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<p>[QUOTE="johnnycb09, post: 197122, member: 27"]Bluemoon,I must admit I can see your point,even if I find its spirit a tad peevish. I think many people assume that once they give the basic information that the asker will research it further on their own. Wich would be fine,if everyones research skills on the computer were the same! I try my hardest,but sometimes I just cant find stuff that someone else takes one minute to dig up.Silver hallmarks come to mind,I can look and dig and read till my eyes bleed,then I post on here and voila,3 minutes later theres the answer.Its frustrating because I know I looked for hours.Mansons made valid points concerning people returning to threads,sometimes(like with the Finds thread) I just forget,then I stumble on it later and theres 12 pages to catch up! To sum it all up in my not so eloquent way,most of us are rank amateurs with the exception of a few who are very knowledgeable, so when we leave a suggestion or thought,thats all we have to give.NO board should be an end all to be all,just a jumping off point at best.</p><p>PS...manners have changed drastically in most of ours lifetimes,its a whole new world out there and quite often theres a clash of cultures,generation gap rears its ugly head for real![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnnycb09, post: 197122, member: 27"]Bluemoon,I must admit I can see your point,even if I find its spirit a tad peevish. I think many people assume that once they give the basic information that the asker will research it further on their own. Wich would be fine,if everyones research skills on the computer were the same! I try my hardest,but sometimes I just cant find stuff that someone else takes one minute to dig up.Silver hallmarks come to mind,I can look and dig and read till my eyes bleed,then I post on here and voila,3 minutes later theres the answer.Its frustrating because I know I looked for hours.Mansons made valid points concerning people returning to threads,sometimes(like with the Finds thread) I just forget,then I stumble on it later and theres 12 pages to catch up! To sum it all up in my not so eloquent way,most of us are rank amateurs with the exception of a few who are very knowledgeable, so when we leave a suggestion or thought,thats all we have to give.NO board should be an end all to be all,just a jumping off point at best. PS...manners have changed drastically in most of ours lifetimes,its a whole new world out there and quite often theres a clash of cultures,generation gap rears its ugly head for real![/QUOTE]
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