Re: SV: My Two Cents

I agree with Bill Hanrahan. I was one of the very early members of Boundary Point and have received a lot of valuable information from it. Also, I hope that Mike Donner will returns to the fold. Sure, he's a character, but he certainly broadened our knowledge of not only points, but also of boundaries. 

Also, I want to make an announcement to the group.  Just a little over 10 years ago, I published a guidebook called 
"TRI -STATE CORNERS IN THE UNITED STATES". This has gone through several revisions and corrections, the most recent being the Revised Fourth Edition, dated July 2003. It was out of print for over a year but fortunately it has been taken over by Bill Wentzel, otherwise known as,"Hiker Bill". The format of the book remains the same as the 4th Edition with revisions and corrections added at the end.  There are already five pages of updates in Bill's version of the book.

So, If anyone is interested in this book You can contact him at   [email protected]   or   [email protected]
You can get a copy from Bill for $10. Make checks payable to Bill Wentzel and send to:  US TriPoint Guide, P O Box
36, Strausstown, PA 19559.  Take a look at THE TREKSTOP. It's a great site.

Let's keep Boundary Point alive.

Jack Parsell 

   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Hanrahan 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:28 AM
  Subject: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] My Two Cents



  Why would you want to delete BoundaryPoint from the historical record?  It contains a wealth of information.  If you don't wish to use BoundaryPoint, simply don't use it.  There are those of us who do.

  Bill

   
  On 2/1/07, nj55er <[email protected]> wrote: 
    I agree with Jesper. BoundaryPoint has become superfluous. Time for
    gentle euthenasia. In response to the mysterious BP Owner, if
    member(s) had become abusive, then I would concur with their being
    banished. Anyone looking for abuse can join a political blog. 
    Boundaries and their ilk are supposed to be fun!

    Michael Schwartz

    --- In [email protected] , "Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase"
    <jesper@...> wrote:
    >
    > In the beginning BoundaryPoint was fun and interesting with many
    discussions
    > going on every day, including just borders and other geographical stuff, 
    > which I believe we all anyway have an interest in. And many good
    names and
    > forces participated.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > I don�t remember Mike being so �difficult� in the early stages, but I
    > remember his personal writing style which I (and many others) most
    of the
    > time just skipped. This probably was a shame, since I have lots of
    respect
    > for his knowledge, research and insight. We told him many times that he 
    > should not make his readers work so hard or even give up in advance.
    It also
    > scared new people away. 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Then somehow it clicked for Mike, who somehow only is interested in 
    points
    > (what was he doing on Ellis Island then?), and believed
    BoundaryPoint was
    > only for points. All the rest of us with wider interests got pushed
    around,
    > and finally � perhaps too late � had to divert all traffic to the 
    new group
    > BorderPoint. Everybody seemed happy for this strange alternative and
    > division. At that point I left BoundaryPoint to Mike and his points,
    and was
    > happy at Borderpoint. But I also tried to run through all the world 
    > tripoints with Mike at BoundaryPoint not disturbing the people at
    > BorderPoint.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > So what do we want with BoundaryPoint? And with Borderpoint? Without
    Mike in
    > BoundaryPoint we may as well close it. 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > And why still this childish secrecy with the BoundaryPoint owner? Odd�
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Jesper
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
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    > 
    > 
    > _____ 
    > 
    > Fra: [email protected]
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    > Sendt: 31. januar 2007 20:09
    > Til: [email protected]
    > Emne: Re: [BoundaryPoint] My Two Cents
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > hear, hear..
    > 
    > ----- Original Message ----
    > From: "spookymike@..." <spookymike@...> 
    > To: [email protected]
    > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:17:15 PM
    > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] My Two Cents
    > 
    > Having watched this group become practically silent the past few
    months, it
    > seems obvious to me that the cause is the (presumed) banning of Mike
    Donner, 
    > the infamous "alathelia kallos." Mike was a pain in the butt, and
    his rants
    > complaining about those who strayed from the purity of multipointing,
    > combined with weird use/non-use of punctuation and 
    non-capitalization could
    > get annoying. BUT, like it or not, he was the one who kept the pot
    boiling,
    > and I for one miss his frequent posts on a wide range of topics. 
    > 
    > Does anyone believe this group is better for his absence? Quieter, yes. 
    > More civil, yes. More interesting, NO!
    > 
    > My suggestion is to invite Mike back into the group and live with his
    > eccentricities. If he gives someone a hard time occasionally for
    straying
    > from the path of purity of multipointing, so what? Let him rant. 
    Sticks
    > and stones...... .
    > 
    > Anyone else want to weigh in?
    > 
    > Michael Schwartz
    > Mendham, New Jersey
    > 
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