OT: John's being a PITA, again. Ignore, everyone. (Re: Two for the road, Report from Clerk & Nonstandard Subtotals)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 10:31:04PM -0500, John Esak wrote:
> > We each have idiosyncracies of presentation that other people take
> > wrong at times.  You think someone misread you, you clear it up, and
> > move on.  That's why what I said was "your snark level is rising :-)",
> > rather than "John; you self-important ass!"
> >
> > :-) ^ 2
> >
> > Do let us not get into *another* slugfest; we were doing so well...
> 
> Agreed, we were/are doing well. (?)  But Jay, I have never felt even the
> slightest touch from any of your "slugs"... is that what you call them?

I didn't call them slugs, no; and now you're *clearly* being snarky;
it's not just my imagination.

> Perhaps, if you were more of a heavyweight, I might have felt something...

I'm perfectly comfortable with my weight, John, both on a scale and on
the net.  And you're not, honestly, *entitled* to pass that comment off
with...

> :-)

a little grin like that. Being insulting in that sort of semi-friendly
fashion is a privilege of friends. You and I are colleagues.

>       Until now, the word gnat is all that comes to mind when I think of our
> interchanges. But then, don't feel bad, that's a lot of respect coming from
> a self-important ass like me.

And now we're not doing so well.

1) If you aren't equipped to play in the NFL, don't.

2) Quit yelling undeservedly at Jeff; I've already explained to you why
you're getting direct copies from him; if you weren't knwoledgeable
enough to *read the headers* before blaming someone else, you don't
deserve much solicitude on the matter.

Did I Not Just Say "Let's be careful how we present our opinions,
because we may find out we were worng"?


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