Len:

Don't know about you, but this bunch is driving me to drink... let's go
have a beer! evil-grin

John

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From: Leo on Jun 21, 6:54 pm

On 21 Jun 2005 09:13:41 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:

With regard to your second point, though - 'obsessive' wouldn't
refer
to Jim's 'treatment' of Len - it is in the relentless pursuit of
proving the individual wrong that we would find the true definition
of
the word.

I disagree!

There you go - you've finally got it! You've been disagreeing to no
avail for eight years here, on and on and on - that's the problem!

Just 11 more steps to go!

Antabuse might be quicker...? :-)


I am simply persistent.

Or persistently simple. Time will tell!

Obsessively persistent? :-)


I offer strong opposition to some of
the errors of fact and reasoning presented here by Len and others.

Oh, that's nice. How's that working out for you? Changed anybody's
mind lately?

:-) [with all that "parenting" he implies he's had you'd
think he changed SOMETHING at one time...]

Len gets all upset by that, and attacks the messenger (me).

You don't really believe that, do you? You're not the entertainer -
you're the entertainment! He pokes and prods, and you sing and dance
- been that way for 8 long years now.

"Poke, poke, prod, prod, oh what a fun it is," sang Seltzer.


Is it unacceptable behaviour for me to be persistent about getting
some
things right (such as whether or not Novices and Advanceds can
renew and modify their licenses without retesting)?

I submit that those who need to know the correct answer to those types
of questions probably already do - if they are actually interested in
the answer, then they would listen. The rest might just be pushing
your buttons.....for fun.....y'think?

Nahhhhhh..... :-)

Let me guess - you opted out of Psych 101 at good ol' Dreidel U too,
didn't you?

?

I can't control someone else's posting of information and reasoning
that is in error. But I can refute it with facts and clear logic,
and resources permit I do just that. Hardly obsessive, IMHO.

You can only control your own postings. You may also refute and argue
points. That is not obsesssive.

To do so fruitlessly for eight years, on a nearly weekly basis, is
very likely just - weeeelll - a tad obsessive.....! LOL!

Nahhhhhh..... :-)

You were quite persistent in coming up with proof that I was
mistaken about the use of the word "feldwebel". It's clear that
the person to whom that rank was attributed never held it. Was
that "obsessive" on your part? I don't think so, just persistence
in getting something right.

In a way, yes.

I asked you several times if being correct was important to you.

You replied that it was.

I asked if being correct was very important to you.

You replied that it was.

I confirmed this again, and you agreed that it was very important to
you.

So, I spent about 20 minutes on Google and provided you with the
correct info and a few references for you to read.

That's what you said that you wanted - and that's what I provided.

Obsessive? No. Persistent? Not really - it wasn't a lot of work -
and I knew the correct answers before Googling the references - so I
wouldn't say persistent exactly.

However - If I kept doing it every week or so for eight years, with no
success, over and over again - yup, that might be a problem - I'd be
wondering if some parts fell off the ol' brainpan on a curve a ways
back there or something.....

I suspect it could be summed-up simply: "They are always right!"

[that kind of says it all...maybe...]

Or: "Leggo my ego!" [and I'm not 'waffling' around :-) ]

Twenty years doing this kind of computer-modem communications
and it is endlessly fascinating to watch the egos jumping up
and down in high agitation! Everyone always "right" and
everyone else always "wrong!"



73 (to all hams) de Jim, N2EY

73, Leo (is it just me, or is there a diss aimed at me again in ol'
Jim's sig above? heh heh)

Heh heh heh heh heh.....

From: John Smith on Jun 21, 10:08 pm

Len:

Don't know about you, but this bunch is driving me to drink... let's go
have a beer! evil-grin

John

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Thanks for the invite, John, but I already have a date with
a gal from East McKeesport to go out to the junkyard and
watch the cars rust...gonna be an exciting evening! :-)

Well, it's either than or watch my hard disk defrag.

Either one is more exciting than this "discussion" about
late leaders of a national socialist partei or the
Pennsylvanians are always right, no matter what!

Epoxy is curing in the workshop. Maybe I'll go in there and
watch it set up instead...

Len:

That girl you are taking out, does she have a sister with most of her
teeth still?

If so, I got a bottle of vodka and some orange juice--we could make it
four-some!!!

Gawd, been awhile since I have seen cars rust up close!

Any still have some backseats in 'em? grin

John

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From: John Smith on Jun 21, 10:08 pm

Len:

Don't know about you, but this bunch is driving me to drink... let's
go
have a beer! evil-grin

John

wrote in message

roups.com...

Thanks for the invite, John, but I already have a date with
a gal from East McKeesport to go out to the junkyard and
watch the cars rust...gonna be an exciting evening! :-)

Well, it's either than or watch my hard disk defrag.

Either one is more exciting than this "discussion" about
late leaders of a national socialist partei or the
Pennsylvanians are always right, no matter what!

Epoxy is curing in the workshop. Maybe I'll go in there and
watch it set up instead...

From: "John Smith" on Tues 21 Jun 2005 23:20

Len:

That girl you are taking out, does she have a sister with most of her
teeth still?

If so, I got a bottle of vodka and some orange juice--we could make it
four-some!!!

Gawd, been awhile since I have seen cars rust up close!

Any still have some backseats in 'em? grin

Heh heh heh...I'm just waiting around to see who takes my
message and yours seriously. :-)

Some WILL and they will want to word-fight at the drop of
a keystroke! :-)

A few others will become quietly enraged and demand SERIOUSNESS
in responses...which are those wonderful irregulars in here
who take themselves wayyyyy too seriously. :-)