Topband: [Bulk] Re: Out-of-Turn Callers

[Eddy Swynar]

Hi Guys,

We're all flogging a dead horse here---enough already.

People do make mistakes---did anyone not read Jon's (AA1K) "...confessional" here earlier?---s**t happens. Get over it.

I really am amazed at the "herd mentality" displayed by people, assembling to viciously & ceaselessly attack any one individual for a perceived "faux pas": years ago I was afflicted with a dilemma that I was really & truly wrestling to understand, and to correct---KEY CLICKS, to be exact...

I endured countless anonymous transmissions of "KLIX" directed my way at the end of my transmissions, and the gang had a gay ol' time lambasting me on the chat room over my perceived selfishness, and insolence...and all this, DESPITE my repeated please for guidance / help / advice / ANYTHING as to how I might correct my situation, and in so doing not be a continued nuisance to others on 160...

But just how many of the resident self-styled experts and gurus stepped forward to assist me...? NONE. Only ONE GUY kindly stepped forward to critically assess my keying, and to give me his experienced assessments---ONE. And he was hardly one of the "usual" blow-hard, opinionated members of the crowd. In fact, far from it.

So if I have a personal bone to pick in all this melee, so be it. I will admit that I was probably one of the first to jump on top of "the accused" yesterday---but in light of other information that I learned of later, I apologized to the individual, and he graciously accepted it.

So again, enough is enough: we ALL are capable of making mistakes, either through some fault of our own, or by the "direction" of others---but remember, this IS supposed to be, after all, "The Gentleman's Band," and gentlemen aren't supposed to harbour grudges.

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ