If you don't know diamonds, you must...

coberst · Post by **coberst** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:42 am

If you don’t know diamonds, you must¦

I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma. We had a drug store that also served as our jewelry store. In the window of our drug store there was this message “If you don’t know your diamonds, you must know your jeweler. This was the motto of Zales Jewelers, which was the maker of the jewelry sold by this drug store.

I often pondered over this mysterious message; I recognized it as being important, but my young mind could not yet comprehend its meaning. I finally solved the meaning of my mysterious motto and now recognize that it is a great motto for the self-learner. “If you seek to know, know your source. If you want to know something, go to the expert for your answer.

Our libraries are filled with books written by experts. These experts are not only experts in a domain of knowledge but they are also experts at making that domain of knowledge comprehensible for the lay person.

Forums are great places for becoming conscious of ideas, but forums are not a dependable source for getting the real skinny. If you want to acquire dependable knowledge, take your questions with your curiosity and caring to the books. Don’t depend upon an unknown source for the real skinny when that knowledge will perhaps be the foundation that you will use to make future judgments in your life.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:05 am

The best thing about asking a question at forums is the vast differences in opinions, you take a bit of what one person said & a bit of what another person said mix it with what you thought before & hey presto

Books also conflict depending on the authors beliefs so are not always a dependable source

coberst · Post by **coberst** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:53 am

buttercup;444910 wrote: The best thing about asking a question at forums is the vast differences in opinions, you take a bit of what one person said & a bit of what another person said mix it with what you thought before & hey presto

Books also conflict depending on the authors beliefs so are not always a dependable source

You must depend upon your own judgment in the matter but your first judgment, which is regarding the source may be your most important.

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:40 pm

Knowledge. Without it we are doomed.

After years of buying diamonds I finally got to know my jeweler.She taught me all about Zales.

Diamonds are certainly not a MAN's best friend!

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:33 pm

No their a womans best friend, i have white , black , champaign, brown and yellow