<div> No offense taken, sir. Your comments are always stimulating and in good company.<br>
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jc<br>
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From: Lou King <lking@knob.com><br>
To: TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<br>
Sent: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 9:08 am<br>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Opinions & Links<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>I surely don't want to make this personal, because it isn't. But if you <br>
will read my post carefully you will see that Jim's earlier post is not <br>
one of those I was addressing.<br>
<br>
On 11 Aug, in addition to the attached .pdf file Jim said "After <br>
trawling through Hyattsville's HOPE list, I found noted urban planner <br>
Richard Layman's quotation of some interesting European ways to handle <br>
our speeding issues. Do check out the enclosed document as a means of <br>
moving forward on our problems."<br>
<br>
Of course I don't have an example of "postings on the forum that are <br>
just a link to some article/webpage."<br>
<br>
Mr Coleman, I have found your postings to have a good amount of <br>
personal comment attached to the link. So IMHO you are NOT "one of the <br>
guilty parties." Your comments give value to this forum.<br>
<br>
Lou<br>
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<a href="mailto:jcolema3@aim.com">jcolema3@aim.com</a> wrote:<br>
> From a local joker tired of opinions without solutions to my favorite <br>
> old coot, I am one of the guilty parties who sends out links. After <br>
> considering opinions voiced in our list, I generally find myself worn <br>
> out by the discourse without resolutions. Those who do follow the <br>
> links I present on a regular basis will find that I have not only read <br>
> the material, I can testify to the applicability of the documents I <br>
> send to others. Perhaps I believe that if others gave my evidence the <br>
> time of day, instead of requiring persuasion, they might find that I <br>
> offer a breath of fresh air in a sea of polemics. For your <br>
> consideration, I am offering my latest post on traffic solutions that <br>
> offer not only solutions to our speeding woes but solutions that would <br>
> further beautify our town.<br>
><br>
> Here's an article about fixing our speeding problem:<br>
><br>
> depts.washington.edu/open2100/pdf/2_OpenSpaceTypes/Open_Space_Types/*woonerfs*.pdf<br>
><br>
> You never know what you'll find until you open your mind to the <br>
> thinking of others (much smarter than me).<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> jc<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: cranky old coot <<a href="mailto:lking@knob.com">lking@knob.com</a>><br>
> To: TownTalk <<a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 8:18 pm<br>
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] I want you opinion<br>
><br>
> Before I get on my soapbox what do you think? You have been saved from <br>
><br>
><br>
> a long winded tirade because Windows crashed just as I was about to send <br>
><br>
><br>
> the email to TownTalk.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Lately I have noticed several emails, interspersed with the opinions of <br>
><br>
><br>
> Riverdale Park residents, that are from groups outside of town or are <br>
><br>
><br>
> just emails that are forwarded to the forum without comment.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Don't get me wrong, one of the reasons I read each and every email on <br>
><br>
><br>
> this forum is because I want to know/understand what the diverse <br>
><br>
><br>
> residences of Riverdale Park thank/are passionate about.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> When I see mass mailings from Hyattsville CDC (who ever they are) or <br>
><br>
><br>
> anyone else to 7 or 8 addressees including yhoogroups it makes me feel <br>
><br>
><br>
> soooo "special." I seldom see why I, a Riverdale Park residence, should <br>
><br>
><br>
> care except that Hyattsville is a neighbor. Artists have to live some <br>
><br>
><br>
> where, so anyone can have "local" artists. Are any of them from <br>
><br>
><br>
> Riverdale? Are we supporting Hyattsville's diversity or ours? Has <br>
><br>
><br>
> TownTalk become the modern equivalent of the old memeographed fliers <br>
><br>
><br>
> cranked out in a church basement and delivered to your mail slot by a <br>
><br>
><br>
> neighbor kid. No more targeting than you are in the neighborhood. <br>
><br>
><br>
> (Remember the smell?)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The other group that gets my goat are the emails that are forwarded to <br>
><br>
><br>
> the forum by members without comment. You I "know." It's your opinion I <br>
><br>
><br>
> want. Mary ReallyPassionate may make the argument in the most elegant <br>
><br>
><br>
> manner, but I don't know her from Joe BlowHard. Her message to the <br>
><br>
><br>
> converted (you) is similar to quoting Bible verses to heathens; I'm not <br>
><br>
><br>
> sure it adds to the discourse.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> And while I'm here, postings on the forum that are just a link to some <br>
><br>
><br>
> article/webpage. Given my myopic view of the world why should I follow <br>
><br>
><br>
> the link? Could you summarize the article? Tell me why I should read it. <br>
><br>
><br>
> If you don't have time, why should I?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> It has been brought to my attention (more than once) that I won't learn <br>
><br>
><br>
> anything with my mouth open. So I will be quit and listen.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Lou<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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