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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 67074, member: 57463&quot;]<b>The apple does not fall far from the tree.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; So, if I see you use the wrong fork, I should stop dating your sister?&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; The ANA is not going to put your home address in a directory.&nbsp; (As far as I know most people get numismatic material to a P.O. box -- mine goes to a UPS Store.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of us feel the same way about the release of privacy information.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Still, the idea of letting collectors meet each other has merit. As an officer in the MSNS, I was scanning the membership list before a mailing, and I saw that one of the major writers lives around the corner from me.&nbsp; That was a pleasant surprise. So, the motivation is fine, but we all agree that putting home addresses and telephone numbers into an uncontrolled publication is not the best way to do that.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Like much else, this has been blown out of proportion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; As far as the &quot;soap opera&quot; goes, if you read <i>Ward&#039;s Automotive News</i>, or <i>Crane&#039;s Detroit Business</i>, you would never buy a car. &quot;The news is always the same. It just happens to different people.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; The MSNS went through a pretty nasty &quot;Saturday Night Massacre&quot; a couple of years ago.&nbsp; It even made the coin weeklies.&nbsp; I had no idea what happened.&nbsp; I did not see the stories.&nbsp; People around me at MSNS speak in innuendos and half sentences about things they all know about that I do not.&nbsp; You what?&nbsp; <b>It has no effect whatsoever on the price I pay for a coin.</b>&nbsp; The <i>Mich-Matist</i> carries articles and ad.&nbsp; The convention has an Educational Forum.&nbsp; The other collectors I know still sit around and admire each other&#039;s newest purchases.&nbsp; The psychodrama changes nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; The ANA is the library, which lends to members for the cost of shipping and insurance.&nbsp; The ANA is the Numismatist.&nbsp; The ANA is collection insurance.&nbsp; The ANA is two conventions a year.&nbsp; The ANA is the summer seminar.&nbsp; The ANA is the correspondence courses in numismatics.&nbsp; If you want to improve your knowledge, you will join the ANA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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