Andy, Mellow out. Read what is written, not what you think is written. Fact: I did not change the subject line of this thread to "who cares about your first poster??" I don't know who did that (but I think it may have been Scott B, of all people...) If you check my original post on the subject (see below) you'll see I replied to the original subject of "what was your first poster" and left the subject line intact -- and simply offered my personal opinion that it didn't seem to me that a simple listing of the title of someone's first poster sounded very interesting. I still don't think it is, and the posts which have done nothing more than list their first poster I just don't find interesting. If you do, that's fine. I certainly did NOT suggest to people that they should not to respond to the question, just that as phrased it didn't sound very interesting.
In the same message I then went on to say that stories about "how I got into movie poster collecting" -- which would necessarily include "my first poster" -- is something I *would* find interesting and that perhaps the question should have been phrased that way. But if you choose to conclude that I really don't care what anyone's first poster was, you're probably right. I never thought about it before now, but why should I care what anyone's first poster was? What is so interesting about that as a stand alone fact? Now, the story of how they got into collecting, that's different. -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 14:11 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Who Cares About Your First Poster?? > JR - I think you are being a bit silly to be honest. > > It ooks like you are the only one that doesn't care. A whole lot of people > do care and replied to the email. Why are you trying to spoil it for people? > If you don't care then fair enough. I don't care about some things. I > usually find the delete key is the best thing for that rather than interupt > an interesting topic that many have enjoyed. > > I for one and I'm sure many agree, that I have enjoyed reading the wide > variation of posters that people consider to be their Gem! > > It bring another perspective to the hobby rather than reading the same old > thing every day. > > I'm not trying to tell you what your opinions should be, but to say who > cares in a reply just shows a lack of Intelligence not Interest. (I'm not > meaning that horrible way, I'm just trying to point out how it looks) > > Regards > Andy > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Who Cares About Your First Poster?? > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:09:43 -0500 > > Scott, > > Why are you surprised at me? I said that if what one really wanted was to > ask > people about was how they got into poster collecting, why not ask *that* > question, is all. How people got into the hobby is an interesting subject -- > and that's what a lot of people have gone on to talk about in the process of > revealing what their first poster was. But just asking for a people to list > what their first poster was -- which was what the question asked -- didn't > strike me as being particularly interesting. If the question had been framed > as "how did you start collecting movie posters?" my response would have been > completely different... in fact, I would have told my "how I got into this" > story (again). Perhaps I didn't read between the lines of the original > question. I dunno. > > I do think there is a danger to these kind of "polling" questions if they > start coming fast and furious. You can end up with lots of people jumping on > the bandwagon, each one trying to come up with their own "What is ..." or > "What was..." polling question and end up with bunches of replies on such > deep > topics as "What is your favorite Madonna video?" etc. > > But a question like, "how did you start collecting movie posters?" would be > just fine with me. I too have enjoyed the responses from people who have > used > the "first poster" question as a spring board to actually tell us their > how-I-got-into-this stories. > > -- JR > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:17 > Subject: [MOPO] Who Cares About Your First Poster?? > > > > Actually I've enjoyed reading the replies to this question. Sure beats an > > endless parade of eBay announcements (no offense meant to you eBay'ers!). > > > > Since many of us in this community are "aging baby-boomers" (don't you > just > > hate that description?) learning about everyone's "first poster" takes me > > back to a different place and time--One with a lot less stress and much > > lower poster prices. :) This "first poster" question does also open up > the > > discussion about how you got into collecting, even if its not overtly > > stated--so what's wrong with that? > > > > I'm surprised at you, JR. :) > > > > Now let's return to those wonderful eBay ads.... > > > > Scott > > MoPo "Aging Baby-Boomer" List Owner > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of JR > > > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:12 AM > > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] What was your very first poster? > > > > > > > > > A lot of leading theme questions lately. Is it a virus or what? While > some > > > theme questions can bear interesting fruit, I'm not quite sure > > > why anyone's > > > first poster would be of much interest to anyone else... unless > > > one is looking > > > to elicit stories about how people got into collecting movie > > > posters in the > > > first place. In which case, why not ask that question? > > > > > > -- JR > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
