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Skriven 2005-01-26 19:42:20 av Howie Coombe
     Kommentar till en text av Martin Atkins
Ärende: OFF TOPIC
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Dear Martin, in regards to this message to Me.

 > -=> HOWIE COOMBE wrote to MARTIN ATKINS <=-

 > HC> Dear Martin, in regards to this message to Me.

 > > Yes i receive all mail addressed to me on the fido.

 > HC> That is very open of you.

 > Not realy.


No?, do you read them all?.

 > It's a service provided by my sysop.


Oh well if you dont want to take credit for your sysops talent that is to your
credit.

 > > As for you going over old ground it is not a crime,

 > HC> No it is not but i am glad to hear someone else thinks as much.

 >  If you do it too much then people could assume you are not paying          
> attention.


 Which is why i dont do it too often, unless i have something important to add.

 > > but more on this later.

 > HC> I Await it with baited breath.

 > Please don't bait it with a dead rat. :-}


 I Wont, that would not do anybody any good, BTW, Does Windows do any kind of
OLMR?.

 > > HC> i am sorry if that inconveniences you, but please dont twit me, or

 > > You have not inconvenienced me.

 > HC> I Am glad to read this, as it happens its seems i have not 

 >  I have no idea what a republican is.


 A Member and or Supporter of the American Conservative Right Ring Major Party,
or a supporter of a Republic outside of America, Like Me.

 > This is the WINDOWS echo.


 Yes i know this, but i also know, or think i know, that The Moderator, who is
here, is not a stickler for the enforcement of the letter of the Law.

 > > I appreciate all friendly mail i receive.

 > HC> I appreciate all mail i receive, it is the contents of some of these

 >  If you throw you hat into a public forum it's best you learn to wear       
> criticism.


 I Have no problem with Criticism as long as it is constructive, and not as
Flame like as some of the criticism has seemed to me.
 
 > > As for twitting you,

 > HC> Yes?.

 > Fraid not...you don't get that lucky. ;}


I dont consider getting Twitted, Flamed or Spammed as getting lucky.

 > > i do not twit people.

 > HC> Neither it seems does Wayne Chirnside or Tom Walker, for which i will

 > Wayne and Tom contribute to the Fido.


Yes they do, in several Echo's, are you saying i dont?.

 > They are out there if you look.


Yes i know i have seen them.

 > > I don't think you are a twit,

 > HC> Give it time, You Will change your mind.:}

 > I hope not. ;-\


So do i.

 > > nor do i find your posts irritating.

 > HC> As i said above, Give it time....

 > I'll give it as much time as it deserves.


Good to read.

 > > I think you are learning how to use the fido and doing a very good job 

 > HC> Thank you for the compliment, mind you after 16 years on and off i

 > Sixteen years and you still haven't got the hang of it?


If you stop learning you start dying, although JFTR i think i have got the hang
of it, it is just that some people have a higher definition of "got the hang of
it".

 > > I'm sorry if some people have been less than hospitable to you.

 > HC> You and me both.

 > Water off a ducks back.


Maybe i am not waterproof but it seems to me some people are not useing water
on this duck.

 > > I have been around long enough to have witnessed some less than

 > HC> So have i, but i would not rub there faces in it, much, even if i

 >  Why should you want to?


Ego?.

 > If you put an agressive face on then people will ignore you.


They can not ignore me if they can not read me and if they can not read me why
bother?, did i just answer my own question?.

 > > Their memories are very short but that's their problem.

 > HC> Short?, or selective?.

 > Usualy short but selective can be a usefull tool.


Perhaps but i have always thought that Cyberspace is ideally supposed to be a
place for debate, not for use as a tool by tool's.

 > > > Just to refresh your memory.

 > > HC> Yes?.

 > Yup.


Aha.

 > > > Although the moderator appears to be absent it is no excuse for poor

 > > HC> I Quite agree, but who are you accusing of "poor behavior"?, Me,

 > > You must understand that i cannot discuss such matters in this echo.

 > HC> Fair enough, i am wrong in at least one case anyway.

 > > > If you have an axe to grind with a moderator you can take it to the

 > > HC> I can not get that echo, luckily i have not got any axe's to grind

 > > Kewl. :)

 > HC> I Am sure all the worlds Moderaters and Sysops agree.

 >  Then im sure you will agree that this is not the echo to discuss such      
> matters.


 No i dont agree but after i have answered to both of these messages i will be
quite happy to move them to the Asian Link Echo if you wish.

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