A Word To The Not So Wise

godber · Post by **godber** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:56 pm

"A cunning plan my lord..."

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:42 am

"We buy a really big turnip, and..."

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:17 am

I was wondering who the big British faker was too!

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:10 am

I don't actually know his name but he was investigated and arrested by the police in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, then prosecuted and convicted by whatever judicial body serves that region. I was on call to testify last November but it proven unnecessary in the end, as the case was pretty straightforward.

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:14 am

Clap, clap, clap!

Well done!

These devious characters frost the old cookies.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:51 am

I wish that there was a sticky or faq here with John's explanation on it. I get tired of posts questioning why its wrong to steal others designs, etc......! Instead of John having to explain, we could race to show the poster where the answer(s) lie.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy his posts but I feel sorry for his fingertips...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:36 pm

Good idea, maybe we should cut and paste his posts into some sort of digest of RIC intellectual protection statement. Seems like this one comes up twice or three times a year.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:55 pm

Wish I could protect my intellect.

Ah, but I regress, rapidly...

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:02 pm

Their used to be a section like that. It was called Ask John Hall questions. Or something like that. It may be good to start that again. I think it went away after some folks used it as a dumping ground for all their ideas on how to run RIC and to criticize John on how he runs the company Actually, it may be a good thing it is gone.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:49 pm

I think it would be a good idea to have a 'Frequently Asked Questions' thread, which could be locked, to cover all the same questions that keep popping up when new forumites join.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:47 pm

Good idea. The RIC corporate forum has such a topic section.

The old "alt.guitar.rickenbacker" site had an excellent FAQ. In fact, it was the only thing good about that site...

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:01 pm

Yup, Paul.
That is the first place where I learned about RICs.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:08 pm

I like the idea...but I don't think FAQ sections get used in the way they are intended to be used, at least not by all. People like to interact on forums, and they are likely to want "live" answers to their questions, rather than searching through a long web page. And some of us may answer a new forum member's question with the seemingly icy response of "Go to the FAQ section!"

But it WOULD be a good thing to have, for all of us.

Say, come to think of it, why can't I buy a Rickenbacker TRC for my Tokai?

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:26 pm

But if we had a FAQ thread here, when someone new joins and asks, "How do I adjust the truss rods?", we could refer them to the the FAQ thread, instead of explaining it (again!) or finding a previous thread that explains it.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:27 pm

I think the reasons to have it far outweigh the reasons not to.

I wonder what Peter has to say about this...