Re: RC: Reply from an educated derelict

[Heidi Sowards <ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com>]

Maybe I am just too much of a smart-a**, but I usually
laugh at Tom's answers. They are usually written in
response to other posts, most are quite well written and
indicate a very dry sense of humor. I notice they get more
droll as the conversation continues. I don't know enough to
agree with what any of the experts have to say, but I read
with great interest and can usually pick out the sentence
that with get Tom going. (And vice versa!) Great reading,
learning and good for a laugh every now and then! Keep it
coming! (Love the treadmill stuff too BTW.)


--- Tivers@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/27/99 1:32:36 PM Pacific Standard
> Time, 
> dleblanc@mindspring.com writes:
> 
> << I could be wrong, but based on your choice of internet
> service providers,
>  I'd surmise that you haven't been interacting on the
> internet for very
>  long.  I've been on newsgroups and mailing lists before
> AOL was even
>  connected to the internet for much of anything (or
> existed, actually).  One
>  of the pieces of information I'm trying to share is how
> to avoid common
>  mistakes using this communication form.
>  
>  There's a number of subtle issues with discussing things
> via e-mail that
>  make this form of communication a lot more difficult
> than sitting face to
>  face.  You pretty consistently throw loaded phrases into
> your writing
>  (e.g., "whimper").  If you're really interested in
> exchanging information,
>  you'd try to avoid making people angry, instead of using
> a lot of words and
>  phrases with negative connotations.  When people get
> angry, they don't
>  listen as well, and they don't communicate as well. 
> There's good reasons
>  to be polite when dealing with people on mailing lists
> if you're really
>  interested in information exchange.  When I piss people
> off, they're
>  usually more involved in telling me that I'm an idiot
> and a jerk than they
>  are with exchanging useful information.>
> 
> I choose my words carefully, to mean precisely what I
> want to communicate. 
> The day I get the award for Mr Positive, I'll be in my
> grave. Same day they 
> appoint me as Ambassador to the UN. I detest
> mealy-mouthed politicians as 
> toothy-grinned manipulators of the nastiest type. They
> communicate nothing 
> that is real while giving the impression that they are
> simply wonderful folks 
> all dolled up to please everybody with every word. If
> that's the only kind of 
> information you can digest, you won't learn much from me.
>   
>  
>  ti
> 
> 
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