:COMP:subject tags:newbies:also irises & pods

In a message dated 6/16/2002 4:28:18 PM Central Daylight Time, 
laurief@paulbunyan.net writes:

<<<Just my two cents worth,>>>

Plus my two cents make four.  Still not much, collectively!

<< I hate to see anyone hesitate to post, or worse yet, leave the list just 
 because they can't or don't wish to take time to figure out proper use of 
 subject tags.  >>

I could be wrong, and often am, but I felt/feel that new members were either 
leaving or hesitant to post because of the "harsh" responses many received. 
It must be traumatic to be "jumped on" with your first or second post!  Or 
even better, to be monitoring the list with an eye to posting in the future. 
If you're at the beach and you stick your foot in the water, and it comes 
back with only four toes, your first reaction is not to run back in the 
water! 

In print, one cannot judge the tone of voice, the expression, or the intent 
of the writer.  Since we all come from such different backgrounds, we have 
700+ interpretations of each post.  Some similar and others dissimilar.  

In an iris way, I've not accomplished much today. Still too tired from 
weeding yesterday.  Time to line-out the returns from convention.  (Keeping 
content here.)
I made the rounds and counted pods again.  It wasn't a very productive 
podding season by my standards. Too much convention and bad weather. There 
are 10 pods, if you count the second and smallest one on Sweet Musette (by 
Memphis Miss). If I hadn't made a second wave of crosses during the cool 
spell in the late season, I wouldn't have more than three or four.  Don't 
usually get takes on late ones.  Was fortunate to make a couple of pink 
crosses and an orange this year.  Lov v v v e it! (Wish I could retire.  At 
least during iris season)

Betty Wilkerson Zone 7 south-central Kentucky

American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
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