Actually, I was confused by Mr Johnson's reply; I couldn't see that it was insulting, or perhaps that it was connected with my post at all. I thought maybe he accidentally intended it as a response to a different entry.
--- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* It is only the huge habits that people change without trouble. Communists can become Fascists with a day's notice and Conservatives can crawl into the Liberal bed (or vice versa) with scarely an extra breath between; men can switch wives and mousy women can go liberationist - but show me a fellow who squeezes his toothpaste tube with his left hand, and I'll show you a fellow who will never do it with his right hand, except maybe to win a bet and even then he'll have trouble. -from _Murder at the ABA_, by Isaac Asimov */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, December 24, 2021 11:42 Repeating insults in the same message in which you are telling others to end it is hypocritical. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Bill Johnson Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 10:55 PM Since only I seem to get the attacks from the dirty dozen or so, I'm going to pass along Eric's recommendation. I'll tell you the same thing Eric tells his children: I don't care who started it. End it. Act like a mature mainframer. --- On Thursday, December 23, 2021, 5:42 PM, Bob Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: Boy, ~I~ sure have. I'm pretty sure I've been fired from more employment gigs than I've left voluntarily. (I'm not counting contract gigs, which of course always end eventually in the client sending you home.) I don't think I have any records indicating what's the longest I've been unemployed. Nine months, maybe? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:09 I've worked with hundreds of people....And I've never been unemployed in my 40 yeats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
