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On 05/02/2011 11:32 AM, Tony Gravagno wrote:
> hbkeultjes  wrote:
>
>> Tony:
>>
>> The way I interpret your message is :"Poor Henry, he is nuts trying to
>> do DBMail with Pick.  However, my Pick business sucks so I can  only
>> spend a buck or two for a cup of Greek coffee, instead of twenty bucks
>> for lunch, to find out what's in Henry's head".
>
> Grrr.  Wrong. Plain n simple: We can do anything with Pick.  In this
> case you didn't say what you wanted to do.  You cited tools but no
> application or purpose for their joining.  It was a 1/3-baked idea.
>
> Now I'm picturing a comedy team, perhaps A=Jerry Lewis and B=Dean
> Martin:
>
> J: "Oh look, a bus, and it's going to pass a restaurant."
> D: "Are you hungry?"
> J: "No."
> D: "Do you need to go somehere?"
> J: "No, why?"
> D: "Then there's no relation between a bus and food, right?"
> J: "Are you implying there's something wrong with the food?"
> D: "No! I'm wondering why you mentioned the bus and restaurant."
> J: "Ah, then you just don't like buses."
> D: "I didn't say that!"
> J: "I'll bet you're too cheap to buy me lunch anyway."
> D: "You said you weren't hungry and we're not discussing my finances."
> J: "Oh look, a butterfly..."
> * curtain falls *

I like that.  A nice sense of the absurd, which all good comedy needs. 
(applause)
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  Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 19:44 -0700
    Re: DBMail Tony Gravagno <tony_gravagno@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-01 10:41 -0700
      Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 05:52 -0700
        Re: DBMail Tony Gravagno <tony_gravagno@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-02 11:32 -0700
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              Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 15:13 -0700
                Re: DBMail wjhonson <wjhonson@aol.com> - 2011-05-04 08:56 -0700
                Re: DBMail frosty <frostyj@bogus.invalid> - 2011-05-04 13:03 -0600
                Re: DBMail Tony Gravagno <tony_gravagno@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-05 09:04 -0700
          Re: DBMail "Jeff Caspari" <munge@idt.net> - 2011-05-02 19:47 -0400
            Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 15:12 -0700
              Re: DBMail Tony Gravagno <tony_gravagno@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-05 09:04 -0700
          Re: DBMail dawn <dawnwolthuis@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 17:55 -0700
          Re: DBMail sdavmor <sdavmor@fakeemailaddy.com> - 2011-05-02 19:01 -0700
            Re: DBMail uiterwyk <robert@uiterwyk.net> - 2011-05-03 12:57 -0700
              Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 15:16 -0700
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          Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 15:09 -0700
            Re: DBMail Tony Gravagno <tony_gravagno@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-05 09:04 -0700
    Re: DBMail GlenB <batchelg@bellsouth.net> - 2011-05-02 08:06 -0700
      Re: DBMail hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 09:26 -0700

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