OT - when politics gets personal

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:36:24 -0800 (PST), Larry L
wrote:

On Feb 23, 5:06*pm, wrote:


I gotta tell you straight out - on that alone, something sounds, with the little
info thus far, well, fishy (OBROFF?). *



I don't know what OBROFF means

It's left over from the "old days" of USENET - basically, an "on-topic" comment
in an "off-topic" post thread - "OBligatory ROFF" - "fishy." IAC, I wasn't
calling you "fishy," only the alleged situation in which someone needed 16K _in
advance_ for life-saving treatment.

but I did send them some money and it
wouldn't surprise me if they don't recognize my name when they get
it .... I found out about the situation online on another fishing
board since other, closer, friends have organized a fund raising
effort to help


As for other stuff, and the big picture and politics. I've already
made the 16K boat and god given right comment that I don't think was
right on my part and one to another person I think was in poor taste
too.

Well, I've got pretty thick hide - I'm not now nor was I then even mildly
offended - I just didn't see what it had to do with this, so I asked. And FWIW,
I'm not the sort to get too worked up over comments made around here of any
level.

I'm going to bow out of the thread, because I don't want to find
myself making personal comments ala the norm here and doubt my self
control at the moment.

Take that anyway you like ... believing others, and in others, doesn't
seem too common here

I'll take it you wrote it - simple and direct. All I'd ask is that you return
the favor, and not attempt to "read between the lines" to the point of twisting
in your own mind what I write or ask. The questions I asked were so that I'd
have more information, and information I thought relevant to the discussion -
there was and is no "hidden agenda" - you posted something, it caught my eye, I
responded. Pretty simple, really.

TC,
R