Tact. Useful word and I think perhaps at least two people on the list could do with more of it.
1, admittedly being me! ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 11:27 PM Subject: Re: Sigh.. not again > > Sod the line lenghts, clock settings and all that bullshit... David > > Personally I don't object so much to the broken date headers or text > formatting - but what I *do* object to is people with an attitude problem > who actually know quite well that things are wrong, but who just don't give > a damn about rules, standards, or other people's inconvenience. > > Yes, perhaps Ian could have put things more politely when he pointed out > your broken clock just before you unsubbed. But it wasn't the first time it > had been mentioned, and FWIW we were in the middle of a thread in which you > had posted a message about people who couldn't or wouldn't configure their > machines properly. > > Just my tuppence-worth. > > Andrew > > -- > -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- My other > -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a > -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file > -- > > > >
