--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > 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...
>
> Huh. That surprises me.
>
No particular issues getting in the way, just a too quick mind that
always wanted to keep the conversation going...zoom zoom
