[Slowhand] Trading....

[Loraine Taylor]

"Matthew Palmer" <mt_palmer at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>My point is this, if you are going to take the time to burn CD's and trade 
>amongst the Slowhand community then please take the time to fully 
>understand what it is you are doing.

I have to throw this back at you, and ultimately, the group.

Now, I've been trying to keep a sense of humor about this whole thread, but 
the angry and insulting tone of some posts are starting to make this whole 
thing go too far.  What people are saying in this thread is that those who 
don't trade discs according to a standard of excellence, which, by the way, 
is posted nowhere, either doesn't know enough to do it, or for some reason 
isn't doing it "right".

Okay, now let me use an analogy to illustrate what I mean by the tone of 
this thread: E-mail posts to the digest.  Matthew, I’m sure you’ve been 
sending E-mail for long enough to think you know how to do it “right”, and 
please keep in mind, I’m not trying to insult you personally here, just make 
a point about this thread.  But, that said, your post is actually on the 
Digest looking like this:

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:26:56 -0400
From: "Matthew Palmer" <mt_palmer at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Slowhand] Trading....
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
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That’s it.  One has to click on the link, and then either arrow over to the 
end of each line or fiddle with wordwrap to read it - only to find its an 
angry message about people who don’t do things “right”.

I have hotmail too, and while I don't know what mistake you made posting to 
the digest, how would you feel if I said to you: "Gee, how troublesome your 
incompetence is for us lofty people who know how to do it right!  If you are 
going to take the time to post to the Slowhand  community then please take 
the time to fully understand what it is you are doing.”  How would that make 
you feel?  Insulted?  Or maybe that you just weren’t good enough to post to 
the digest?  Well, that’s how this thread about trading is making me feel 
about the Slowhand Digest - and I can’t believe I’m alone in that.  Its got 
to stop.

In a recent interview (I wish I could remember which one - I’m sure it was 
on TV, though) EC described his behavior when he quit the Yardbirds, because 
they played music to a different set of standards than he did, as “I threw 
my toys out of the pram and went home.”  Well, if EC can admit that there 
was something wrong with how he handled that situation, then I thing we, on 
this EC list, can do no less than examine this similar attitude that exists 
here now.

The SD was never a trading list - its only become that since EC married and 
started another family and got happy.  He’s just not been in the news much 
since then, has he.  And as a result, we quit having so much to talk about - 
other that the odd speeding ticket and some recent touring.  To fill the 
void people recently started trading heavily - at least a small percentage 
of people who actually get this list did, anyway.  Have you considered the 
possibility that maybe the largest (and largely silent) percentage of Digest 
readers simply don’t know what you all are talking about?  Or don’t have the 
time or the money for the equipment to do it?  How many digest recipients 
just scan the contents list, see a flea market of trades available and hit 
delete?  One recent complaint actually suggested that everyone should have a 
CD burner - and what’s wrong with those of us that don’t!

Well, if the SD is going to change into a trading list, then obviously 
formal rules will have to be established, if only to keep us all on speaking 
terms.   If people want standards of trading to be kept on this list, they I 
suggest someone write them up in the first place and explain, simply, what 
everything is.  Because, at least I myself, certainly, don’t know what half 
of the technical stuff you all have been talking about is, really.  My 
ancient computer doesn’t have that capacity.  And I wouldn’t have the free 
time to trade or the money for upgrades anyway.

Let’s try to get along, people.  I’d hate to see the digest become a 
friendly place for only a privileged few - which, to me, is how its going.  
And that’s never been what the Slowhand Digest - or even Slowhand himself, 
has ever been about.

Loraine

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