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Re: I need your help....I’m going to try to change a bad habit..
Author: Doom
Date: 12-01-2019 - 14:22
Larkspur Rick Wrote:
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> We’re a little over a month away from beginning a
> new year...
>
> The habit that I want to reform is my weakness to
> ‘attack’ people that post ideas or suggestions
> that appear simply wrong, or inadequate to the
> realities of SP/NWP 2472 that once rusted away for
> years in Larkspur (until I ultimately discovered
> it).
>
> My new pattern that I want to adopt is to be more
> curious, than presumptive. My goal is to try to
> honor the kernel, of an idea that might lie at the
> root of a fresh idea or a new solution.
> I need to try to tease the proposals into a
> clearer statement of the intent of the inquiring
> person. So for example, if someone says to me
> that NWP 2472 was never moved from a Bay Area
> scrap yard to Larkspur, where I discovered it and
> ultimately saved it through my awareness campaign
> (pre-internet days, by the way), I just need to
> try to understand the cause of their
> misunderstanding. Maybe they're confusing it with
> SP 2479 which was similarly rusting on the
> sleepers for years at Castro Point. I realize it
> can be confusing to folks who haven't studied NWP
> history the way I have, so I need to try to be
> more patient.
>
> So, if you read one of my posts that is rude, too
> terse, or ridicules the nascent idea, or point of
> confusion, please remind me of my intended
> commitment to be more inquisitive, than
> disrespectful.
>
> That’s the new behavior I want to change in my
> behavior as a poster on this message board.
> The old behavior is decades old, and well,
> ingrained — but you’re never too old to change.
> Or, at least that’s what I’ve heard.
>
> Rick -- Larkspur
Good idea. Try super glowing all your fingers together, then douse thevjeyboards on all your devices in gasoline and put them in your microwave on high for about an hour.
Problem solved.
And not just for you.
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> We’re a little over a month away from beginning a
> new year...
>
> The habit that I want to reform is my weakness to
> ‘attack’ people that post ideas or suggestions
> that appear simply wrong, or inadequate to the
> realities of SP/NWP 2472 that once rusted away for
> years in Larkspur (until I ultimately discovered
> it).
>
> My new pattern that I want to adopt is to be more
> curious, than presumptive. My goal is to try to
> honor the kernel, of an idea that might lie at the
> root of a fresh idea or a new solution.
> I need to try to tease the proposals into a
> clearer statement of the intent of the inquiring
> person. So for example, if someone says to me
> that NWP 2472 was never moved from a Bay Area
> scrap yard to Larkspur, where I discovered it and
> ultimately saved it through my awareness campaign
> (pre-internet days, by the way), I just need to
> try to understand the cause of their
> misunderstanding. Maybe they're confusing it with
> SP 2479 which was similarly rusting on the
> sleepers for years at Castro Point. I realize it
> can be confusing to folks who haven't studied NWP
> history the way I have, so I need to try to be
> more patient.
>
> So, if you read one of my posts that is rude, too
> terse, or ridicules the nascent idea, or point of
> confusion, please remind me of my intended
> commitment to be more inquisitive, than
> disrespectful.
>
> That’s the new behavior I want to change in my
> behavior as a poster on this message board.
> The old behavior is decades old, and well,
> ingrained — but you’re never too old to change.
> Or, at least that’s what I’ve heard.
>
> Rick -- Larkspur
Good idea. Try super glowing all your fingers together, then douse thevjeyboards on all your devices in gasoline and put them in your microwave on high for about an hour.
Problem solved.
And not just for you.
