter tickled once in a while, and have different looks
to and opinions on, given here for all to weight and ponder upon.
If I have to go all over the net to find these things, it just won't
happen, also as I said above, if we keep snipping everything up there
won't be anybody left or at least there will be fewer.
Oh well

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


Arch wrote:
Over the last few years several of you have liked some of my 'musings'
and others have either been too courteous or too indifferent to
complain. Now that blogs are part of the net, I wonder if a blog offers
a more appropriate venue for longer essay type posts and subsequent
discussions than a news group. I know that at least two of our most
valued members have blogs while they continue to offer crisp and
directed advice/opinion on this ng. My question is absolutely _not
implied criticism of their useful blogs.

I would appreciate some impersonal guidance and opinion re longer essay
type posts to this ng now that blogs are here. Please, no praise nor
criticism specific to my 'musings'. That's counterproductive to a
housekeeping question and I don't want either one at this time. TIA for
your thoughts re this less than earth shaking query.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings