Yup, that's the wisdom of Brad. I made the mistake of actually suggesting that his arguments on an earlier topic didn't hold water, and he killfiled me after refusing to consider a single one of my points. He can act like a decent person, but he doesn't seem to take naturally to civilized debate.
chris On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Brad Dobo wrote: > Your two comments can be summed up in word: Juvenile. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: 200mm F/4 SMC-A macro > > > > << Now, that's just being insulting to Shawn, are we all that immature? > >> > > > > No Brad, it's not insulting. Long before you started your participation > > (dare I say monologue) on the list, we had a long standing policy after > > significant debate. People agreed to be courteous to those hunting for > > bargains on ebay and not announce 'THERE'S A BARGAIN ABOUT TO CLOSE AT > > URL...' The deal is, folks from the pdml have and do bid up the price on > > ebay items when they are posted at the last minute. It destroys any > chance > > of getting a bargain on ebay. > > > > << Earning a PhD is very tough and demanding and you have to be quite > bright. > > >> > > > > I've enough education that I'm not impressed by a PhD. I don't know why > you > > would sign your name with So-and-So, PhD. unless you were looking for work > or > > self impressed with your achievements. We don't have ranks in the pdml > > (except for Doug Brewer who is the General! <g>) > > > > << You don't like it? Too bad, it's the nature of the beast. >> > > > > I don't think that's the spirit of this list. > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > >
