Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>wrote: > > Saying, "I read something once upon a time" just causes the proposed > statement to fall to a zero in credibility: I provided a link to where I read it, and it wasn't once upon a time. It was this week. > "once upon a time, a guy in a bar told me that his grandmother dynamited > the Hoover Dam". I photographed in the very bar this summer where I was told Collins visited. > > Second, no, I had no idea that you were an archivist by profession. Now, a > tut-tut. As an archivist, you ought to know that a vague reference to, "I > once read" is so much persiflage. Tut-tut, and the matter is closed. I'm not an archivist. I work in an Archive. Matters are not closed until people stop writing about them. > > > In general, Wikipedia is a great source, almost as great a source as is > my tenth edition ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, and one hell of a lot easier to > use. Edited by amateurs, juried by the general public. I use it, but an article on a County is not likely to have an in depth history. > > > Fourth, yes, Tim Pat Coogan has been constantly attacked by Irish > academics. Several points. First, academics, that most oddball of > classes, > hate journalists who right history: Write History. Well, I did not attack him, I just think his is not the last word, and just because he doesn't include something doesn't mean it didn't happen. > > Fifth, Collins was a remarkable fellow despite your demeaning words towards > him. Where did I demean him? > > > Sonny, we have no fight. If you wish to be a Dev adherent, so be it. I don't know what that is, so I guess I'm not actively one. > > But, again, there are a million stories in the naked city: ask your > neighbors about their stories! Um that's what we do in the archive. As our neighbors about their history. Did you even read Douglas Barry's answer to our thread? -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA