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Winston Winston is offline
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Jim Wilkins wrote:
On May 20, 11:30 am, "Ed wrote:
wrote in message
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I've set up my newsgroup reader to mark the posts from select
participants like you, Ed and Pete C and Jim Wilkins, etc because
I find that I can generally understand your point effortlessly.
It almost doesn't matter what the subject is.


I spend so long editing the initial garbage that I spew


(...)

You've participated in RCM long enough to know what
'garbage' is, Jim. Your posts are exactly the opposite, IMNSHO.

An investment prospectus and an art review are the same thing
written under different rules in radically different styles.


Yes. One is a fantastical work of hyperbole that concludes with
a mean surprise at the end. The other one is an art review.

When we discuss SWMBO's day, she sometimes falls into 'Organizational
Lingo' and I ask her to back up and explain some of the acronyms.

I'm guilty too. I got a look of utter surprise from a nice lady last
week when I mentioned that I was having difficulty with my 'POP client'.
Shame on me.


--Winston