"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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That's because you haven't examined all of the possibilities.


Maybe that's because I don't want to.

I enjoyed reading his stuff, kind of admired his chutzpah, but never knew
the man. I don't know what causes people to end their lives, what his
physical condition was like nor his mental makeup. The comparison to
Hemingway is interesting but none-the-less educated speculation.

Wayne
BTW, I got some scoop on the lake you were telling me about.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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That's because you haven't examined all of the possibilities.


Maybe that's because I don't want to.

I enjoyed reading his stuff, kind of admired his chutzpah, but never knew
the man. I don't know what causes people to end their lives, what his
physical condition was like nor his mental makeup. The comparison to
Hemingway is interesting but none-the-less educated speculation.

Wayne
BTW, I got some scoop on the lake you were telling me about.

Wayne Knight:
What is it? Near Aspen is a depressing place to live in the winter or not?
You implied it was.

The Roaring Fork runs northward from Aspen to its confluence with the
Colorado at Glenwood Springs. The resultant valley is steep-walled and
narrow. In winter, as a result of the decreased time the sun actually
shines into the valley, many residents become depressed or suffer increased
affects of SAD.

The same conditions can likely be found in any mountain valley oriented
north/south.

I found it a beautiful place winter and summer. But I knew many people who
really had to get out of the valley during the winter. Yes, near Aspen can
be a depressing place to live for some people.


--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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That's because you haven't examined all of the possibilities.


Maybe that's because I don't want to.

Amen to that.

I enjoyed reading his stuff, kind of admired his chutzpah,

Yeah, that's why they make cho.......um.......well, you know.

but never knew the man.

Nor did I.

I don't know what causes people to end their lives,

In general, neither do I. In specific instances, it's sometimes easy to see
why and other times not.

what his physical condition was like nor his mental makeup.

Given our confessed minimal familiarity with the man, I think its safe to
say that he knew him better than either of us did. That's enough for me to
respect his decision.

The comparison to Hemingway is interesting but none-the-less educated
speculation.

Not all that educated, really. But, I suspect that if he was the writer
that many here suppose him to have been, he would also have been bright
enough that the suggested parallel wouldn't have been lost on him.

Wayne
BTW, I got some scoop on the lake you were telling me about.

Ah! NOW we're speaking the same language! You know where to find me.
:)

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
"slenon" wrote in message
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Not all demons are content to be exorcised or forgotten.

What REALLY ****es them off is when you laugh at them.......or ignore
them......or call them by name...

The ignoring thingy is what really gets 'em.

...or lop itty bitty little bits off
your own incomparable self.

Self-circumcision? Uh, no . . . I'll just continue ignoring them, thank
you.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

"slenon" wrote in message
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...I knew many people who really had to get out of the valley during the
winter...

Many?

Hm........

Wolfgang
who has always wondered where all those people who live on the north-south
streets in downtown chicago, los angeles, detroit, washington, houston,
milwaukee, cleveland, seattle, philadelphia, dallas, pittsburgh, portland,
minneapolis, montreal, indianapolis, newark, berlin, stockholm, paris,
london, edinburgh, moscow, cincinatti, tokyo, beijing, geneva, denver, and
churchill go during the winter.........um.......what few don't kill
everybody in sight (including themselves, of course), that is.

"Tim J." wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
"slenon" wrote in message
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Not all demons are content to be exorcised or forgotten.

What REALLY ****es them off is when you laugh at them.......or ignore
them......or call them by name...

The ignoring thingy is what really gets 'em.

...or lop itty bitty little bits off
your own incomparable self.

Self-circumcision? Uh, no . . . I'll just continue ignoring them, thank
you.
--
TL,
Tim

Not reading that! Ignoring you!

Wolfgang
who is not responding.

Wolfgang wrote:
"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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The comparison to Hemingway is interesting but none-the-less educated
speculation.


Not all that educated, really. But, I suspect that if he was the writer
that many here suppose him to have been, he would also have been bright
enough that the suggested parallel wouldn't have been lost on him.

I think it's pretty damn funny when a pipsqueak like you is contemptuous
of a towering literary figure like Hemingway. Maybe after you're dead
and buried people will win prizes by imitating your writing style, but I
doubt it. Who would want to read it?

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Wolfgang wrote:
"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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The comparison to Hemingway is interesting but none-the-less educated
speculation.


Not all that educated, really. But, I suspect that if he was the writer
that many here suppose him to have been, he would also have been bright
enough that the suggested parallel wouldn't have been lost on him.

I think it's pretty damn funny when a pipsqueak like you is contemptuous
of a towering literary figure like Hemingway. Maybe after you're dead
and buried people will win prizes by imitating your writing style, but I
doubt it. Who would want to read it?

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
ink.net...
Wolfgang wrote:
"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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The comparison to Hemingway is interesting but none-the-less educated
speculation.


Not all that educated, really. But, I suspect that if he was the writer
that many here suppose him to have been, he would also have been bright
enough that the suggested parallel wouldn't have been lost on him.

I think it's pretty damn funny when a pipsqueak like you is contemptuous
of a towering literary figure like Hemingway. Maybe after you're dead and
buried people will win prizes by imitating your writing style, but I doubt
it. Who would want to read it?

Well, we all know one who will read every word of it.......or get a literate
13 year old girl to read it to him......in spare moments........don't we?
:)

Wolfgang
how's that for pretty damn funny?