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Thu, 24 October 2019 20:30

Ken Henderson

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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA

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I've watched the discussions of a new location for our GMC info with
interest. And some dismay. I wasn't quite sure why I was so concerned
about the plan until I was writing the just-finished dissertation on Lou's
and my 4-day adventure. Then it struck me: The plan to categorize the
discussions under a set of topics is NOT something I like. I visit GMCNet
virtually every day -- have for over 20 years now. I DON'T generally come
here to seek specific information. Rather, I come to see what I can learn
new or have refreshed. Occasionally, I find someone in need of information
which I have and try to share that. I have NO interest in visiting an
index of topics which MIGHT have something of interest to me or contain
someone's plea for help. I certainly don't intend to split the two or
three topics I may discuss in a posting into several discrete ones and post
them to "appropriate" topics.

I guess to me the proposed over-organization of our information smacks of
the "instant gratification" syndrome: Folks want What they want. They
want it Right now. And they don't want to be Bothered with anything else.

Folks of my generation seem to be more content to accumulate bits and
pieces of information as they arrive (as on GMCNet), store them away (in
our heads or some other sort of searchable database), and try to apply some
conglomeration of them to whatever comes up. We DON'T generally expect to
search for a precise answer pre-packaged for us.

There is a BIG difference in those philosophies. I won't condemn either,
and may find, as my memory continues to fail, that I have to transition to
the "serve it to me with a spoon" philosophy. But, for now, I WON'T be
going -- neither to consume nor to contribute.

Ken Old Timer H.
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		[GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 24 October 2019 20:30
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Matt Colie on Thu, 24 October 2019 20:50
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: GMC.LES on Thu, 24 October 2019 21:22
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Bill Van Vlack on Thu, 24 October 2019 22:31
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: dsmithy on Thu, 24 October 2019 22:51
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: RF_Burns on Fri, 25 October 2019 06:04
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Fri, 25 October 2019 10:11
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: James Hupy on Fri, 25 October 2019 10:44
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Fri, 25 October 2019 11:52
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: bdub on Fri, 25 October 2019 18:35
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Matt Colie on Fri, 25 October 2019 11:35
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Fri, 25 October 2019 12:24
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 25 October 2019 17:05
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Olly Schmidt on Fri, 25 October 2019 17:29
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Fri, 25 October 2019 17:40
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Ken Burton on Fri, 25 October 2019 20:15
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 26 October 2019 05:46
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Richard RV on Fri, 25 October 2019 18:25
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Matt Colie on Sat, 26 October 2019 09:27
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Matt Colie on Sat, 26 October 2019 09:48
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: James Hupy on Sat, 26 October 2019 09:58
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Sat, 26 October 2019 10:43
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Richard Denney on Sat, 26 October 2019 11:28
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Sun, 27 October 2019 06:15
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: MikeB on Sat, 26 October 2019 16:03
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 26 October 2019 16:29
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: MikeB on Sat, 26 October 2019 16:49
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Rich Kinas on Sun, 27 October 2019 06:13
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Emery Stora on Sun, 27 October 2019 10:21
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 27 October 2019 10:36
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Dave Stragand on Sun, 27 October 2019 11:27
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: James Hupy on Sun, 27 October 2019 11:36
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Mike Kelley on Sun, 27 October 2019 15:08
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: dsmithy on Sun, 27 October 2019 16:51
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Olly Schmidt on Sun, 27 October 2019 17:37
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Sun, 27 October 2019 06:09
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: UND_Sioux on Tue, 29 October 2019 15:25
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Christo on Tue, 29 October 2019 20:13
		Re: [GMCnet] New GMC Forum Follow-on By: Richard Denney on Tue, 29 October 2019 23:54

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