Take it off the list, will ya, Arthur? This isn't what Tweeters is about.

MK
Mary Klein
Seattle WA
CelloBird at seanet.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Arthur Berman
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 5:48 AM
> To: Joemeche at aol.com
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Alpha Code
>
>
> And you're entitled to your opinion, but dictating what
> others need to learn sounds elitist to me. The newspaper
> convention suggested sounds fine to me because there is not
> presumed knowledge there. If the purpose of this list is to
> share information posting it in arcane ways does not serve
> that purpose. Birding is a hobby for me, not a job, and I
> don't need to clutter my house with another secret decoder
> ring or constantly look up a website. I stand by my earlier
> comments that those codes are "entre nous" communications
> which will turn off some newbie types.
>
> Arthur Berman
> North Vancouver, BC
>
> Joemeche at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Arthur,
> >
> > "The elitist tone?" Did you not read what I said about
> having fun with
> > the whole thing? There is no one that I know who is less "elitist"
> > than I. I encourage people to have fun looking at and
> learning about
> > birds. "Elitist tone?" I think not.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joe Meche
> > Bellingham
>
>