[pct-l] $5 Bulletin Boards and Oilcans (was Independent Hiking & Trail Angels)

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

Now, now, now....

Nobody called anybody an idiot...
Nor was "greedy" injected...

This is America! If someone wants to charge money for the privilege of
posting a note on a bulletin board, then more power to `em!
Supply and demand. Free Market. Build it and they will come. No tikki,
no washy. Yadda-yadda-yadda...

I, personally have little use for bulletin boards. If I'm ahead of a
buddy on the trail, I'll scratch an "MS" and the date and time into the
dirt.
What this conveys is: "catch up, slow poke!"

I've pinned (sharpened twig) notes to trees on a couple occasions. They
get pulled by the intended reader, so no litter.

The POINT, I was making (in jest, of course) was that oilcans are more
important than bulletin board messages!


...But, now you've piqued my interest...
Why WOULD someone charge money to post a message on a bulletin board?
Surely, anyone who pins a note on a bulletin board doesn't expect it to
last very long...
And how would one arrive at a $5 amount?
Multiplied by the number of notes...That's quite a "maintenance"
fee...and is the board truly maintained?

Now, stocking oilcans at the store would be more useful!!!
 


M i c h a e l   S a e n z
McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: PCT List [mailto:PCT@DelNorteResort.Com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:52 PM
To: Mike Saenz
Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [BULK] - RE: [pct-l] Independent Hiking & Trail Angels

Mike, to be fair, ask yourself why they would charge $5 to post a lousy
message on a bulletin board?

Just pure greed, maybe?

Maybe it was brought on by people abusing the priviledge. Dozens of
messages, pins gone, business cards obscured or missing, etc.

Did you bother to ask yourself (or anyone else)  what the purpose of the
board is? Or did you just consider what YOU needed it for, therefore,
the owners are idiots?

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
To: "Joseph Niemiec" <whitethunder10@hotmail.com>;
<PCT@DelNorteResort.Com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: [BULK] - RE: [pct-l] Independent Hiking & Trail Angels


Scratching a message in the dirt to someone a day behind you = $0
Pressing sticks into the trail to message someone a couple days behind
you = $0 Sharpening a stick (with your pound and a half K-bar, Bill!)
and pinning a note onto a post at trailhead = $0 (weight of said K-bar
excluded) Saving that $5 at Echo Lake to spend on an Oilcan = Priceless!



M i c h a e l   S a e n z
McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
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