Subj : OFF TOPIC
To   : HOWIE COOMBE
From : MARTIN ATKINS
Date : Wed Jan 19 2005 09:43 am

-=> HOWIE COOMBE wrote to MARTIN ATKINS <=-

HC> Dear Martin, in Regards to this message to Me.

>  I have answered this thread some time back.

HC> Yes i am sure you have, and i have replied to that answer, have you
HC> recieved that reply?, at anyrate i am notorious for going over old
HC> ground in echo's with a veiw to catching up, 

Yes i receive all mail addressed to me on the fido. As for you going 
over old ground it is not a crime, but more on this later.

HC> i am sorry if that
HC> inconveniences you, but please dont twit me, or do, it is your choice,
HC> and your risk if i come up with something of interest and you miss it,
HC> not to mention hardly worth the effort if you consider my output in
HC> either of the Windows Echo's this year.

You have not inconvenienced me. I appreciate all friendly mail i 
receive. As for twitting you, i do not twit people. I don't think you 
are a twit, nor do i find your posts irritating. I think you are 
learning how to use the fido and doing a very good job of picking
things up as you go along. I'm sorry if some people have been less than 
hospitable to you. I have been around long enough to have witnessed some
less than impressive entrances by those who have twitted you. Their 
memories are very short but that's their problem.

> Just to refresh your memory.

HC> Yes?.

> Although the moderator appears to be absent it is no excuse for poor
> behavior.

HC> I Quite agree, but who are you accusing of "poor behavior"?, Me, Wayne
HC> Chirnside, or Ross Cassell?, i dont think any of us are poorly behaved,
HC> at least not in this case, not that it makes any difference to me as i
HC> think they have both twitted me.

You must understand that i cannot discuss such matters in this echo.

> If you have an axe to grind with a moderator you can take it to the
> MATZDOBRE echo.

HC> I can not get that echo, luckily i have not got any axe's to grind with
HC> any moderators or sysops at all.

Kewl. :)

> This echo is about WINDOWS and i think the mod would like it stay that way.
> :-}

HC> As would i, which is why i think the thread that this message is
HC> situated in is dead as far as i am concerned and i will be returning to
HC> on topic messaging, or as much as i can with my technical knowledge of
HC> Windows, which is practically nil.

We all have to learn and that some times it involves making mistakes.

> If you can't get MATZDOBRE then maybe ANYTHING_GOES echo would be more
> suited to chit chat although i haven't tried it the moderators appear not
> to be overly hostile.

HC> "appear not to be overly hostile"?, how about the Asian Chat Echo?.

I will let you know if i can get it from this BBS next post but if not
can you recieve ANYTHING_GOES?

> Remaining off topic for a short while can i ask you if you are using an Off
> Line Mail Reader (OLMR) or are you using your sysops onboard editor?

HC> I am useing Common Ground BBS's onboard editing facility's, if you do
HC> not like the result then i would recomend you get on the endof a list
HC> of at least 2 other people i personally know of.

I wasn't critising your BBS editor. What i would like you to do is 
consider using an Off Line Mail Reader (OLMR). What this will do is allow
you download mail and read it at your leisure. You can then reply to 
any mail you find interesting. You can formulate your replies offline
and send them up to the BBS when you next log on. If you would like
to use this facility then i will try and help you get set up. It's
ok to discuss such matters here until such time as we can move to
the appropriate echo. Relax be happy. ;)    

L8r. :)
  
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