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Then only the #'s from 96 should be used i would think, at least from my 
perspective.  ts
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tom Sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Accuracy of Records


> Tom,
>
> Most if not all of those are prior to 1996. The database is not all that 
> reliable prior to that. I'm sure the records are in a shoe box under 
> someone's bed. ;-) I would hope that form '96 one on it's fairly good.
>
> Truman
>
> m Sites wrote:
> > Being a 1 rat study, i see that my record does NOT show the pull in 
> > Michigan at the finish (M), pull in Ohio at the finish (L), pull at the 
> > ROC in S. Dakota (L), pull at the OD (M), pull in South Carolina (RO) and 
> > a pull at the PAC in Arizona (M) all in 100's, that come to mind. There 
> > are also 100's completed that aren't there.
> > So if this 1 rat study shows 100 % completion in 100's and i know its 
> > flawed, what good do i see in past AERC record keeping? Not much. This 
> > was ages ago and its not important in the entire realm of all things, but 
> > i point it out to all you who who put a lot of stock in 'record keeping'.
> > If you look at my record and all you see is completions in 100's, don't 
> > take it as gospel. In another senerio don't judge others by what their 
> > records show unless its downright flagrantly abusive. Aren't these the 
> > folks you're trying to label anyway? That to me is the reason of the 
> > codes.
> > Also, let me go on record to say that the codes do not need to be printed 
> > because of the stigma applied and Stigmata makes people do silly things 
> > when, if it wasn't applied they may not try to continue on and cause 
> > harm.
> > AERC has made a great stride in record keeping in the past decade but i 
> > see no reason for these codes in data analysis, knowing there is more to 
> > every story. ts
>
>
> --
>
> “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
> smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
> Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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