Answering Questions...

[Shredd]

I felt that this is important enough that I thought it deserved it's own Thread...  And it's all Mattock's fault...   

When someone asks you a question do you answer it to the best of your ability to convey the proper info back as to leave no stone unturned??

   Well Mattock does...  In one of the recent threads he needed help deciding how to bend some lams up a riser...  He took the time to answer everyone's questions the best he could...  Do you know why??  Because he realizes that if he supplies enough info someone might have the right answer for his issue...  Plus there is the matter of respect...  Answer the damn questions...  Your the one that asked for help and now someone is trying to help you...  Another person took the time and interest in you problem... They feel that they could help you out or have the answer and you ignore their questions...  I see it happen all the time...  With some of you old farts that think that you already have all the answers and some of you new fart, greenhorns that think they have got things figured out in their own head...  Well if you think that you have got it so figured out that you think the questions are irrelevant then you are a fool...  There is a reason these people are asking you these questions...  Get out of your own head (or your head out of your a$$)... You can never have enough information even if you think you know the answers to their questions someone could have a different twist on things and enlighten you...

  And for God sakes...  If someone takes the time to help you with an issue, Thank Them...  It's the right thing to do...

  If you ignore a guys questions and don't thank him, what makes you think that he is gonna want to  help you on the second time around when you have another issue...  He may have had the answer for you the first time around and the second also...  You lose in the end...  Not just on this project but on future ones because the guy with the answers could have enlightened you on other things also or open your mind to other things that help you come up with and form you own ideas and answers for future projects...

   This happens to me all the time...  I ask questions and nobody has the answers...  I ask more and prod around more and someone unwittingly says something that sparks my brain on a new idea or a solution to the problem...  So in the end 'I' came up with the solution to the problem but it was through conveying ideas with other people that made me think a little deeper or out of my own box...

  So open up my friends... Throw the ego out the window...  Ask lots of questions and answer all the questions asked to you...

  Wishing all my Bow Building Brothers a Spectacular Day...

[Roy from Pa]

I think I do:)

[wood carver 2]

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[Shredd]

I guess...      

 No...  Your pretty on it, Roy...  But I am sure that you know a few that are not...

 I ask questions all the time that go ignored...  And I am thinking to myself why are these people asking for help and not listening to the people trying to help them...          

[Pat B]

...and why do people ask for help and when answered they never reply again. Like you said, Shedd they never even say thanks.
If I know an answer I will reply unless 10 others have replied. Then, with too many answers it only gets confusing for the person asking.

[Bowjunkie]

I have dozens of questions, but they're all redundant so I don't bother folks with them. 

[kennym]

Like Pat , if I can help I try to unless somebody already had the same answer . Then no need ...

I answer a lot of ? On email , fone and text also .

[Shredd]

I have dozens of questions, but they're all redundant so I don't bother folks with them.

  Your not bothering anyone...  Ask, ask, ask...   Call a few guys if you have to...  I'm willing to talk to anyone that has questions...  I have talked to a few guys and helped them on their path and visa versa...  I have talked to Roy, Kenny, Mark (Max) and a few others and they have helped me out...

[Flem]

Not sure which category I fit into up there. I try to give good answers if familiar with the subject and not afraid to question an answer.
I think a lot of the time this is a pat on back, looks good forum. Which is a nice thing, but might make some folks uncomfortable if the topic gets serious.

[Mad Max]

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[Shredd]

  I hope I got my point across correctly... I am not the best at that sometimes... It seems all the guys that communicate well are making the  comments on this thread...   Lol...    This thread is mainly directed toward the people that ask for help and then don't answer the questions from the more experienced bowyers and/or bowyers that want to help them...  I hope that this thread helped to open some of you all's eyes...

[Shredd]

    The reason that I started this thread was that Mattock did such a great job at answering all of my questions that I thought to myself, why can't everyone be like this...  So I decided to get down on the people who ask for help but don't give attention, time or the respect to the people trying to help them...  I see it happening all the time... 

It can be very frustrating for me dealing with this mentality...

[Bowjunkie]

I was just joking above, Shredd.

I hear ya though. I read the thread you're referring to and I thought the same thing... he was quick to respond clearly to all the clarification questions asked of him. I noticed it right away too.

[Roy from Pa]

That mmattockx is a ratchet jaw all right.

LOL