--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > This was Share's reply. I didn't have time to go back and > > find the post she was responding to. > > Oh, what a funny thing to say. The post Share was > responding to was quoted in full immediately underneath > what she wrote.
It's called leaving work at ten to six to be home for dinner at 6:00. Family life sort of thing. If you live alone your time constraints may be different. > Curtis, of course, is eager to find something, anything, > to bash Robin with. He may be a little disappointed when > he sees the post you cite, though, first because it wasn't > one of Robin's video links that he said he'd been skipping; > second because the irony of what he said about Share is so > broad it would be very hard to miss, so he can't > effectively paint it as an attempt to deceive; and third > because it may give him a rather different perspective on > what he'd said about Robin last night that I found such a > hoot. > > There's another level of irony to the Share conspiracy > story that may ring a bell with Curtis, but I won't go > into that now. > > In any case, he might not have remembered Share's post > because you, Steve, described it inaccurately. As I > noted in my previous post, she didn't say she hadn't > been a party to the discussion she and Robin had had > (it would have been strange for her to say that); > rather, she felt it necessary to correct Robin's > obviously ironic description of the *nature* of the > discussion. Or it may be a distinction that only one who likes to make distinctions that most people wouldn't even consider material, like to make. And they probably could make the distinction mean the exact opposite if they wanted. > > > And then there was the post when Robin responded > > as Susan,and then when he responded as you, a day or so ago. > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/post?act=reply&messageNum=31\ > > 9538 > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/post?act=reply&messageNum=3\ > > 19538> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Steve, > > > > > > First thanks for the kind words about my poo poo platter image and > > secondly, would you mind pointing out the post in question. I have > > skipped a bunch of Robin's posts that look like they are just video > > links so it didn't register. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > > > > wrote: > > > > much snipping > > > > > > I have to think, Judy, that you would take exception to someone > > > > > > describing an entirely fictitious conversation with you as > > though > > > > > > it had occurred. I also think that you might take exception to > > > > > > someone writing posts with your byline, > > > > > > > > > > (Steve has explained he didn't mean using someone else's > > > > > account ID.) > > > > > > > > > > even if it is done in the > > > > > > name of so called irony. My feeling is that you would request > > > > > > that such a person refrain from doing that. > > > > > > > > > > It would depend, Steve. And certainly Curtis and Share > > > > > are free to object or make such a request if they think > > > > > anybody might have been misled. > > > > > > > > > > But it was obvious to me that the "conspiracy" bit and > > > > > the paragraph Robin wrote and signed "Curtis" were both > > > > > ironic. And frankly, I'd be astonished if everyone didn't > > > > > realize this. > > > > > > > > Yes, I am sure everyone did realize it. It is just something I > > would > > > > not take the liberty of doing. Perhaps I am more sensitive along > > these > > > > lines. Of course Share did respond that she had not participated > > in > > > > the discussion to which Robin indicated she was a party. I picked > > up > > > > that she wasn't too thrilled about being misrepresented. > > > > And also, > > > > > Irony is pretty easy to detect if one is in good contact > > > > > with reality, because the variance from reality in the > > > > > ironic material is clear. It's really just a matter of > > > > > common sense. > > > > I don't think anyone is missing the irony. But irony just like > > anything > > > > can be in good taste or poor taste. In my opinion, Robin's irony > > > > sometimes crosses a line most people would not appreciate. > > > > But it may not be enough for them to make a protest. It is not that > > big > > > > a deal for me either. But since we were discussing issues along > > these > > > > lines, I brought it up. > > > > > > > > > >
