On Wed, 07 May 2008 20:45:56 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

notbob wrote:
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I don't
need your sarcastic criticism. If you feel the need to dispense it, expect
a return dose.

For a newbie who's never caught a fish on the fly you sure are quick
to alienate those who could really help you.

Well, now, I'm not so sure about that. First, I went back and looked,
and "notbob" ended the OP with "TIA" - while thanking individual
responders is certainly polite, I don't see it as some absolute, esp.
around here, where threads often, um, wander. That said, I noticed that
"notbob" did participate in the thread, just not with Dave, as far as I
saw. I gotta say, IMO, Dave can be pretty petty toward those who
disagree or challenge him in any way (he's by no means alone in that
around here), and to upbraid "notbob" for not specifically thanking him
is, again IMO, more pettiness.

You might want to pick another alias and come back to roff with a
different persona, one with a little more honesty and a lot less
prick.

Um, Tim...if you're fishing around for POTW candidate...

OTOH, any less prick and he'd have to come back as "Susan" or "Mary Ann"
or something...

Help? Oh, I suspect not...well, not universally, anyhoo...
R