[Tigers] Funny thing happened on the way to the Tiger-Forum

[Larry Paulick]

Dave, nice to see you own up, but I don't find that you fit in this 
category that often.

Larry

On 3/28/12 7:42 AM, Dave Munroe wrote:
> Jay:
>
> > From my computer to yours, I confess! I am guilty of the sloth
> demonstrated by my reluctance to use the search engine in the
> archives.
>
> The reason is my inability to find what I am looking for quickly and
> efficiently. Your Dad had an unbelievable ability to zero in on
> answers in the archives on topics that I for one did not. I have many
> times taken his advice and tried the search function, only to find
> myself facing long e-mail threads, (seldom articles) which required
> sifting through irrelevant conversations w/o finding the specific info
> I required.
>
> So then a question to the List, embarrassingly, would prompt your Dad
> to gently fire back a polite answer along with a link to the exact
> info I was looking for but was unable to find on my own.
>
> Perhaps we all need  a primer on the language and technique of
> accurately pulling info out of the archives.
>
> On the other hand, you may be right when you guess that the  List is
> actually a community of like-minded individuals who enjoy the
> opportunity to commiserate with each other, many of whom have "been
> there and done that" and can share the frustration of a problem, and
> revel in the solution, at the same time giving back to those who have
> helped them in the past.
>
> Also, many of us are remote from other Tiger owners, so the
> opportunity to just "hang out" with fellow enthusiasts are limited.
> Firing off questions to the List almost guarantees a reply from
> someone who shares your enthusiasm and excitement for our great little
> cars.
>
> Who really knows? the Archives are an incredible resource, and even
> though all the info is there and perhaps is used more than your think,
> the List has that one big advantage - friendly human contact.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 2012-03-28, at 2:29 AM, Jay Laifman<jay.laifman at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> So, in honor of my dad, and to help Tigers United and the Tiger community, I
>> have been going through all the archived emails here.  My goal is to bring
>> together the emails on each subject, and then summarize them.  Sort of like a
>> "real life" supplement or companion to the Workshop Manual.  I thought it
>> would be a great tool for people to zero in on the exact thing they need an
>> answer to.  People are always asking the list questions, to get someone
>> suggest that they should do a search of the archives first.  The idea was
>> already started on Tigers United, but it looks like it stopped back in '99.
>> http://tigersunited.com/techtips/tech_threads/tech_threads.asp
>>
>> Then I started to notice a trend in the old emails.  There is a group of guys
>> who routinely answer questions.  One of those guys of course was my dad.  And
>> 8 times out of 10, he would be posting a link to Tigers United with the issue
>> already addressed.  But, did that end the dialog?  Nope, of course not.
>> Everything the person ever wanted to know about was just handed to them on a
>> silver platter.  But it didn't matter.
>>
>> I kind of attribute this to two things.  The first is that people really want
>> to have the dialog - the human interaction.  The next is that people are
>> looking for a specific issue and don't want to read through long articles
>> themselves, or it's just easier and more efficient to work through the answer
>> with others.
>>
>> So, maybe my compilation will all be for naught - and before you know it, I'll
>> be posting links to Tigers United and the posting will still keep going.  Ha!
>> I just did this the other day about cooling, and exactly that happened.
>> Well, on the plus side, I'll learn a great deal.
>>
>> Ha!
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