I often think we are a bit like a radio station phone in when it comes to attention span.
On 15 Oct, 07:14, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Bring back that old rigsy! You are welcome indeed Bill. We have > trouble staying on topic, but this is part of the charm. > > On 15 Oct, 05:01, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes- this is a sweet hangout and it's good you have joined. I thought > > early on that much of the nastinest could have been avoided if people > > had been required to use their real names thus being responsible for > > their posts however many felt that tags would allow greater freedom of > > expression and also protection. There are certainly many inane nasty > > writers/opinionators that use their proper name. Anyway, I have > > mellowed. :-) In my "salad days" on the internet forums, I could be a > > wild thing esp. after a few drinks and with a similar lively group- > > chalk it up to experience, learning the hard way, the mystery of > > ardent spirits- whatever.// I think there is a difference in school > > smarts and life smarts...unfortunately. > > > On Oct 13, 6:03 pm, William L Houts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey Friends, > > > > This is just to say that I feel right blessed to have fallen in with a > > > group of such affable smart people. Like all of you, I'm betting, I've > > > been sailing Net oceans since their very beginnings on college Usenet > > > groups, and even before that on BBS systems. > > > > The difference here, I find, is a spirit of collaboration in > > > discussions, rather than some digital wartime ethic of cutting each > > > other off at the knees. > > > > It makes for better reading, and for a kind of warm glowy pro-human > > > feeling which, it seems, you don't often find on Net discussion groups; > > > and I've checked out dozens of them, both on Google and Yahoo. Also, I'm > > > not the smartest one here for a change, and I enjoy hearing the arias > > > performed by your singing minds. > > > > So here's a little bouquet for you all, and a ghostly boo! just to be a > > > little season appropriate. > > > > Cheers and fond wishes, > > > > --Bill > > > > -- > > > "I just flew in from the Land of the Dead > > > and boy are my arms tired." --
