I just love it when you respond to someone's question and they never return.

 

I really like this board, but I think that our manners have slipped a bit. It used to be that if you helped someone, the worst you got was a thank you. If your suggestions helped them, they used to say so on the current thread. It seems that we reinvent the wheel around here a lot because folks fail to check the archives and fail to post results from their work.

GUYS & GALS, if someone's suggestions work for you, how about posting the results? That way we can all share in the experience. I learn a lot by reading other folks fixes for our common problems.

Gary

 

:yesnod:
Actually, the C1-C2 section has a great bunch of people who participate!

 

That is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves.

I get 5-10 questions a week to corvettearchive.com. Sometimes I'll spend a half hour digging out information and sending it out or even telling people give me a couple of days and I'll find it while I look around.

75% of the people never even write back to say thanks when they get their information. :mad I refuse to stop helping because I may screw someone with sincere needs but c'mon....... :mad

 

I like that almost as much as having some NCRS guru zap you with a technical correction to an attempt to help someone - and that helps almost as much as their picking on a greenhorn for being confused about Corvette termonology, even as basic as C1,C2, etcetera. It's the main reason to post on the NCRS board instead of this one. They really get into it there. (We are speaking of SARCASM here.)

 

Early last year some member from Canada asked if anyone had Vette video-tapes that he could use at their Corvette booth at an April show; he was concerned that some "Moostangers" were having a booth next to his club's and he wanted to do something special. I put together a 6 hour VHS tape starting with the '87 Corvette Erie show and all the local Day Chevrolet Corvette shows. Mailed it to him, just asked him to let me know how it went over. Heard NOTHING/NADA/ZIP/ZILCH :nonod: :nonod: :nonod: :sad: :sad: :flag
Cruz

 

I have to agree,
Everyone gets something out of these posts..
If we didn't we wouldn't be here..

It is a shame that people will ask questions and not even acknowledge that someone took the time to answer..
Even worse,
They don’t post if the answer they got helped them or solved the problem.. Or if they discovered something else that might help the rest of us

Come on guys, this is how we help each other..

No flame here,
Just an interest to help this great forum to be even better..

I feel like I am with FRIENDS here.
Each of us have a common interest and vastly different experience levels

Lets help each other to learn about and maintain these great American Sports cars

Corvette….

Tony

 

Hey Tony, any chance you wanna lend your friend that sweet '65? ;)

 

SURE!!
The next time your down from Canada. ;)

You don't mind if I drive do you? :D

Tony

 

Sure, I'll trade you a hour in a big block C3 for an hour in your small block. :p:

 

I might be guilty of this sometimes but, it is not due to a lack of courtesy. I have only done it when I asked simple questions like "which direction do the lenses face on an instrument panel". Someone responded "concave" (that was it). I thought that it would be a waste of "post" time if I responded with a 'Thanks".

For more detailed questions that I have posted, I have responded with many thanks to all. I have even responded via e-mail so as not to bother the rest of the forum.

I am not saying that everyone does this but, I do think that everyone that post a question does appreciate the responses. I, for one, will responded accordingly in the future.

Thanks! :D

GaryC

 

That raises another mitigating factor, email replies. I have engaged in long running email sets with people who post on the board - about the posts - and other issues. Sometimes I remember to post that fact on the board, and sometimes I feel that a greenhorn would rather I didn't post responses to basic questions. I try to balance it.

 

Like ebay rates the seller, we should be able to rate each others questions/ responses.
The USER RATING would change, rather than be stuck at 100%.
Also the computer could scan similar questions from the archive and post links after the answer.

Also, members could vote for the most helpful, and they could get a T-shirt, or some token of appreciation from the management.

 

Oh good!!
I already know where my rating would be..
based on all my stupid questions.. :cheers: :cheers:

Tony

 

That's two of us, Tony!!! Like the Zero points car, we can vie for Zero Points postings..... :D

Sheesh......... :rolleyes: :p:

:cheers:

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Jeff
Ô66. Modified L72
ÒThe Silver BeastÓ
Keep on :seeya :seeya :flag

"When I die, I would like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my Grandfather did. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car." --- Jack Handey

 

If what you two have said is correct there will be a lot of candates for the bottom end. I feel like every question I ask is stupid, especially when I know I've done the same thing I'm asking about years ago. Keep those dump questions coming, it helps me remember.

 

I AM SO SORRY!!!!!! ........ I FORGOT!! :) MJ

 

If I have ever failed to say thanks for an answer to one of my questions, I offer my most sincere apology. My mother would be ashamed of me. With that said. Drinks are on the house. But please don't hang from the gutters, their new. :D

 

I have not noticed this to be a problem. However just to see I checked the last ten (10) postings and saw six (6) thank you's. I'm going to assume 'thanks' are the norm here and not the exception. But thanks for pointing this out to those who need it...oh hey, that's seven (7). :lol:

 

Hi all. This is an interesting thread running here. It strikes a nerve as I am one of those greenhorns that magicv8 mentions above and who he has helped with very generous contributions of time via e-mail as have John Z, Duke, Blueshark, Lars, etc., etc. Like Gary C, I didn't want to burden the Forum with excessive posts. I think I have thanked everyone for his or her time (time is the most precious thing one can spend) and help and hope that my manners remain up-to-speed. I can relate to what Dave W (magicv8) and Gary C discuss above. As an academic for 24 years I am comfortable with my subject, but here (the Forum classroom) I feel like the bewildered incoming freshmen dealing with 30-yr veteran Corvette Professors. It can be intimidating. I'm filled with stupid questions that I am somewhat embarrassed to ask. I have benefited tremendously from the open welcome and extensive comments I have received from ya'll. I hope I have come back with status reports of what worked for me. It's a bit daunting to wonder what a "newbie" to the hobby can offer to the pros. Must admit I feel like a "taker" and not a giver. Hope with time that can change. In the meantime please accept a "blanket thanks" to all who have helped and who will continue to indulge my posts about that dream I have in the garage. With your help it will stay on the road!