On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 09:06 -0800, Gabe Grijalva wrote:
> I just want to apologize for the flamewar with mikey
> but his comments finally pushed me over the edge. 
> He needs to realize that when he has a linux issue to
> at least inform us as to what type of computer and
> hardware he is dealing with....also, he needs to
> realize that a dsl or cable internet connection makes
> downloading iso's and upgrading a Debian system
> justifiable.
> During the summer he asked me to download about a half
> dozen Linux distributions for him (which I did) and
> then never called back to arrange for pickup, it
> turned out he ended up having one of his church
> buddies do it for him. Those downloads took up about 2
> to 3 gigs of hard drive space so I trashed them and
> decided no more favors for mikey. 
> Some of us use our computers and Linux to get work
> done (mine is writing and photography). I thought that
> trying to assist a fellow PLUGGER with some one on one
> help and advice would be a good thing, I regret that
> it turned into what it did.
> Have a great day, I have a deadline to meet....Gabe
----
#1 - if you do someone a favor and they seem not to appreciate it, it
would be better off to let it go than to carry it forward with
resentment. If you can't do favors without obligating the intended
recipient, you have attached more importance to it than just merely
being a favor.

#2 - It seems unfair and unnecessary that this forum gets used to merely
trash someone's reputation. Any regular reader of this list has surely
made up their minds about 'Mikey' - One way of dealing with it is:
:0:
* ^From.*bmike1@mcleodusa.net
/dev/null

#3 - This is a community and much like your relatives, you can't always
like them all but you have to learn some tolerance, empathy or else a
set of rules to deal with those whose posts you would rather not read.

#4 - We all have other things to do but we have "opt'ed in" to this
list. We can always delete the messages that don't appeal to us but
let's endeavor to get along.

Craig

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