Subj : OFF TOPIC To : HOWIE COOMBE From : MARTIN ATKINS Date : Tue Jan 25 2005 08:56 am -=> HOWIE COOMBE wrote to MARTIN ATKINS <=- HC> Dear Martin, in regards to this message to Me. > Yes i receive all mail addressed to me on the fido. HC> That is very open of you. Not realy. It's a service provided by my sysop. > As for you going over old ground it is not a crime, HC> No it is not but i am glad to hear someone else thinks as much. If you do it too much then people could assume you are not paying attention. > but more on this later. HC> I Await it with baited breath. Please don't bait it with a dead rat. :-} > HC> i am sorry if that inconveniences you, but please dont twit me, or do, > You have not inconvenienced me. HC> I Am glad to read this, as it happens its seems i have not HC> inconvenienienced Wayne Chirnside either, as i am about to read a HC> message from him in this echo as well, which i hope is as pleasant to HC> read as this message has been, so far, I Also like Tom Walker, Even if HC> he is a Devout Republican. I have no idea what a republican is. This is the WINDOWS echo. > I appreciate all friendly mail i receive. HC> I appreciate all mail i receive, it is the contents of some of these HC> messages that i do not appreciate. If you throw you hat into a public forum it's best you learn to wear criticism. > As for twitting you, HC> Yes?. Fraid not...you don't get that lucky. ;} > i do not twit people. HC> Neither it seems does Wayne Chirnside or Tom Walker, for which i will HC> always be eternally greatfull, and i am sorry if i have ever said HC> anything to the contrary. Wayne and Tom contribute to the Fido. They are out there if you look. > I don't think you are a twit, HC> Give it time, You Will change your mind.:} I hope not. ;-\ > nor do i find your posts irritating. HC> As i said above, Give it time.... I'll give it as much time as it deserves. > I think you are learning how to use the fido and doing a very good job of > picking things up as you go along. HC> Thank you for the compliment, mind you after 16 years on and off i HC> should hope i am learning something. Sixteen years and you still haven't got the hang of it? > I'm sorry if some people have been less than hospitable to you. HC> You and me both. Water off a ducks back. > I have been around long enough to have witnessed some less than impressive > entrances by those who have twitted you. HC> So have i, but i would not rub there faces in it, much, even if i HC> could. Why should you want to? If you put an agressive face on then people will ignore you. > Their memories are very short but that's their problem. HC> Short?, or selective?. Usualy short but selective can be a usefull tool. > > Just to refresh your memory. > HC> Yes?. Yup. > > 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. HC> 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. :) HC> I Am sure allthe worlds Moderaters and Sysops agree. Then im sure you will agree that this is not the echo to discuss such matters. > > 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. HC> Amen. If you make too many mistakes then you could forgive your peers usuming your an idiot. > > 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? HC> I dont think so, and i dont think in retrospect that the Asian Chat HC> Echo is called the Asian Chat Echo but i will check by sending you a HC> message from same after i have replied to the message from Wayne HC> Chirnside I mentioned earlier. No worries I have you on ASIAN_LINK. > > 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. HC> The responsible partys will be happy to read this. If your sysop reads this he/she is unlikely to be offended. It means at last count he/she has at least three members who don't know how to use an OLMR. > What i would like you to do is consider using an Off Line Mail Reader > (OLMR). HC> That makes 2 of us, i would like toconsider same, iwould like to do HC> same, can not do either. > What this will do is allow you download mail and read it at your leisure. HC> Yes i know this. So why are you going over old ground? > You can then reply to any mail you find interesting. HC> Indeed, mind you i can do this now too, if i can find it and read it in HC> time. What do you mean "read it in time"? You pour two fingers of burbon and suck on a fine Havana cigar. That should give you all the time you need. > You can formulate your replies offline and send them up to the BBS when you > next log on. HC> Indeed, mind you i prefer online in that regard, more natural, after HC> all you can not formulate most conversations off line. What a load of crap. We have been using OLMRs for years. I have never had a problem sending echo mail to any user. Netmail is usualy reserved for sysops but is forwarded if appropriate. > If you would like to use this facility then i will try and help you get set > up. HC> I think i will get back to you on this. Your sysop probably has the files. :) > It's ok to discuss such matters here until such time as we can move to the > appropriate echo. HC> I think it is ok to discuss such matters here period on account of i HC> think the Moderator, and there is one here, declared me a lost cause HC> years ago. Perhaps the mod got fed up with banging his head again a brick wall. > Relax be happy. ;) HC> Thank you for this advice, same to you. I'll chat in ASIAN_LINK. ;) L8r. :) --- MultiMail/Linux v0.46 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) .