Subj : OFF TOPIC To : Martin Atkins From : Howie Coombe Date : Thu Jan 20 2005 10:00 pm Dear Martin, in regards to this message to Me. > -=> 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 > Yes i receive all mail addressed to me on the fido. That is very open of you. > As for you going over old ground it is not a crime, No it is not but i am glad to hear someone else thinks as much. > but more on this later. I Await it with baited breath. > HC> i am sorry if that inconveniences you, but please dont twit me, or do, > You have not inconvenienced me. I Am glad to read this, as it happens its seems i have not inconvenienienced Wayne Chirnside either, as i am about to read a message from him in this echo as well, which i hope is as pleasant to read as this message has been, so far, I Also like Tom Walker, Even if he is a Devout Republican. > I appreciate all friendly mail i receive. I appreciate all mail i receive, it is the contents of some of these messages that i do not appreciate. > As for twitting you, Yes?. > i do not twit people. Neither it seems does Wayne Chirnside or Tom Walker, for which i will always be eternally greatfull, and i am sorry if i have ever said anything to the contrary. > I don't think you are a twit, Give it time, You Will change your mind.:} > nor do i find your posts irritating. As i said above, Give it time.... > I think you are learning how to use the fido and doing a very good job of > picking things up as you go along. Thank you for the compliment, mind you after 16 years on and off i should hope i am learning something. > I'm sorry if some people have been less than hospitable to you. You and me both. > I have been around long enough to have witnessed some less than impressive > entrances by those who have twitted you. So have i, but i would not rub there faces in it, much, even if i could. > Their memories are very short but that's their problem. Short?, or selective?. > > Just to refresh your memory. > HC> Yes?. > > Although the moderator appears to be absent it is no excuse for poor > HC> I Quite agree, but who are you accusing of "poor behavior"?, Me, Wayne > You must understand that i cannot discuss such matters in this echo. Fair enough, i am wrong in at least one case anyway. > > If you have an axe to grind with a moderator you can take it to the > HC> I can not get that echo, luckily i have not got any axe's to grind > Kewl. :) I Am sure allthe worlds Moderaters and Sysops agree. > > This echo is about WINDOWS and i think the mod would like it stay that > HC> As would i, which is why i think the thread that this message is > We all have to learn and that some times it involves making mistakes. Amen. > > If you can't get MATZDOBRE then maybe ANYTHING_GOES echo would be more > 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? I dont think so, and i dont think in retrospect that the Asian Chat Echo is called the Asian Chat Echo but i will check by sending you a message from same after i have replied to the message from Wayne Chirnside I mentioned earlier. > > Remaining off topic for a short while can i ask you if you are using an > HC> I am useing Common Ground BBS's onboard editing facility's, if you do > I wasn't critising your BBS editor. The responsible partys will be happy to read this. > What i would like you to do is consider using an Off Line Mail Reader > (OLMR). That makes 2 of us, i would like toconsider same, iwould like to do same, can not do either. > What this will do is allow you download mail and read it at your leisure. Yes i know this. > You can then reply to any mail you find interesting. Indeed, mind you i can do this now too, if i can find it and read it in time. > You can formulate your replies offline and send them up to the BBS when you > next log on. Indeed, mind you i prefer online in that regard, more natural, after all you can not formulate most conversations off line. > If you would like to use this facility then i will try and help you get set > up. I think i will get back to you on this. > It's ok to discuss such matters here until such time as we can move to the > appropriate echo. I think it is ok to discuss such matters here period on account of i think the Moderator, and there is one here, declared me a lost cause years ago. > Relax be happy. ;) Thank you for this advice, same to you. > L8r. :) RBAY. --- FLAME v2.0/b * Origin: Common Ground +61-8-8223-2131 - Telnet cg.dircsa.org.au (3:800/816) .