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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Target disk query
Date: 12 Feb 2015 14:13:36 GMT
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On 2015-02-12, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article <ck03j6Fgi2tU1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-11, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Sorry, JR, but you're the only person who seems to have had any 
>> > difficulty with the concept. It was pretty obvious with about 5 seconds' 
>> > thought. I didn't know and wasn't motivated enough to try to find the 
>> > answer, but Dave did a pretty good job of it with the same information 
>> > you had. But then, neither Dave nor myself were (apparently) looking at 
>> > the message with a "let's see what we can use to club this guy over the 
>> > head with" attitude - Something I've noticed you seeming to be doing 
>> > more and more frequently over the last few months.
>> 
>> If so, it's not intentional.
>> 
>> > Used to be I had a fair amount of respect for you, but lately, that's
>> > fading. Dunno what's got into you, but it almost looks like you're
>> > doing your best to pick a fight with somebody. If that's the case...
>> > <shrug> Different strokes, I guess.
>> 
>> Fair enough. I do tend to move quickly; I admit I didn't take as much
>> time as I could have to think about it before answering. And I suppose I
>> may be letting the bickering of trolls and so on get to me, which may
>> boil over into interactions with others here. So I'll try to be more
>> aware and to do better.
>> 
>> You and the OP have my apologies. And thanks for the criticism, Don.
>
> Nicely said. (And if you somehow come up with the idea that you're "on 
> probation" or some similar nonsense, I'm gonna have no choice but to 
> hunt you down and slap some sense into you!)
>
> To be fair, I was in a bit of a shit mood when I saw your response and 
> typed my own, so don't take it *TOO* personal, eh?

Nah. No worries. If you don't have a bit of a thick skin, Usenet
probably ain't your playground, right? And I don't think anyone can
reasonably ask us to do more than the best we can. : )

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