I Lets also not forget that it is not a requirement that one should look in the archives before asking a question; in fact, as Dale said at least once before, revisiting issues/questions is good because it can result in additional input to the knowledge base. Not all questions have been answered conclusively yet.
Also, some of the topics may have been discussed before our time on the list. I for one did not know that storing tires (and gum hoods too) in plastic bags was a good idea (thanks Don). I'm still in shock about that.
Ray Dobbins
Miami Florida USA
From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> Subject: Re: [CR]A special request, especially when dealing with new members To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7:59 PM
At 11:34 AM 12/06/2008 -0400, Tom Sanders wrote: >Of late I have witnessed a few times when folks, nearly always new members, >asked about things that have been discussed before. They have been greeted, >at least a couple of times with a rather brusque "Look in the Archives".
I'm an old geezer, but quite computer-savvy. I've used the Internet ever since it became available to the general public and have been playing with computers starting before the CR cut-off date, not even counting the IBM punch cards back in university. However, there have been lots of times when I've been unable to find stuff in the archives, even when I knew it should be there. I'm sure I'm using the right syntax per the instructions, yet nada. Now I'm sure there are people on this list who are a lot less computer-savvy, just witness all the requests to be removed from the list, something you should be able to do yourself. So I agree with Tom about not jumping on people and directing them to the archives. In many cases they probably already checked, but were unable to dig anything up.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada