@gunrunnerjohn posted:Many of the people I am talking about are not "newbies" to either model railroading or to life in general. I am pretty sure if you ask around you'll find that I've been more than tolerant of the issues I describe, that doesn't mean I have to agree with them.
This is not about "being an expert", it's paying attention so that when you solicit help from the expert, you actually give them sufficient information to assist you. After all, you are here asking for help, the least you can do is assist in the delivery of that help, right? I think almost anyone, newbie or not, should know that "my train doesn't run" isn't sufficient information to offer an intelligent diagnosis. Perhaps when You've responded to a few hundred of these posts and tried repeatedly to drag the necessary information out to actually offer a diagnosis, you might feel differently. I can assure you, the view is different from the cheap seats.
I am not a newbie but have made the very same mistake GRJ is taking about in fact I have made it a couple of times in email strings with GRJ and he has always had patience and understand ing with me and aways giving me good information after I gave him what he requested. We are only human and sometimes we think faster than we type and leave information out that would be critical to the question being ask. Read what you have type before hitting the post button. After reading it does it make sense if not then you left something out and that I believe is the reason for this string and GRJ frustration if I may use that word to express some of what I have been reading here. I have never met GRJ but he has never failed to answer any question or help me solve any problem I have presented to him.
