It's usually best to close out public things in public, since the interwebs never forget. That is, if you say bad stuff about somebody that turns out to not be true, you need to correct yourself.
Otherwise somebody far in the future looks up the poor besmirched guy and finds out what a foul person he is, and believes it, because his rehabilitation is missing. Sound reasonable? Sent from my iPad -- Peter pjfra...@mac.com On May 24, 2012, at 6:22 PM, john robles <john9...@pacbell.net> wrote: > To the Board: As you all know I made a grave mistake in identity between two > "Robs", one of whom is a regular contributor to this board, and one of whom > ripped off a friend of mine for significant money. Rob Mallet wrote me to > correct the misunderstanding, which he did in a polite and gentlemanly > manner. I apologized profusely for the misunderstanding (three separate > times) and was forgiven. > > Since that time, I have been bullied and harassed by a member of this board > (who I have never seen participate in anything), who declared himself judge, > jury and executioner and has been demanding that I make a public apology. I > told him that I had apologized to Rob Mallet (I thought my apologies were > public; turns out Rob had written me off list so the responses were private) > and that it was none of his business to which he responded "When you shoot > your mouth off on a forum, YOU make it my business and everyone elses. If > you're going to do it publicly have the guts to apologize publicly. > Remember, I wrote you privately, not on the forum where I probably should > have." > > I forwarded to him my apologies to Rob from my home computer at lunchtime. > Later in the after noon he wrote "Cute answers but I still don't see anything > public...". I informed him I was on a government computer at work and could > not use it for private use, and to get off my back, to which he stated > "Hasn't stopped you so far". I was answering that email on my cellphone. > I don't want to continue this subject but I am being forced to. No one else > has demanded a public apology, everyone seemed to understand that it was a > mistake not made maliciously, and in fact the thread had died out. Again, as > I thought the apologies I did make were public, I didn't give it a second > thought. > But since this person has nothing better to do than appoint himself the Emily > Post of the board, and seems to be obsessing on this, (and since I planned a > public apology this evening anyhow) I publicly apologize to Rob Mallet for > the mistaken identity issue that took place on this board yesterday, and I > thank him for his gracious reply (sent to me privately). > End of subject. > > John Robles > > > > ________________________________ > From: "john9...@pacbell.net" <john9...@pacbell.net> > To: John Robles <john9...@pacbell.net> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:38 PM > Subject: Fwd: Re: [Phono-L] Rob Mallet > > > > > ----- Forwarded message ----- > From: "john9...@pacbell.net" <john9...@pacbell.net> > Date: Wed, May 23, 2012 8:46 am > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Rob Mallet > To: <zonophone2...@aol.com> > > Oh no! I think I have the wrong Rob! I apologize profusely! > John Robles > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: zonophone2...@aol.com > Date: Wed, May 23, 2012 7:22 am > Subject: [Phono-L] Rob Mallet > To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > > hi > i think you have the wrong rob > i am not divorced nor have i ever sold a reproducer to john > what is going on here > thanks > rob mallett > aka > zono > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Fabrizio <phonop...@aol.com> > To: phono-l <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 9:54 am > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Rob Mallet > > > I have to chime in here and say I've known Rob for many years and he's a > stand-up guy. Regarding the reproducer John refers to, it sounds like an > unfortunate situation, but it must be some kind of mix-up. Rob works > ridiculously long hours, there are whole periods of time I can't reach him > because he's so busy. I don't know what happened regarding the reproducer, > and I > can see why John is upset -- but the Rob I know is not a crook and not even > close! Rob subscribes to this list, so I know he is reading this stuff. So, > there's my two cents...... > > Best wishes to all, Tim Fabrizio. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: john robles <john9...@pacbell.net> > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 1:59 am > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Rob Mallet > > > Steve - > > It is edisoniareco...@yahoo.com. Did he rip you off too? A friend of mine ( a > known researcher and author) ordered a CAT reproducer from him something like > five years ago, and Rob cashed the check (over $200) and never sent the item. > My > > friend told me about it recently and I told him I had Rob's email address and > would mention it, and I got this email back from Rob saying that he had the > reproducer but had never mailed it because he got divorced and had to move > and > he lost the address in the move. So I am all happy, thinking I am going to > get > my friend's reproducer. I gave him the mailing address, and he never sent it. > I > have written him three or four times since then and never received a > response. > So I guess he's just another crook. If you ask me, he committed mail fraud by > advertising the reproducer, accepting the order, cashing the check and never > shipping the product. > John Robles > > > > ________________________________ > From: Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:57 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] Rob Mallet > > > > > > Hello, > > I am trying to contact Rob, the e-mail I have did not work. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
