Author Topic: Rebecca Shorey is mistaken (Read 44 times)

Michael Caswell · « **on:** June 26, 2023, 08:41:26 am »

Unfortunately,. Ms Shorey, like most STCC members, doesn't understand the basics here.

The cartoon she's posted has no bearing on the Earthen Embankment safety problem. Depicted here is simply a wooded slope where trees have been removed, and the trees are holding the slope together.

It does not depict an impounding earthen dam, subject to hydrostatic pressure. There is a huge difference.

Doug K · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2023, 04:25:44 pm »

There's a clue, right in her first sentence... she doesn't participate in the group, the discussion, or know much about earthen dams. She's a shade supporter.

And the picture was cut off... what happened to that nice toe drain on the bottom of the hill, between the trees & house? That ditch would have a draining end, did it somehow get plugged with debris? Where's the maintenance crew to keep ditch water flowing?

That Toe Drain at the base of the hill was lower than the house level, and suddenly it's out of view. I guess even the STCC cartoons are filled with misinformation... go figure.

It's just another group member who's "silently supportive" of this groups antics, like most...too lazy to remove themselves from a list on Facebook.

My suggestion...simple, Ms Shorey should really not participate if she's not going to add value to the truth... and especially if her view is biased by Agte's Blindness.

Doug K · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2023, 04:18:18 pm »

If it's not bad cartoons trying to be used for group support, then it's the continued inability of this group, and it's members to actually READ what has been written... Can't say enough times that WORDS MATTER!

Read the latest post, a conversation between the group's leader and other members, who all somehow equate a new Historical Sign with their Stop Canal Maintenance movement, holding themselves as Canal "Patriots". Of course the first member to comment, Beth T. actually said that she had to read the sign twice, because she thought it said pirate. I guess reading comprehension was not taught in Beth's school.

We should look at the sign again, because I see it talking about two canal boat names... One is the Patriot, the other is Texas... and a fight.

So convenient that this Facebook group continues to omit words, just to call themselves Canal "patriots".

But what would you expect when all they have done for the past 5 years is tell a tale of "lost shade" as a reason to stop necessary maintenance on the earthen dams, along the Erie waterway. The group has basically tried to rewrite their own narrative on the state of the Erie Canal Safety "according to Elizabeth Agte & her friends"... and they just seem to ignore the words they don't like... like unsafe & dams. They say the Erie Canal dams are just fine covered with invasive tree roots

What would you expect, here's three of four STCC members in a conversation who all seemed to miss the word "boat"... including the leader.

Michael Caswell · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2023, 09:00:35 am »

Surely, to read this correctly, one needs a comma after 'boats' and another after 'Texas' ?

Seneca Neighbor · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2023, 10:04:29 am »

Maybe one comma after Texas would work?

A deadly brawl occurred here on July 9, 1844 between crews of canal boats Patriot and Texas, as they vied for lead position at Canal Lock.

And adding a comma anywhere probably won't help, if someone can't see the word 'boat' between the words canal & patriot, especially with this group.

Michael Caswell · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2023, 01:20:59 pm »

Of course, one could use the word 'like' instead of a comma. It's the latest like phase in the USA. I absolutely HATE it when folks start up with that nonsense. I end up just counting how many times they say it in one minute. It's like never ending.

Doug K · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2023, 05:48:56 am »

Look at the sign size, then look at the words used in that sign.

Very sure all the words used were carefully selected as they allow that bit of 'canal history' to be explained with only 25 words, in a single sentence, with a title and credits.

If someone reads it, and leaves out any word, it will be key to understanding the event that happened 180 years ago.

Canal BOAT names were shown, but this social media group really didn't care, they wanted the topic to be more about 'patriots' as that's how they view their group...

This group must believe they are PATRIOTS of the Erie Canal... because they fight for shade along the canal trail, not the integrity of the embankment that trail is built on.

Of course the group missed the word BOAT, the also fail to understand or accept the words UNSAFE & DAM

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