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RE: Weekly Bird Quiz info

Okay, you've all seen the cartoons with the angel on one shoulder saying
"Don't do it!" and the devil on the other saying "Do it!" Not that this
picture  meets my model for decision making, but in this case "the devil"
won (probably to my eternal regret).

I have not personally met anyone involved in this "little discussion," so
all I'm responding to is what I have read and observed as "an outsider" that
enjoys keeping up with the "bird happenings" in Utah.  But can someone help
me out on this one?  Why is anything that someone says, if it is bird
related, such a big deal?  As the list owner for IBLE (the Idaho state
listserv), I'm happy when there is material that helps someone - anyone - to
look more closely at birds...as through a "Bird Quiz."  In fact, I was
seriously considering having an occasional one for IBLE also, because as a
teacher I believe that occasional quizzes are part of the learning process! 

Now please excuse my ignorance, but somehow there seems to be more than a
"quiz" that is easily deleted (even if it requires two key strokes instead
of one) involved here.  And if there is, that which might be really annoying
to those of us that don't know (and possibly don't care) about the
personalities involved (not that they aren't all just simply wonderful
people) is the fact that we are even spending time on this.

Come on people, if WE are hung up here, my only message to ALL OF US is "Get
a life!"  Is that a little too harsh?  Okay then, just hit delete twice.

Harry Krueger
Boise



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-birdtalk@utahbirds.org [mailto:owner-birdtalk@utahbirds.org] On
Behalf Of Richard Wood
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:55 PM
To: Jim Bailey; Tim Avery; birdtalk@utahbirds.org
Subject: Re: Weekly Bird Quiz info


A lot of us DON'T enjoy his weekly quizzes, too.  For those of us to
"delete" email we don't want, we have to delete it TWICE.

Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bailey" <jim@bailey.aros.net>
To: "Tim Avery" <tanager@timaverybirding.com>; <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Weekly Bird Quiz info


> Hi Tim,
>
> You two obviously don't get along. Why don't you just put him in your kill

> file? Then you won't be aggravated by his complaints. If you don't know 
> how to do this, please write me privately and I'll explain.
>
> A lot of people on this list enjoy your weekly bird quizes. As you say, 
> people who don't like them can easily have them automatically deleted so 
> they never have to see them. However, I don't think any of us enjoy you 
> guys bickering publicly on this forum.  Please keep it private.
>
> Jim Bailey
>
>
>>I recenltly recieved an email from a member of this listserve, who was 
>>tired of
>> having to delete my weekly quiz bird and said I need to stop sending it.
>>
>> This person is the same person who thought it necesary to harass me in 
>> the fall
>> concerning my posts supporting both sides of the Hunting/Birding 
>> argument. A
>> dead subject, long left alone.  I felt the best way to handle this would 
>> to
>> jsut ask them to delete anything with my name on it.  They replied with 
>> "I
>> shouldn't HAVE to delete any emails."
>>
>> I agree no one should have to delete any emails.  I personally am on 4 
>> birding
>> listserves and consequently delete about 3/4 of my emails without ever
>> bothering to read them, its part of being on a listserve.  In this case, 
>> I
>> again asked this person to just delete my emails, and please not bother 
>> with
>> back channelling me snide remarks, just for the sake of arguing.
>>
>> I have never recieved any negative comments about posting the quiz 
>> before, and a
>> fair number of individuals take part weekly.  For the most part I think 
>> this
>> email was just this person trying to arouse controversy, and argue 
>> because they
>> want too.
>>
>> If there are any "real" concerns, please let me know.  If your not 
>> interested in
>> my quiz, there is no need to harass me, and name call, please just delete

>> it.
>> It really isn't worth mine, or anyones time to argue.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> Salt Lake City, UT or Beloit, WI
>> http://www.timaverybirding.com
>>
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