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Brian,
(In open discussion, anyone should feel free to join in....)
> You always put grins at the end of every sentence!
> It's hard to know when you really mean them!
A habit I got into early on, for what I thought were
good reasons. I guess it's time to re-examine that
idea, eh? But now that you mention it, whether it be
smilies, emoticons or whatever, I do notice a distinct
lack of same in this particular group. The question
then becomes, should I take this as a sign that every
one here is so serious about what he or she is stating,
or should I just chalk it up to ordinarly laziness?
<should I grin here, or not?>
> Why you would bother to say, under these conditions,
> that "well I could say something here but I won't
> cause you will all jump on me" kind of leaves me puzzled.
Because that's exactly what has happened several times
already. The first time it was on-group, the next ones
were in PM's. And those were only the 'direct' rebukes.
Others have been made, but were much more subtle.... one
of them was even pretty classy.
> Are we that nasty here? :-)
You're asking my impression? I'd use the phrase, "Some
members here are less open-minded than I might desire".
And before anybody gets the idea that I should just
quit and go away, let me repeat what I said to Brian
earlier, privately: I do like it here, there are lots
of good ideas, more than a few people who are interesting,
and even with the rough spots at the start (for which
I hope I've apologized), I still think that this is
the right place to be. Besides, I am not a quitter.
And that -is- a grinning matter. <g>
The rest of this discussion is more to the technical
side, so I'll take that up in a separate message.
Thank you one and all for getting this far along with
me. This is not my first group by any means, so I can
say with confidence that in time, we'll all come to see
things with much more panache.
unlunf
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
>
> --- In , "unlunf" <unlunf@y...> wrote:
>>
>> Did you miss the grin I put at the end of my
>> message?
>
> You always put grins at the end of every sentence....! It's hard to
> know when you really mean them!
>
>> It was meant to say that if "I"
>> were to reply, it could be taken the wrong
>> way, so I was just gonna leave it alone.
>
> unlunf, I got the impression you felt you were being attacked or
> something, and that clearly was not the case. No one was tearing
> into anyone, no one was trolling, it was a pretty tame exchange by
> most standards. People were expressing their own subjective
> opinions, just like you, in a calm and rational manner.
>
> Why you would bother to say, under these conditions, that "well I
> could say something here but I won't cause you will all jump on me"
> kind of leaves me puzzled. Are we that nasty here? :-)
>
> A few people liked Dean Markley strings under certain conditions,
> and some weren't so hot on them. No harm, no foul...
>
> BN
>
