[gps-talkusers] Problem in the way we read emails

Hello everyone,
This is in response to Jerry's email just now on the email thread which just wont die (smile)
I know Jerry you and a number of people want this topic to end since it doesn't really have anything to do with GPS, the problem is if a person hasn't been reading all these messages and then they start reading them, they might respond to a message posted days ago before reading all the rest of the emails and reading the point that we shouldn't be responding to this email any more on this public list. If you want feel free to write someone off list.
That is really the only problem with how some of us read email is if you don't read all the emails first then go back to reply you get multiple people answering the same question and people responding to emails such as this one which is off topic.
I am not pointing any fingers here, and Rick you were perfectly in your right to post your original email and some of us even learnt a thing or two, so thanks for that.
One thing I try to do when I know there are a bunch of email's relating to the same topic is read them all first then go back and respond to the ones which haven't been addressed yet. I think if more of us do that then we will get less duplication and a healthier email exchange.
So Jerry and all, please be patient as I am sure this topic will die down soon. (smile) 

Thanks everyone.
Charles.


At 09:41 AM 9/27/2007, you wrote:




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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Hogan 
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:30 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: They thought I was a terrorist




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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Leary 
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:13 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: They thought I was a terrorist

Hello there,
Please folk I agree with Charles that this topic is to far out of the GPS discussion. If you are afraid then lock your door and throw the key away and do not answer your door again. This is a GPS list not a Copper and Victim list. Thank
I know that a lot of people have responded, but here is another suggestion. If you got the man's name, ask the department if you could get together with them for a blindness awareness seminar. That may help the Police become more aware of the blind people in your community. 
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:Rick@xxxxxxxxxxx>Rick Fox
To: <mailto:gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:22 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] They thought I was a terrorist

Hi folks,
Sunday was a perfect late September day in New Jersey, where I live, so I decided to take me and my guide dog on a 2-mile walk at around 8 am. We have a wonderful route in a quiet residential neighborhood. I was carrying mhy BrailleNote QT 32, and my old Magellan receiver, since I had left my newer one at work. I stopped to adjust some route settings and proceeded. About 5 minutes later a car pulled up beside me, and the driver said, "Excuse me, are you blind?" I told him yes, though I thought it a strange question with my dog and harness in full view. 
"What's that thing on your shoulder?" he inquired.
I told him about the BrailleNote and the GPS, and some things it could do, and then I heard the police radio. I found that one of the neighbors was concerned and suspicious because I was typing into a little computer in front of the house. For the life of me, I don't know what they thought I might be doing in full view in broad daylight. The thing that bothered me most about this amusing encounter was the officer didn't immediately identify himself as a policeman before asking me questions. A person believing a questioner to be a civilian might ignore him or tell him to go to Hell or worse, which is not the kind of talk a policeman likes to hear. 


Rick Fox
VP, Field Operations
De Witt & Associates
700 Godwin Avenue
Suite 110
Midland Park, NJ 07432
Voice: 201-447-6500 Ext. 213
Fax: 201-447-1187
Email: <mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxxx>rick@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.4dewitt.com



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