Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He always gets chatty when he's had a couple beers. -- Regards, (Cousin) Sonny Carter http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA On 11/28/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > > My mother's family has a family reunion EVERY June. Periodically, one > of the cousins suggests that it be changed to every two years. > > It usually turns out that the complainant feels inconvenienced coming > every year. Rather than feel like they are missing something, they > want to limit the system. The solution is always -- if you want to > come every other year, help yourself -- don't ask everyone else to > stay home because you are busy. > > Sometimes, participation here is inconvenient for me, I don't have > time to read everything and look at all the pictures. I don't ask > everyone to shut it down until I have the time to be there. I just > skip the participation. > > I noticed that I overparticipate some while back, so stopped doing > the "thank yous." I do, however, believe that public "nice jobs" are > important feedback. I suspect all of us remember the days when we > were starting taking pictures and how important the reaction of an > audience was in steering us toward better photos even when the only > feedback was which ahots drew a smile and which did not. This > audience produces the same benefit on a higher level. > > There are times when a simple "atta boy" from Tina or Dory or Hoppy > or someone else has made me look at a picture again and see something > I had not noticed before. > > And, yes, I use it just like a chat room or a bar stool. > > This list IS family -- not everyone gets along with the same people > -- everyone has their favorite cousins. Just like a family, you don't > really get to choose who is in it. Your only option is to sit at the > table with the ones you enjoy or opt out of the family. I prefer > choosing tables. > > Ric > Cranky, Loud Cousin from NC > > > > On Nov 28, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Steve Beyer wrote: > > > I personally feel we are one big family. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >