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| From | T <T@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... |
| Date | 2026-07-30 16:01 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <114gl4b$27abm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <114g5me$21p2m$1@dont-email.me> |
On 7/30/26 11:38 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote: > ... is often good advice, but IMO a very bad way to give it. It suggests > you have a very low opinion of the person asking, being not far from > insulting - and, how is that person supposed to _get_ such > understanding, other than by asking? That's surely one of the reasons > for the existence of this 'group (and others similar). > > Thank goodness for Paul and others willing to _explain_ things. Even if > I don't always understand his explanations, I almost never feel insulted > by them - unlike the responses from another, which weren't even to a > question from me! Both Paul and I learned by "What does this button/knob do?".
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"Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-30 19:38 +0100
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-30 16:01 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-30 19:27 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-31 09:10 +0100
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-31 11:45 +0200
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-31 11:56 +0100
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-31 11:53 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-31 15:29 -0400
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-02 02:05 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-31 10:59 -0400
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-31 14:48 -0400
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-01 07:19 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-01 14:16 -0400
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-01 18:38 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-31 15:03 +0200
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-31 12:37 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-30 16:20 -0700
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-07-31 10:48 -0400
Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-31 21:45 +0100
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