--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > Barry, in his eagerness to say something typically unfounded > and stupid, didn't notice I said nothing about Curtis's > alleged Nazi-like behaviour in the TMO.
The problem was that you made a little gentle fun of him at the end of your post, and making fun of Barry is THE Unforgiveable Sin in Barry's book. It always makes him go completely insane, complete with hallucinations. BTW, it wasn't a "disturbance in the force" that caused Curtis to materialize on FFL a day or two after we'd had this fairly lengthy discussion about him; he'd been lurking. Here's another interesting post from Sal in that discussion; she had known Curtis at the time he was, according to her, doing his TMO-Nazi thing. It wasn't "hearsay," contrary to Barry's claim; it was her personal experience of how he behaved as Center Chairman in DC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/97351 Shemp McGurk, BTW, was most definitely not a "troll." He could be annoying as hell, but he also made a lot of valuable, substantive contributions while he was on FFL, as Barry knows. And his initial query that started the thread was entirely innocuous, as Barry also knows. Here's the first post in the thread; down below Shemp's inquiry post is a list of the posts in the following discussion about Curtis before he showed up here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/97327 (If anybody decides to quote any of them, be sure to delete his real last name if it appears in what you quote, as Ravi did. Curtis tends to get rather angry if his real name is used here.) > Good for him, it is what the TMO expects. I am sure he was the equivalent of > a 5 star general. My remarks had to do with exactly what you/Barry just > verified: that internet relationships can go from snarky to love in just a > few short posts. Thanks for providing evidence of that with your post > references. I'll know where to turn for archival evidence if Judy ever > decides to split. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Ann, in her eagerness to have something -- anything -- > > to demonize Curtis with, jumps all over Ravi's troll, > > failing to notice that Sal posted this before ever > > encountering Curtis on FFL. A quick search indicates > > that he didn't start posting here until after she > > had written this. > > > > She was responding to a troll from a professional > > troll who called himself shempmcgurk, based purely > > on hearsay. > > > > Curtis must have felt a disturbance in the force, > > because he replied a couple of days later with: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/97529 > > > > Sal then responded with an equally friendly: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/97532 > > > Thanks for an honest reply, Curtis. I hope your new > > > (well, not really new at this point) life gives you > > > much enjoyment. > > > > > > And, FWIW, I agreed with most of what you said over > > > on ATM and didn't really understand all the flak > > > tossed your way. Sorry about the bowtie comment--but > > > I still think you look a bit like Tucker. :) > > > > Good move, Ravi and Ann. Let's see if Thundertwat* > > falls for it, too. :-) > > > > * If she can use "pet names" like "Stupid Sal," I > > feel justified in making up pet names of my own. :-) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > "What's yours?(excuse)" > > > > > > > > Oh dear Ann, you will like this. > > > > > > > > I was trying to check how truthful one of my statements was and I ran > > > > into > > > > this gem from Sal Sunshine on Curtis - confirms my intuition on Curtis, > > > > I > > > > hate Judy for never sharing this with me :-) > > > > > > > > "Curtis...one of the truly great TM Nazis the TMO ever produced. After > > > > he > > > > left the fold, he became as vehemently against as he had been pro > > > > before. > > > > In his time, though , he was awesome. He would regularly "report" people > > > > for the most minor TM infractions (such as wearing jeans to the > > > > Center--horrors!) as well as work on occasion to keep people off > > > > courses, > > > > TTC, etc. You name it, he reported it. Must have satisfied some primal > > > > urge > > > > for power, or something. His defection really came as not much of a > > > > surprise...that level of stress most people just can't keep up for very > > > > long. I've wondered over the years what became of him too." > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/97343 > > > > > > Thanks for this Ravi, you have found an interesting little excerpt. I > > > find it somewhat surprising that SS seemed to dislike Curtis yet Barry > > > likes Sal and Barry likes Curtis. Interesting dynamic but then that was 7 > > > years ago. Maybe Sal and Curtis came to like and appreciate each other, > > > just like Barry and Share are BFF's now. Amazing what this internet > > > interaction can create - all these cute new relationships based on mutual > > > respect and coherence. Hell, maybe Barry will move back to FF, make > > > latte's at Revelations, put together welcome packages for visiting > > > healers and shovel cars out of the snow for damsels unable to do so > > > themselves when trying to make it to the dome on time. Stranger things > > > have happened. > > >
