My Dear Brad, The first message about the Texas exhibition was about 400 messages down and I simply couldn't be bothered to sort them out before deleting. It was my way of saying I'd had enough and a superfluous message to those not taking part. The thread had degenerated and was/is about to go bad. But you too spend quite a lot of time posting stuff that is designed to let us know how clever you are. Strings of silly pseudo-philosophical crap don't do it. Especially when they are laced with meaningless, out of place, abstractions.
Here are some more useless observations: In every room where there is a group of people exceeding some number that I've forgotten, there will be two who were born on the same day; one in 20 will be a leader; there will be a couple of bullies and a drunk; at least one smart alec and a bigot. I forget the rest now - its simple statistics. Below is something useful: One thing we should all learn from being part of a sizable list like this is that there is always someone who knows more than you do about the subject at hand. If you resent this you are a fool. If you exploit this fact to improve your own knowledge or understanding, then you have much to gain. Simple plain English with no smiling face crap. Don Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Deletion fixes all > Don, > > Ummm....just a curious question, why did you tell us this? > > You don't have to answer this if you find it invasive, but how did 400 old > messages of that thread bother you? How did deletion help you? Perhaps it > could help others. It was a crazy thread. Certainly, if new messages on > the Texas Exhibition thread and its offshoots got on your nerves, I could > see the deletion or filtering of it. I'm just curious, as I have all the > PDML emails here, the good and the bad, but they cause me no harm because > they are past. Now, I would understand if you were 'cleaning house', as I > have 12693 messages from the PDML here, and numerous ones in my inbox > privately. I am lazy and collect junk, or I would have flushed them out. > I'm sorta new, but does anyone out there have a higher total than mine? > > Respectfully, > > Brad Dobo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:30 AM > Subject: Deletion fixes all > > > > Good morning all, > > > > I have just deleted the last 400 messages in my pdml inbox. The Texas > > Exhibition thread and its offshoots were getting on my nerves. > > > > Don > > > > Dr E D F Williams > > > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > > Updated: March 30, 2002 > > > > > > >
