Hello Heather... I did not realize someone called you heartless.
Resorting to name calling just gets us nowhere. I understand the link
issues and must admit when I saw it I was a little hesitant to link
out and try it but relied upon your outstanding screening and took the
leap.
OK, now I'm a guy admitting this so keep it between you and me. When
something irritates me I reach for the felting needles, a little fiber
and start poking those needles into the felt. Heck after one or two
misadventures into my fingers, why I just quiet right down. After all
it takes a good deal of concentration to get those band aid wrappers
open and applied correctly. Oh how I envy those who felt and don't
wear band aids!
Thanks for the reply and we do appreciate your screening skills.
Michael Morack
Waukesha, WI
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
> I have to say, I have read my first two... no, I re-read all of my
> posts regarding that hit and run post and I honestly can't agree that
> anything was abusive.
>
> My replies may have been long-winded and very to the point. I do
> apologise for never having learned how to sugar-coat my words. But
> come on, excuses for not knowing rules, being told I was wrong about
> points of fact does make me testy. Plus the red herrings about who is
> or is not an AOBA member.. totally irrelevant, and irritated me even
> more.
>
> But you know, I what really took exception to, was being called
> heartless because someone whom no one here knows posted a hit and run
> URL, and I said it's not ok. Every single other time I get an email
> containing just a URL, that link goes to a viagra sales site, or a
> porn site, or starts downloading malware to my hard drive. No one had
> any way of knowing what they were to find after following a blind
> link. That sort of posting is never accepted on any discussion group,
> anywhere. Especially from members no one knows! It's happened right
> here on this group before because of my leniency with membership
> approvals.
>
> My original reply, in case anyone has forgotten it:
> > Hmm. Funny, that's my sister's farm name, that she reserved with ARI
> > several years ago.
> >
> > And please, did you miss the discussion on advertising? Not to
> > mention the basic rules of the group? No advertising, including
> > pasting your URL with no content in the post.
> >
> > Finally, I did follow your link, and was met with a blank page.
> >
> > Annoying.
> >
> > Heather
> >
>
> Really??? Heartless? It is annoying! Every bit of this whole stupid
> issue!
>
> Free speech, yes, I'm all for it. But. Advertising is not allowed on
> this group, members have made it very clear that they don't want it,
> and requesting that people go to one's own website is most absolutely
> advertising. Posting links to one's own website is a tactic used by a
> "neighbor" of Susan Olson's, a real pal to us both. I'm sure she
> recognises it for what it is, if everyone else is blind to it.
>
> This is exactly why I don't like being the rules police.
>
> Also, I thought everyone here was a grown-up.
>
> Heather
>
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>
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