As much ROFF as anything

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Conan the Librarian wrote:
snip
I expect opinionated folks to have
disagreements, but I don't see what purpose is served when that
deteriorates into juvenile namecalling or macho posturing.

All those other guys may indulge in juvenile name-calling
but my name-calling is inspired, devastating, razor sharp
and overwhelmingly effective. No juvenile could ever hope
to reach the lofty level of the name-calling craft that I
have achieved through many years of diligent and unstinting
hard labor.

Now *that's* funny! (I'm only posting this so the hundreds of thousands
of readers who have you killfiled can enjoy it.)
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Conan the Librarian wrote:
snip
I expect opinionated folks to have
disagreements, but I don't see what purpose is served when that
deteriorates into juvenile namecalling or macho posturing.

All those other guys may indulge in juvenile name-calling
but my name-calling is inspired, devastating, razor sharp
and overwhelmingly effective. No juvenile could ever hope
to reach the lofty level of the name-calling craft that I
have achieved through many years of diligent and unstinting
hard labor.

Now *that's* funny! (I'm only posting this so the hundreds of thousands
of readers who have you killfiled can enjoy it.)
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...

Yeah, maudlin - sue me.

Ditto the sentiment. When we had the sniper down here in DC, I had people
from Mass to Montana offering a place for my family to stay. This place,
for all its failings and flames, is a family.


To pitch in on the maudlin side, it IS a family for me. Unlike you guys,
who get the luxury of having conversations with any number of compatriots
any day of the year, I get to speak English to only about 20 other adults
daily, and almost never get to talk at length about the things I really
love, like ff'ing. Hell, I barely even get to GO ff'ing! The discussions
here, the mental extensions of meeting IRL (about 15 roffians and counting),
and the continuances of conversations in the past are all much more real
life for me than I pretend they are. I'm not sitting here typing at my
compter, I'm taking to several dozen people I 'know' in a manner that we all
are acquainted and comfortable with. When I post my "they're shooting up the
place" posts and got dozens of "keep your head down"s, I really appreciated
the sentiments; exactly as if I was leaning over the backyard fence talking
to the neighbor. When I post my 'anyone know about xxx' questions, its
pretty equivalent to what any of you might say to the buddy next to you at
the bar offhandedly one day. I don't get to do that....its all smalltalk
with Embassy folks, or professional bitching with colleagues, so shallow
noun-verb conversations in French with someone who just sees a big walking
wallet. It took several years before I felt comfortable enough to let it
hang out here, and I appreciate having this place to hang out in. Its a
virtual Cheer's barroom.

So when I see this virtual barroom becoming a brawl, and outside its all
snowy and cold and miserable, I take it rather personally. This place is a
bit more than 'just entertainment' to me. And I bet I'm not the only one.

--riverman
(next round is on me, guys (and gals))

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...

Yeah, maudlin - sue me.

Ditto the sentiment. When we had the sniper down here in DC, I had people
from Mass to Montana offering a place for my family to stay. This place,
for all its failings and flames, is a family.


To pitch in on the maudlin side, it IS a family for me. Unlike you guys,
who get the luxury of having conversations with any number of compatriots
any day of the year, I get to speak English to only about 20 other adults
daily, and almost never get to talk at length about the things I really
love, like ff'ing. Hell, I barely even get to GO ff'ing! The discussions
here, the mental extensions of meeting IRL (about 15 roffians and counting),
and the continuances of conversations in the past are all much more real
life for me than I pretend they are. I'm not sitting here typing at my
compter, I'm taking to several dozen people I 'know' in a manner that we all
are acquainted and comfortable with. When I post my "they're shooting up the
place" posts and got dozens of "keep your head down"s, I really appreciated
the sentiments; exactly as if I was leaning over the backyard fence talking
to the neighbor. When I post my 'anyone know about xxx' questions, its
pretty equivalent to what any of you might say to the buddy next to you at
the bar offhandedly one day. I don't get to do that....its all smalltalk
with Embassy folks, or professional bitching with colleagues, so shallow
noun-verb conversations in French with someone who just sees a big walking
wallet. It took several years before I felt comfortable enough to let it
hang out here, and I appreciate having this place to hang out in. Its a
virtual Cheer's barroom.

So when I see this virtual barroom becoming a brawl, and outside its all
snowy and cold and miserable, I take it rather personally. This place is a
bit more than 'just entertainment' to me. And I bet I'm not the only one.

--riverman
(next round is on me, guys (and gals))

I get to speak English to only about 20 other adults
daily, and almost never get to talk at length about the things I really
love, like ff'ing.
--riverman
(next round is on me, guys (and gals))

Note: This number was reduced to 2 whilst in Wales.

--
Frank Reid
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I get to speak English to only about 20 other adults
daily, and almost never get to talk at length about the things I really
love, like ff'ing.
--riverman
(next round is on me, guys (and gals))

Note: This number was reduced to 2 whilst in Wales.

--
Frank Reid
Reverse Email to reply

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
I get to speak English to only about 20 other adults
daily, and almost never get to talk at length about the things I really
love, like ff'ing. --riverman
(next round is on me, guys (and gals))

Note: This number was reduced to 2 whilst in Wales.


I never posted the story about hanging out in a bar one evening with three
locals, just enjoying the company and conversation with a few locals: one
brash woman, a refined man, and a hard-spoken bricklayer. As the evening
wore on, the woman (a Brit) got harsher and harsher, getting the the face of
her friends. The Bricklayer eventually shrugged his shoulders, finished his
beer and left. The genteel guy (a Welchman) was being assaulted on
everything he said about the weather, the soccer match, everything.
Eventually I told him that this woman provided a pefect example of why the
americans finally kicked the brits out, and the Welch sure could learn from
our lesson. The Welch bartender bought me a beer for that.

--riverman

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
I get to speak English to only about 20 other adults
daily, and almost never get to talk at length about the things I really
love, like ff'ing. --riverman
(next round is on me, guys (and gals))

Note: This number was reduced to 2 whilst in Wales.


I never posted the story about hanging out in a bar one evening with three
locals, just enjoying the company and conversation with a few locals: one
brash woman, a refined man, and a hard-spoken bricklayer. As the evening
wore on, the woman (a Brit) got harsher and harsher, getting the the face of
her friends. The Bricklayer eventually shrugged his shoulders, finished his
beer and left. The genteel guy (a Welchman) was being assaulted on
everything he said about the weather, the soccer match, everything.
Eventually I told him that this woman provided a pefect example of why the
americans finally kicked the brits out, and the Welch sure could learn from
our lesson. The Welch bartender bought me a beer for that.

--riverman

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Exactly. It's fun, it's entertaining,

Well, it is nice to know that one has friends of course, but I can´t see
much sense in baiting them, and even less fun in it. That one feels obliged
to refute lies, or slurs, and even rank idiocy, is clear enough, and I have
no argument with that. But friends would not do that to each other anyway?
Even should a friend make a mistake, this would not normally result in any
serious castigation?

Just as an aside really, it seems to me that the longer some people are
here, the worse the baiting becomes. A case perhaps, of familiarity breeding
contempt?

Whatever. Back to occasional lurking.

TL
MC

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Exactly. It's fun, it's entertaining,

Well, it is nice to know that one has friends of course, but I can´t see
much sense in baiting them, and even less fun in it. That one feels obliged
to refute lies, or slurs, and even rank idiocy, is clear enough, and I have
no argument with that. But friends would not do that to each other anyway?
Even should a friend make a mistake, this would not normally result in any
serious castigation?

Just as an aside really, it seems to me that the longer some people are
here, the worse the baiting becomes. A case perhaps, of familiarity breeding
contempt?

Whatever. Back to occasional lurking.

TL
MC