jack foultz's apology

[Jack Foultz]

Ladies and Gentlemen -

I think we have sunk to the level of "Ford versus Chevy".  Everyone on this reflector is
fully entitled to his or her opinion about how things should or should not be done.

My sole interest was to bring to the groups attention some 'pieces' which were for sale at
another location.  Every day, I get two or three to a dozen messages looking for a
specific part.  If one of the parts to which I referred was the final part that you needed
to finish your 'project radio' - would you really care where it came from, or would you
try to purchase it to finish your project?  I know what I would do!

Almost thirty of you have e-mailed me with kind words of encouragement - that tells me
something about the ( high ) quality of the vast majority of the people here.  If one or a
hundred of you feel that the individuals to whom I 'directed' you were doing something so
wrong - why didn't you write THEM, instead of starting a firestorm here among friends?

And, as to my reference to having been employed by Heath while holding ham lcense  -  I'll
say it plain and simple. I don't hold a PhD, or a 'Double E' or teach at a university -
but I was "One of the Ham's at Heathkit" for a number of years - and, yes, I AM proud of
that achievement - so, if you feel a need, the pile of stones is right over there in the
corner. If I 'sinned', it was only in trying to bring some Heath parts to the attntion of
anyone who might NEED one or more of them!  Around here, that's called friendship and
respect for your fellow man.

Now, throw all the stones you want!!! My 'sins' are obviously worthy of the worst you can
/ already have dished out!     73's - this 'station' is going silent!

            Jack            jfoultz at cts.com
        Formerly, "One of the Ham's at Heathkit".


Steve Harrison wrote:

> At 09:43 AM 1999-12-01 -0800, Jack Nelson wrote:
> >hello jack
> >for what its worth to you, you are more human than the childish one who
> >blasted you,
>
> For what it's worth: I didn't "blast" Mr. Foultz: just the individual who
> sees fit to part out a radio and sell it bit by bit on xXxx. Anybody who
> likes seeing that done must also like bidding on a radio, then having to
> bid on its power cord in a separate auction, then the manual in another
> auction, then the mike, then all the little accessory plugs and adapters
> (one by one) and finally the mobile mounting bracket; same principle. Mr.
> Foultz was merely the messenger of really bad news. He wasn't splattered
> with anything; but his message was waddled up, tossed across the room, then
> stomped upon a few times, and finally burned.
>
> >i hope for the good of collectors that you don't change,
>
> Collectors, by the way, are NOT all that this (and other) reflectors are
> about; the vast majority of us are RESTORERS so that we can USE. Few of us
> simply buy then display behind glass.
>
> >too bad that some seem to think that they are the  only one who  knows
> >whats good for the group.
>
> What's good for the reflector is whatever is good to help each of us
> maintain, restore, use, and yes, perhaps even upgrade where and when
> necessary, Heath radio equipment. That good occurs and comes in many
> flavors; but having to bid on each individual piece of a radio does NOBODY
> any good other than the selfish seller who breaks it apart simply for that
> purpose without making a reasonable attempt to find buyers elsewhere. I
> don't know whether that individual did, or didn't, look for other buyers in
> other venues such as these reflectors. I certainly don't remember seeing
> his stuff advertised anywhere else.
>
> >i am in the radio hobby for the fun of it, when and if its no longer fun
> >i will find something else to do with my time, life is too short to
> >spend much of it in anger.
>
> I agree; that's why I don't bother with bidding on xXxx any more, too much
> insaneness taking place there such as this. Restorers need that kind of
> thing like the world needs another war.
>
> Let's knock this nonsense off and get back on topic, leaving xXxx out of
> here. xXxx is too emotional a topic to be coherently discussed in ANY forum.
>
> 73, Steve K0XP
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