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

Clap. Clap. Clap.

...and Huzzah!

(Had to add that last bit so it wouldn't be a one-line reply.)

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

There ain't no Devil; there's just God when he's drunk.
   -- Tom Waits

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