Sorry, I have to agree with both Johns; the question seemed to be serious and without condescension. The triple question marks indicate reserve in asking the question and not exasperation or putdown; "Perhaps you might consider ...?"
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:02 PM Doug H. <dhansford1...@gmail.com> wrote: > John, > I took the question exactly as Leah interpreted it. The triple question > mark at the end of the question was pretty emphatic. Take a breath? Really > man? > Doug > > On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 1:57:37 PM UTC-4 John Phillips wrote: > >> Leah, please take a breath and count to 10. >> >> John's question wasn't rude, and was a fair question in that the *strength >> of his desire *for a bike at college *could* correlate to the amount of >> attention he would give to keeping the bike secure. >> >> You did ask for people's opinions, so please just ignore those you don't >> like. >> >> John >> On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 2:22:12 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> John, >>> Text makes it hard to tell sometimes, so I suppose I’ll ask. >>> >>> 1. Is your question asked because you have the perfect bike waiting for >>> him that you would like to gift him? >>> >>> 2. Is your question being asked because you are genuinely confused about >>> the topic of the conversation? >>> >>> 3. Or is your question posed so as to look down on me, as if I was >>> imposing my choices on my son? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguEg5TA_BVn2dE4TK-uc%2Bd2PXzkNsJnTnUmPkTm3hLkEg%40mail.gmail.com.
