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"Larry L" wrote in message
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And "Der Party" is just ever so precious.


Yeah, is was kinda sticky wasn't it



Well, I don't think I've ever followed a thread this far down the screen
and this one, too, is losing interest ... even on a rainy day with
nothing else to do ...

Yeah, I thought it might.....soon.

think I'll fire up the tying vise and turn out some midge pupa ... I had
a lone baetis dun on the side of my travel trailer yesterday, might be
trying to tell me it's time to get ready.

Thanks for the fun ...

You're welcome.

Oh, hey, by the way, while your tying you might want to ponder a question
for me.....I mean, what with your obvious deep seated need to make the world
a better place and all.

Would you characterize testing yourself against pre-teens as just a
hobby?......or is it a long sought potential means of fulfilling some lofty
aspiration?.....or what? If the former, I'd like to suggest that most dogs,
having once bitten the burlap, will find another hobby. If the
latter.....well, good luck.

Wolfgang

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"Wolfgang" wrote

Oh, hey, by the way, while your tying you might want to ponder a question
for me.....I mean, what with your obvious deep seated need to make the
world a better place and all.

Would you characterize testing yourself against pre-teens as just a
hobby?......or is it a long sought potential means of fulfilling some
lofty aspiration?.....or what? If the former, I'd like to suggest that
most dogs, having once bitten the burlap, will find another hobby. If the
latter.....well, good luck.



Well I honestly never thought of it as testing myself. I had some things
I kinda wanted to say, probably my over active desire to impose my values on
others as you, more or less accurately, point out. And I had a couple
things that I've been curious about, but I see that my questions are not
going to be answered.... not really a big deal.

I think your implication in the "testing" and "find another hobby" is that I
was tested and I've been defeated in that test. My impression was that we
were playing different games for different reasons. At your game I was
defeated, and I'm not likely to soon have enough interest to play again ...
at mine, the game simply faded away unplayed.

You seem like an interesting case, one I'd like to understand rather than
just guess about, but not interesting enough to pursue the knowledge uphill
against your will. So, yes, I have been defeated in that interest. The
words that did it were "......well, you're a liar." That basic phrase
seems to precede many of your changes from 'clever' to 'pre-teen' and I have
zero interest in more exposure to the latter.

Congratulations on your win.

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"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote

Oh, hey, by the way, while your tying you might want to ponder a question
for me.....I mean, what with your obvious deep seated need to make the
world a better place and all.

Would you characterize testing yourself against pre-teens as just a
hobby?......or is it a long sought potential means of fulfilling some
lofty aspiration?.....or what? If the former, I'd like to suggest that
most dogs, having once bitten the burlap, will find another hobby. If
the latter.....well, good luck.



Well I honestly never thought of it as testing myself. I had some
things I kinda wanted to say, probably my over active desire to impose my
values on others as you, more or less accurately, point out. And I had
a couple things that I've been curious about, but I see that my questions
are not going to be answered.... not really a big deal.

Questions? You had questions?

I think your implication in the "testing" and "find another hobby" is that
I was tested and I've been defeated in that test.

I've heard that there may or may not be a high level of correspondence
between what's implied and what's inferred. It might be interesting to
speculate on what sort of fatuous self-inflated delusion leads you to
believe I'd be interested in testing you.......but I doubt it.

My impression was that we were playing different games for different
reasons.

Game? You think this is some sort of game? Let's see now......lawsuits,
beatings, shootings, citizens arrests, pepper spray, denigrating millions of
people solely on the basis of political party affiliation, and a professed
willingness to go further.......hm.....how does one keep score?

At your game I was defeated, and I'm not likely to soon have enough
interest to play again ... at mine, the game simply faded away unplayed.

And yet, here you are......again Things got a bit slow at the old tying
bench, did they? How many times does something need to bore you before
you'll leave it alone?

You seem like an interesting case,

Things aren't always what they seem.

one I'd like to understand rather than just guess about,

You'd be disappointed. Trust me.

but not interesting enough to pursue the knowledge uphill against your
will.

In that case, common sense would dictate another course.

So, yes, I have been defeated in that interest.

Well, if it's any comfort to you, I saw it coming. I mean, if you want to
play the piano, for instance, chopping off your fingers as a warmup exercise
may SEEM like a good idea at the time........

The words that did it were "......well, you're a liar." That basic
phrase seems to precede many of your changes from 'clever' to 'pre-teen'

Things are not always what they seem. That "basic phrase" is always
preceded by a transparent lie. I have never been able to
understand......nor do I suppose that I ever will.....why it is that people
who object to be labeled as liars make a habit of lying.

and I have zero interest in more exposure to the latter.

I read something quite similar to this just a few short hours ago. We'll
see.

Congratulations on your win.

Um......shouldn't there be a prize or something? :(

Wolfgang

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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:20:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

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I find it impossible to think of a 'right' reason for a aging couple with no
children at home to build and occupy a several million dollar, sprawling but
cheerless, "trophy" that feels more like a government office building,
including a 3 story high 'dome' than a home.

I can't think of one, either, but obviously the owners could and did.
Maybe they'd had too small a space to live in comfortably for most of
their life, particularly when they were children. Maybe they thought
it was some sort of requirement of their social and / or economic
class. Maybe they just liked lots and lots of pure space in some sort
of exaggeration of the Scandinavian design principles.

If they had an architect design it to their specs, they'd be as proud
of it as you would of a good pup you'd bred and trained yourself. If
they picked it from a number of already made up designs, it'd still be
their personal choice and they'd have emotion invested in it as well
as money.

I think this would be all very much more important to the nouveau
riche than to old money types. They can finally have dreams they'd
never thought to achieve. And they want others to see and share them
or at least admire them.

I have trouble with the prairie palaces, too, but my own dreams of
living space would be more based on what a house would look / be like
if you took two to four double or triple wide trailers and joined them
in an L or quadrangle space as a model. I, too, would have more space
than anyone needs, but it'd be all on one level. Though given a
choice between land space and housing space, I'd go for more land
space around me every time. Personal choice / preference.

Stairways are my big gripe about the newer architecture. Steps should
be wide enough, even carpeted, that at least women (though I'd prefer
it for men, too) be able to put a foot straight on the step and have
the foot entirely on it without having to angle the foot or step just
on the balls of the feet. I've seen some so narrow that they're going
to be very hard for older folks (which all are apt to become with time
and luck) to walk down carefully. And that's without any carpeting.
Architects and builders want to show so much space in the rooms that
they aren't willing to use it up for stairways.

Ah, well, interior space is the fashion now. It'll change. It
always does.