[RP TownTalk] Opinions & Links

[Lou King]

I surely don't want to make this personal, because it isn't. But if you 
will read my post carefully you will see that Jim's earlier post is not 
one of those I was addressing.

On 11 Aug, in addition to the attached .pdf file Jim said "After 
trawling through Hyattsville's HOPE list, I found noted urban planner 
Richard Layman's quotation of some interesting European ways to handle 
our speeding issues. Do check out the enclosed document as a means of 
moving forward on our problems."

Of course I don't have an example of  "postings on the forum that are 
just a link to some article/webpage."

Mr Coleman, I  have found your postings to have a good amount of 
personal comment attached to the link. So IMHO you are NOT "one of the 
guilty parties." Your comments give value to this forum.

Lou


jcolema3 at aim.com wrote:
> From a local joker tired of opinions without solutions to my favorite 
> old coot, I am one of the guilty parties who sends out links. After 
> considering opinions voiced in our list, I generally find myself worn 
> out by the discourse without resolutions. Those who do follow the 
> links I present on a regular basis will find that I have not only read 
> the material, I can testify to the applicability of the documents I 
> send to others. Perhaps I believe that if others gave my evidence the 
> time of day, instead of requiring persuasion, they might find that I 
> offer a breath of fresh air in a sea of polemics. For your 
> consideration, I am offering my latest post on traffic solutions that 
> offer not only solutions to our speeding woes but solutions that would 
> further beautify our town.
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> Here's an article about fixing our speeding problem:
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> depts.washington.edu/open2100/pdf/2_OpenSpaceTypes/Open_Space_Types/*woonerfs*.pdf
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> You never know what you'll find until you open your mind to the 
> thinking of others (much smarter than me).
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> Cheers,
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> jc
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cranky old coot <lking at knob.com>
> To: TownTalk <TownTalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 8:18 pm
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] I want you opinion
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> Before I get on my soapbox what do you think?  You have been saved from 
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> a long winded tirade because Windows crashed just as I was about to send 
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> the email to TownTalk.
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> Lately I have noticed several emails, interspersed with the opinions of 
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> Riverdale Park residents, that are from groups outside of town or are 
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> just emails that are forwarded to the forum without comment.
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> Don't get me wrong, one of the reasons I read each and every email on 
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> this forum is because I want to know/understand what the diverse 
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> residences of Riverdale Park thank/are passionate about.
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> When I see mass mailings from Hyattsville CDC (who ever they are) or 
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> anyone else to 7 or 8 addressees including yhoogroups it makes me feel 
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> soooo "special."  I seldom see why I, a Riverdale Park residence, should 
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> care except that Hyattsville is a neighbor. Artists have to live some 
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> where, so anyone can have "local" artists. Are any of them from 
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> Riverdale? Are we supporting Hyattsville's diversity or ours?  Has 
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> TownTalk become the modern equivalent of the old memeographed fliers 
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> cranked out in a church basement and delivered to your mail slot by a 
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> neighbor kid. No more targeting than you are in the neighborhood. 
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> (Remember the smell?)
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> The other group that gets my goat are the emails that are forwarded to 
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> the forum by members without comment. You I "know." It's your opinion I 
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> want. Mary ReallyPassionate may make the argument in the most elegant 
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> manner, but I don't know her from Joe BlowHard.  Her message to the 
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> converted (you) is similar to quoting Bible verses to heathens; I'm not 
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> sure it adds to the discourse.
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> And while I'm here, postings on the forum that are just a link to some 
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> article/webpage.  Given my myopic view of the world why should I follow 
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> the link? Could you summarize the article? Tell me why I should read it. 
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> If you don't have time, why should I?
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> It has been brought to my attention (more than once) that I won't learn 
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> anything with my mouth open. So I will be quit and listen.
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> Lou
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