--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > > wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > > I'm sure Dr. Pete will appreciate my armchair
> > > > analysis here. ;-) I hasten to add it's not
> > > > informed by any study of psychology; it's just my
> > > > intuitive sense of the emotional dynamics involved
> > > > based on 12 years of observation.
> > > >
> > > I'm speechless.
> >
> > Not sure if that's positively or negatively...
> >
> > I could certainly be wrong, but it's the only
> > pattern I can come up with that makes sense in
> > light of his incredibly weird behavior. If
> > there's another one, it's even *more* convoluted.
>
> One other thing. Have you noticed that when somebody
> compliments him, he'll respond with some comment, but
> he never says "Thank you"?
>
For myself, it took me decades before I could just gracefully reply
with a simple "thank you". Too much 'mental floss' I think in my
case...
