Re: Private vs Public Responses

Lewis Baumstark (lbaum@preferred.com)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:43:48 -0400


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Dennis Farrell wrote:
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>It's very tempting and easy to just drop a quiet personal note in response
>to a posted question. Avoids a lot of potential hassle and discussion for
>which we often don't feel we have time. I've received comments from others
>that lead me to believe that it's happening with increasing frequency.

I must confess I am guilty of doing this, but it's not because I'm scared of
being flamed, I'm just a little self-consious in the presence of you "old
salts," a little afraid of saying something real dumb. I suspect this is
the case with many others. Anybody else feel this way?

Lewis Baumstark
P15
Bristol, Tn.