bigpike wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 9:45pm:

Based on the responses I received here I will go back to lurking here and using this sight in that way. Its the attitude of asking a dumb question or one that is not understood. I was trying to contribute, I am new here and I didn't appreciate the response. There are much more professional sights on the net that I receive info and contribute were the moderators attitude reflects in the all the people that post on the sight and I like it. I would say this is not such a site. Good luck to everyone and peace out.

Well, if "peace out" means you are not going to read any more posts, you may not see this, but I guess I want to put in my two cents also.

You were NOT trying to contribute when you called members of this site (not sight, but site) smartasses!  Or said that they did not know what a sherpa is.  We do know what a sherpa is, we just didn't happen to know that there is an electronic instrument that is also called by that name.  Your question didn't explain what you were talking about, and we assumed the common usage and definition of the term, a usage and definition, I might point out, that has been around for centuries.

When I first read your question, after my initial desire to try to correct your usage of there/their in the subject line (which I resisted because I didn't want to be a smartass English-teacher type, by the way  ;D ), I wanted to post a reply saying "huh?"

But I figured someone on this site would know what you were talking about, so I waited to see what responses would come.  And, lo and behold, the first few responses were just what I thought--people thought you were talking about a sherpa to carry your packs!  Go figure!

And how do you respond to their ignorance?  By calling names! 

Thank you for posting the link to the gadget and educating us.  It looks like a fine piece of equipment.  Since my husband and I don't even take a GPS, we probably won't rush out and buy one, but I do like electronic gadgets, so it was interesting to read about it.

This isn't a "professional" type of site.  It is a group of friends and acquaintances who post online to share information about canoeing and the canoe country.

You aren't the only one who is insulted by the "attitude" of someone in this thread.  And I don't just lurk here.  When people insult my friends, sometimes I post, too.

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