[meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for sale onEbay

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 16 22:32:58 2006
Message-ID: <001001c6918b$04597110$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

Oh brother.

I should be thanking him for

(a) posting a list of vulger/tastless/lewed/sexually oriented words to a...

(b) mailing list intended for the discussion of meteorites?

SO WHAT if he is exposing someone. The man has a penchant for stating the obvious. BIG DEAL. THAT WASN"T MY POINT (YES, I AM SHOUTING).

Do you really want THOSE WORDS in the list archives?

If the guy bought your domian name the YOU let it lapse, in which case it wasn't your domain name anymore. You obviously didn't care enough about it to re-register it so why would you care if he wanted to sell back to you?

Personally, on a meteorite list, I don't care if there are domain name scaplers. Maybe we should all join the I HATE DOMAIN NAME SCALPERS list server so we can talk about meteorites.

Gee, and people sometimes wonder why most the scientists left the list years ago.

Look at our favorite auction site. Do you think everyone who has meteorites for salel on ebay are collectors? I don't. Maybe we should all expose them for the true non-collectors that they are. Maybe we can list stuff they selling that are not meteorites.

Oh my goodness. I just realized. A while back I listed some of my wifes dolls and some used kids clothing on ebay. Man, I am glad no one caught it and exposed me to the list

Well, I just 2.5 hours on the phone dealing with an insurance company, who admitted they were wrong but they want me to pay for their mistake. Lets all start a thread on why I HATE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

-Walter "Not Afraid to Sign My Name" Branch

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: David & Kitt Deyarmin
  To: Michael L Blood ; Walter Branch ; Meteorite List
  Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for sale onEbay


  Darren was just posting a list of other URLs that "Mike" was scalping.

  I believe he did that to prove that this guy was not a fellow collector just trying to sell a domain name he had got tired of using but rather a SCALPER

  As Darren said, these guys are the lowest of the low, I had a guy buy my own domain and then he tried to sell it back to me once he realized no one would pay his inflated price.

  Instead of admonishing Darren EVERYONE should be thanking him.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Michael L Blood
    To: Walter Branch ; Meteorite List
    Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:19 PM
    Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for sale onEbay


    Hi Walter, Derren & "Mike"
            I followed this posting thread for a couple of reasons, and had
    some problems with it - each and every one - I hope we can all learn
    from (This is not "aimed" at you individuals - this is to point out
    common behavior from which we can all learn):
    1 - The person who initially posted signed his post only "Mike"
    and there is no definitively identifying element in his email
    address. So, was this from
    Mike Blood
    Mike Farmer
    Mike Jensen
    Mike Massey
    Mike Martinez
    Mike Cottingham
    Mike Franco
    Mike Fowler
    Mike Miller
    Mike Tettenborn
    or some other Mike that does not immediately come to mind?
    I see this frequently and it drives me nuts. I have no problem
    when someone signs their first name IF (like I) they have their
    last name as part of their email address - but when they do not,
    it makes me batty. With WHOM are we dealing? In addition, people
    likely make guesses and sometimes guess wrong, crediting
    (or blaming) someone else uninvolved simply because they share
    the same first name. (This is not such a problem with unique or
    very uncommon names like Moni or Norbert, but are a nightmare
    with almost all others, such as the Mikes, Bobs, Jims, Pauls, etc,
    etc, etc.)
            Therefore, PLEASE sign your posts fully if your last name
    is not part of your email address.

    2. The next person to post has a couple of problems in his post:
    he "attacked" the original person to post (the anonymous "Mike"),
    which is very poor form if not an outright violation of list policy,
    then followed up with a long list of website names that were far
    from tasteful.

    3. Finally, the last respondent failed to include the post of the
    person to whom he was addressing his comments, requiring
    those of us suffering from oldtimers' disease to go back and check
    to see every post, in case we missed one or more to see just whom
    it was being addressed.
            I do want to acknowledge that the honorable poster in this
    instance may have been wanting to avoid further publication of
    the tasteless list of names, but those could have been omitted
    and at least included the name of the person to whom the post
    was responding.

            So, there are my concerns with this thread - and the main
    reason I bring them up is it represents FREQUENT errors made
    in this list I would hope to see disappear (and NOT to "scold"
    the particular people in this particular instance). They are:
    1 - Make your identity clear when posting
    2 - Be courteous and non-attacking in your responses
    3 - Exclude any tasteless web names, etc.
    4 - Make it clear to whom you are responding.
            To those of you who say, "Who are YOU to tell people how to
    act on the list!?" I respond - just a list member hoping we can follow
    the list rules and practice common sense to make the list a pleasant
    experience for all of us. Some "protocol" is more than meaningless
    cultural tradition. Some of it is there for very specific reasons & I
    think the issues I have identified fit that category. These are not
    just "pet peeves" of mine - the least are basic courtesy and at least 2 of
    them are specified list rules.
            Again, my apologies to Walter, Derren & "Mike" who merely
    provided examples of very common behavior on the list and whom
    are in no way exceptional in violation of protocol and/or rules.
            Best wishes, Michael (the one identified by my email address).


     



    on 6/16/06 3:49 AM, Walter Branch at waltbranch_at_bellsouth.net wrote:

>> in which case I owe you an apology!
>
> I think you owe the list an apology.
>
> -Walter Branch
>
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