Larry now don't deny when you had to toss that typewriter you teared up... Mike
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nonsense Tom. You're reading far, far, far more into this than was > there. You also, unfortunately, took my comment entirely out of > context. > > The 'derisive' comment was intimating what someone on the list might > say. I wasn't necessarily stating my opinion, but trying to give others > an opportunity to chime in or have a few good laughs at both of us. :-) > > I also didn't realize Mac owners would be emotionally attached to their > computers. In my job, I use both Macs and PCs (yeah, I know... I've > never 'fessed up that I'm a Mac person too). But I don't feel any more > emotional attachment to the Macs that I use than I do to my PC. I see > them both as work tools. As I did with my typewriter back in the day > when I used that. > > I'm just sayin' this stuff 'cause I love your contributions Tommy! :-) > > Larry :-D > > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 4:46 PM > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer? > > >"I thought Tom's recent post was even more derisive than normal. It > >felt to me, as if it touched some sort of nerve with him." > > My writing that Mac owners are more emotionally attached to their > computers and therefore less likely to be careless with them was hardly > inflammatory, unless one were already inclined to be inflamed. > > My suggestion that Mac owners are more ardent seems to have touched a > nerve. > > > ************************************************************************ > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > ** > ************************************************************************ > * > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
