On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Mark Balogh wrote: >> >>Ari Saarto, >> >>It seems you are busting me for something but I am not sure what. Have >>I breached some list etiquette? >> >>Mark well, you asked a leading question, then came back and sort of promoted your own product... everyone here has a little problem with a man named tim XXXXXX, who constantly promoted his own product [look at jackie's april fools joke/message, and you'll get the idea. ari's english isn't always 100%, but he's pointing out a trend here. _i_ [and i'm NOT the list admin] don't think you were promoting your product as much as defending the sailing philosophy. so _i_ didn't take it as an advertisement... consider this as a chiding, and welcome to the list. i personally enjoy having mfgr/designers/etc on the list for honest feedback, but we don't want people selling their wares... and now back to our regularly scheduled discussion!! mark >> >>> NOW, dear Paddlewisers, ladies & gentlemen. Here is a topic, which >>> was roused by the writer himself, I think. And it ends with him >>> selling his ideas to us... >>> >>> What do you think, does the phenomenon look familiar to you? >>> >>> > I don't want to create any animosity between paddlers and sailors, some >>> > of my best friends are paddlers, I actually own and use several >>> > paddles. I just want to set the record straight. We are generally a >>> > non-evangalistic sect, but are defensive when provoked. Sorry to get so >>> > wordy, I am going to put my soap box away now. >>> > >>> > Good sailing or paddling >>> > Mark >>> >>> [Just couldnīt stay away, couldnīt I ;-) ????] >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ari Saarto >>> Sailors, no offense intended, but willing to do it hard way. >>*************************************************************************** >>PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >>Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >>*************************************************************************** >> >> #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: May your Tongue stick to the Roof of your Mouth with the Force of a Thousand Caramels. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 02 1998 - 11:42:38 PST
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