Hello Martin,
Interesting that this reply is from you rather than the person to whom it is addressed .No matter, to proceed specifically with regard to the above post it does matter that the document be placed on the correct page. The reason being that to judge by the responses to posts on the German interest section shall we say between September and the New Year, the document may well have not been picked up at all by those interested.
I have highlighted this document but the point has a wider validity, if your only search criteria is the word ‘Luftwaffe’, then much will be missed. Equally , a differentiation between what is interesting and what is not interesting becomes needlessly time consuming when the poster is incapable of making this judgement himself. This is exacerbated by a dreary spam like list of links with zero information as to what is under the links. Therefore the point made by the poster that ‘I have learned a lot here. I just want to add to the historical record.’ called as far as I am concerned for a response. I accept that you disagree. For you and for anyone else paste and go this link for quicker more informative information than provided by Ed West’s lists..
https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from...=15502&_sop=10
It goes without saying that those who do respond to Ed Wests posts are actually in a position to decide themselves what is or is not interesting and even search for and post the links themselves. Alas, Ed’s evident lack of interest compared to 95% of the board users would appear to preclude him from identifying and deciding what is or is not interesting. He would ‘like to add to the historical record’ but cannot. This would appear to be the obvious motive for the aforementioned spam lists.He is incapable of captioning his posts.Nor have his posts improved over time,the opposite is the case.
I have posted to underline the fact that Ed West’s posts are uninformative and not user friendly. You have responded to defend him. I see no reason to doubt your motives or those of any others that defend him. Your post speaks well to your kindness and humanity. But are you actually doing him any favours, despite your best intentions? Please see this link
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=64476
Nick Beale has previously asked me to avoid unqualified medical statements and I shall follow his wishes here. It seems to me that in essence almost all posts on TOCH cover either aircraft or aircrew. I do wonder however, about a hypothetical case where a patient explained to a GP the purpose of TOCH and then stated that he believed these images fit the purpose of the board. Believe me I worry about my own declining mental abilities and have parents in their eighties. Therefore when I say that kind intentions and kind words while obviously always desirable may not be in a person’s best interest when their actions are contrary to their personal dignity and I hope that if my symptoms ever become too pronounced the moderator thanks me for what I have done, whether sincerely or not (!) and says it is time to stop.
Regards,
Clint