Jose Dalisay wrote:
> I've seen the exchange between Ilene Courland, the list, and Paul Vail, and
> may I just say, as someone who's done business with Paul on a 2400c with
> pretty much the same problem (a blown fuse), that he has been completely
> above board in his transactions, and has been one of the most upstanding
> members of this list. I, too, was surprised to see him savaged by Ilene, to
> whom this list has been very kind and generous with advice (some more
> helpful than others, but that's the way it goes) over her looong period of
> agonizing about what to do with her machine before finally sending it off.
> It takes some time to get to know the regular people on this list--though I
> don't post much, I've been here almost from the beginning and follow nearly
> all the posts with great interest, OT or not; although I appreciate Ilene's
> distress, I thought that posting her "private" message about Paul--unedited,
> with no consideration for anything but her machine (I guess that's all we're
> here, for, eh?--the good health of our machines :) was uncalled for. Forget
> this, Paul, and help the rest of us.
>
> Cheers
> Jose
I'm with Jose on some of these points. The people here have been very
helpful and information re: this troublesome little machine. Thanks to
everybody (including Paul), who sent help and feedback my way. But that's
what the list is here for, isn't it? This would be a dull place without
problem reports. But it's gotten to be rather unfairly slanted where
everybody thinks I'm just a ball-buster and nobody agrees with my point that
Paul should have tried to get the part. That's up to you, but I still feel
that way. I may unsubscribe when I get the 2400 back and send a report on
how it works, and you can all pop open the bubbly.
And perhaps Paul is right--the email I sent should have been for him alone.
But women usually admit mistakes; men do not.
A personal side note: The Comet has taken dozens of hours away from me that
would have been better spent doing productive work, and I will receive it
now further into debt, yet still broken. It is true the old cliche, you
don't own things, they own you. In fact, the other day when a friend of mine
contemplated buying a newer, fancier car I asked him if the old one still
run well. Great, he says. Does it look nice? Still does, says he. I told him
not to complicate his life by buying anything new. This experience has
changed my thinking, yes indeedy.
I have two other Macs: a 6100/66 and a Wall Street G3. I am the original
owner of both, and they run perfectly. Perhaps the Comet had too many
owners. I don't know.
I would appreciate an end to the venom. I have absorbed other bad news
today, and will probably blow a fuse of my own.
Ilene
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