On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Julia Thompson wrote: > Erik's been around longer than you have, BTW. I'm just wondering if > he's going to make a comment to anyone about the Good Old Days Before > Jeroen or something like that. (It's not his style, so I doubt it, but > there is always that possibility.) > > I think (but I'm not sure) that right now he's yanking your chain, and > you're the only person who hasn't gotten that that's what he's doing. > > And he's not the only one around here who hasn't answered all of > someone's questions to their satisfaction, either. > > I'd recommend just dropping it. Every post you make on this thread just > makes you look more and more like a stubborn ass (the animal, not the > body part). There *is* honor in walking away from an argument. In > fact, if two parties are not seeing eye to eye on something and > respectfully agree to end the discussion with one another, that's a LOT > more pleasant than taking it to the point where folks are tempted to > take up a collection to buy one or both parties a dead horse (or horses) > and however many bats might be necessary, to let them continue the > activity somewhere other than on-list. > > (If you really want to continue, you might consider taking the > discussion off-list and then once some resolution is reached, let the > rest of us know how it turned out.) > > Julia
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