<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 11.00.9600.18231"></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Ordinarily, I would make this response off-list, but since my original item appeared there and because there have been two on-list replies... here it is.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, to Gary: I never said that simple eruption time data was unimportant -- a single eruption time at least shows that something is/was active. What I did request is that any available details be included in the posting, if available. The GeyserTimes app/program allows comments to be entered.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What brought up this whole thing is that a group of gazers made the trek into Shoshone, made observations that I would presume to be accurate and complete, but then had posted by one individual with the bare eruptions times and nothing more. There was no reference to other people. Yes, that one individual was Will, which is why I wrote to him. Frankly, the response was brief and curt -- sorry, but true -- saying in essence that such information had not been made available. Nothing additional was provided. A bit more explanation might have avoided this whole thing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Clearly, my "inquiring mind" was not the only one that hoped for more information because, as I noted, another person requested (maybe I should say, "suggested") that I send that request.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How my request ended up going to "geysers-owner@" rather than simple "geysers@" was apparently cause by sloppily clicking on the wrong line in an address list-- an error that I'm pretty sure has never happened before. But then it was Carlton Cross who decided to post under his name, rather than under mine or rather than suggesting that I re-post with the correct address. Under no circumstances was this an attempt to avoid having my e-mail address included. My TSBryan@aol.com (caps not necessary -- an address that I've had since the days of using a 1200 baud modem to dial-up a long distance phone number in hopes of connection instead of getting a busy signal) has been used hundreds of times on this list. Though I rarely use it, I have a second address at Gzrgazer@gmail.com.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mara, I'd have been happy to "actually talk to people who bothered [odd choice of language] to hike all the way out to Shoshone] had I know who they were. As noted, Will's name was the only one that showed up.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also fail to understand how my request bore a "blatant air of superiority." Do others agree?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>'Nuff said. I hope.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>T. Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>