The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #83916   Message #1549526
Posted By: curmudgeon
25-Aug-05 - 12:30 PM
Thread Name: HI Max: What about Shambles requests?
Subject: RE: HI Max: What about Shambles requests?
Since you asked, Jerry, and since you challenged, Shambles, I suppose that I might be considered "the victim" in the instance Jeri cited here.

If you read the thread, you will note that I was a bit rushed and hence neglected to include the "where" in the thread title. It was fortunate that Jeri spotted my ommission and "clarified" my announcement. Had she tried to PM me first, it probably wouldn't have reached me until after the event, as Linn's cookie is the default setting and I only use mine when posting or expecting a PM. The fact is, the title I gave the thread was woefully inadequate and could have resulted in too many folk reading a thread which was literally out of their realm.

There are so many threads, and for many, so little time to read them, that clarification of titles is an important service to all.

In the interest of full disclusure, I should add that Jeri and I live four miles apart and we work together at our day job when there's work. We are thus able to communicate more often and more thoroughly. But this is an exception and not a normal situation for most Mudcatters.

I, for one, welcome thework of the Joeclones in clarification of titles and all the other thankless tasks they perform so well -- Tom