Apology Accepted

I must have missed what this is all about...damn.

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
m...
I accept your apology, Ghislain.

One of the basic concepts of dealing with newsgroups is to read posts on a
particular newsgroup to get an idea of the "flavor" of a newsgroup.

Since you are new to newsgroups, you might want to check out this page on
"netiquette" (newsgroup & email etiquette):
http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/news/newsnet.html.

Also, many newsgroups have websites for FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
Here's the FAQ for rec.ponds:
http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Ghislain" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry about this.You are all correct for getting upset with me.You
are
right Newgroups is not used for advertizing.I am new at this sort of
thing.I
enjoy the imformation and ideas and questions that you good people
contribute.I do find that the remarks that were given about me very
interesting and it also made me realize how sincere that everyone are
about
the topic.There is alot of interest in the pond topics and that is a
good
thing
Once again please accept my APOLOGY
Sincerly Ghislain

Me too (confused). We have at least 2 people in here that run a business
and even though they do not put up obnoxious adds, they do have a link to
their site where they sell fish and plant related "stuff" and they have had
posts where it is clear that they do trade in the business.

I'm curious what was so out of line that it got someone slapped down for
it....


"Wilson" wrote in message
...
I must have missed what this is all about...damn.

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
m...
I accept your apology, Ghislain.

One of the basic concepts of dealing with newsgroups is to read posts on
a
particular newsgroup to get an idea of the "flavor" of a newsgroup.

Since you are new to newsgroups, you might want to check out this page
on
"netiquette" (newsgroup & email etiquette):
http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/news/newsnet.html.

Also, many newsgroups have websites for FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions).
Here's the FAQ for rec.ponds:
http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Ghislain" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry about this.You are all correct for getting upset with me.You
are
right Newgroups is not used for advertizing.I am new at this sort of
thing.I
enjoy the imformation and ideas and questions that you good people
contribute.I do find that the remarks that were given about me very
interesting and it also made me realize how sincere that everyone are
about
the topic.There is alot of interest in the pond topics and that is a
good
thing
Once again please accept my APOLOGY
Sincerly Ghislain

dkat wrote:
Me too (confused). We have at least 2 people in here that run a business
and even though they do not put up obnoxious adds, they do have a link to
their site where they sell fish and plant related "stuff" and they have had
posts where it is clear that they do trade in the business.

I'm curious what was so out of line that it got someone slapped down for
it....


"Wilson" wrote in message
...

I must have missed what this is all about...damn.

The reaction was in proportion to the posts: Ghislain posted that he had
filters for sale in response to several other posts; didn't actually
answer the questions posed but offered opportunity for ponders to spend
money on his filters. He also posted three separate posts that were pure
advertising. It was pointed out that this is usually frowned on in
newsgroups, but that if he wanted to post a link to a web site or
include it in his signature, that would be more appropriate. He
responded by saying that Jan's post about baby fantails and her
signature including a link to her web site was "advertising." If
curious, just Google groups for Ghislain.
--
Zk
3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies
Oregon, USDA Zone 7

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:16:34 -0700, zookeeper wrote:

curious, just Google groups for Ghislain.

Good answer! ) ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

curious, just Google groups for Ghislain.

Tried that and it was REALLY ugly.... hundreds of items... eventually
tracked original down and I still don't get it. It is fairly easy to post
to the wrong thread and even if it was not an accident I had no problem with
the link. In fact, I liked it.

It just seems that folks are becoming more and more edgy and less and less
tolerant over the past 2.5 years. I'm probably becoming over-sensitized to
that. It seemed like an opportunity to say "cut the guy some slack and just
let it go". I've always had fast internet connections and have no problem
blocking either posters or threads so what people post has never been an
issue with me. Mostly I would just like to see people lighten up a bit. As
I said, I just don't get it. Then again I'm still puzzled about why my
response to a post where I said that "liberal" was not a dirty word raised
such a ruckus.

DK

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
s.com...
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:16:34 -0700, zookeeper
wrote:

curious, just Google groups for Ghislain.

Good answer! ) ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

I meant to thank you for the response and somehow neglected to.... I am so
getting senile (not legitimately able to make that claim for another 5
years). DK

"zookeeper" wrote in message
...
dkat wrote:
Me too (confused). We have at least 2 people in here that run a
business
and even though they do not put up obnoxious adds, they do have a link
to
their site where they sell fish and plant related "stuff" and they have
had
posts where it is clear that they do trade in the business.

I'm curious what was so out of line that it got someone slapped down for
it....


"Wilson" wrote in message
...

I must have missed what this is all about...damn.

The reaction was in proportion to the posts: Ghislain posted that he had
filters for sale in response to several other posts; didn't actually
answer the questions posed but offered opportunity for ponders to spend
money on his filters. He also posted three separate posts that were pure
advertising. It was pointed out that this is usually frowned on in
newsgroups, but that if he wanted to post a link to a web site or
include it in his signature, that would be more appropriate. He
responded by saying that Jan's post about baby fantails and her
signature including a link to her web site was "advertising." If
curious, just Google groups for Ghislain.
--
Zk
3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies
Oregon, USDA Zone 7

Jeez I spend a lot of time saying oops! (what's that I hear about violins on
TV).... That was Jan's web site that I thought was so nice.... (which I
should have known given that I've been there often enough)... The post I
eventually found in reference to the GOOGLE search I did oddly had her link
in it. After reading further into the posting I now get that the complaint
was that rather THAN give a LINK he posted an advertisement. I use to be
able to do multiple things at the same time.... I guess when the eyesight
started going downhill so did that parallel processing....

I still stand by my "lighten up" request though. It is healthier for us
all. DK


"dkat" wrote in message
.net...
Me too (confused). We have at least 2 people in here that run a business
and even though they do not put up obnoxious adds, they do have a link to
their site where they sell fish and plant related "stuff" and they have
had
posts where it is clear that they do trade in the business.

I'm curious what was so out of line that it got someone slapped down for
it....


"Wilson" wrote in message
...
I must have missed what this is all about...damn.

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
m...
I accept your apology, Ghislain.

One of the basic concepts of dealing with newsgroups is to read posts
on
a
particular newsgroup to get an idea of the "flavor" of a newsgroup.

Since you are new to newsgroups, you might want to check out this page
on
"netiquette" (newsgroup & email etiquette):
http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/news/newsnet.html.

Also, many newsgroups have websites for FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions).
Here's the FAQ for rec.ponds:
http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Ghislain" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry about this.You are all correct for getting upset with
me.You
are
right Newgroups is not used for advertizing.I am new at this sort of
thing.I
enjoy the imformation and ideas and questions that you good people
contribute.I do find that the remarks that were given about me very
interesting and it also made me realize how sincere that everyone
are
about
the topic.There is alot of interest in the pond topics and that is a
good
thing
Once again please accept my APOLOGY
Sincerly Ghislain