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By: 21 Lawyers and a Mansion on a Mountainside « Heligal

21 Lawyers and a Mansion on a Mountainside « Heligal — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:12:34 +0000

[...] in question or even provide details on where it is. Even though it’s in a gated community, I know there are people who read this blog and have nothing better to do than track down the places ….) From there, we continued on to Falcon Field, where I landed on a helipad at the base of the tower [...]

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:21:30 +0000

Strange indeed.

By: prospero

prospero — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:22:30 +0000

Well yes, I did mean “peculiar”, as in strange, odd and uniquely related to this particular group. I suppose it does have an additional meaning of uniquely chosen too which seems to me apt since they did ‘choose’ to use the information you provided for a purpose you didn’t foresee or intend.

I don’t suppose this what you meant but just in case, I didn’t mean to imply anything pejorative about either ‘Peculiars’ or ‘Queer Folk’ as I’ve always liked and quite admired these independent minded Christians who use the terms ‘peculiar’ and ‘queer’ in a positive and biblical sense of ‘uniquely chosen’. They are welcoming towards strangers which says a lot for their religious conviction that I happen not to share.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:17:41 +0000

Prospero, I actually thought about that, although the word “revenge” didn’t come to mind. More like a good practical joke.

GPS coordinates can go a long way in torturing some off-road junkie. And there are plenty of stories of hidden treasure out in the desert to lure them in.

I’m seeing that you used the word “peculiar” in your comment. If you meant “particular,” I’m amused by the slip. If you meant “peculiar,” I appreciate your choice of words.

As for my client, I don’t think they want any press that doesn’t originate from the home office. Some companies are just like that. This company certainly isn’t the first like that that I’ve dealt with.

By: prospero

prospero — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:48:35 +0000

You could take revenge too, send the minority who for their own peculiar reasons mine your posts for potential clues, off on some wild goose chase.

One upside to your tale is that 330 was a sufficient number of times for a post to be read for ’something to happen’. That’s quite impressive. Is there any way to tell your client that unintentionally they got a lot of free advertising? Or that ‘all publicity is good publicity’?

Sorry to hear that it’ll necessarily cramp your style, that’s a shame but I suppose an unavoidable cost of the C21st web.

By: Michael King

Michael King — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:25:00 +0000

It’s always the minority that ruin things for the rest. I’m quite mad that these gold diggers went in like that without regard for the ramifications of their actions. I’m really sad for you that it may have hurt your business. As a budding heli CFI, I always enjoy reading your flying stories. I hope you continue to right your blogs about this topic, and perhaps use a disclaimer in each one? I know people only read what they want to hear. All the best to you.

By: Andy Piper

Andy Piper — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:17:13 +0000

Without wanting to put you in a bad mood by making you think about this whole situation again…

That’s just appalling – I find it remarkable that anyone would monitor your blog (or anyone’s) looking to go find stuff. It really sucks, and I’m sorry to hear that you have to be so careful. Not the kind of thing that any writer wants to have to consider when framing posts… and of course the rest of your readers suffer as we don’t get to read your stories so freely.

Some people. Gah.

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