[Rhodes22-list] Researching the archives of this site

[Bill Effros]

Phyllis,

Sorry you felt scolded last fall.  As you have no doubt noticed, people 
sometimes get testy on the list, and if you just happen to be on the 
receiving end, it can alter your behavior in ways not truly intended.

As a general rule, I think new people should be aware of, and use Tom 
Evans' amazing FAQ--something he put together himself, and for which he 
was never sufficiently thanked.

http://www.geocities.com/blew_skies/topics.html

Failing to easily find an answer there, I think it is perfectly 
acceptable for any new person to throw the question out to the list.

I keep my own personal FAQ, which I index when I have the time, and 
search using Google Desktop when I don't.  I save every well-written new 
piece of information, even if I don't think I'll ever look at it again.  
It's cheap at the price, and I often look at things I never imagined 
would be important to me at the time they were posted.

Bill Effros

P&M Beals wrote:

>Bob and Sandra, Thanks for replying...
>I only joined this group in Aug.'04.  I have kept a lot of the email
>responses, and whenever they look extremely useful I even label them by a
>helpful search word.  I am not an email or computer guru by any stretch...
>I use Outlook Express on, yes, a mac, most of the time.  Occasionally I will
>jump to my teens' p.c. when necessary...
>I use google often.
>Still, I don't have the foggiest idea how I would go about downloading the
>archives....that is my really basic question...
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>Will you take this down a few steps lower to my oh so basic level, and try
>to explain that?
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>I use the www.rhodes22.org site often.
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>Last fall I was scolded a bit for asking questions that I should have looked
>up in the archives or the rhodes22.org site, so I have become a bit
>email-shy about asking questions...
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>Ed was nice enough to help try to get me the answer.
>
>Thanks all.
>Phyllis
>Whisper
>(We had a nice, hot sail Sunday...Raritan Bay)
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>>From: "Robert and Sandra Fuller" <BobandSandy at tampabay.rr.com>
>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:06:15 -0400
>>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Researching the archives of this site
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>>You have got to love this site.  Where else could a guy who knows little about
>>sailing and less about computers find himself referred to as "a guru in
>>Florida"?
>>Nonetheless, a way to search the archives is to first download whatever
>>portion of the archives interests you onto your computer.  Then install
>>Google's "Desktop Search" and use it to search out the keywords of your topic.
>>Bob F.
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