Re: LUG versus Oddmund, or the contrary !

[Stark <astark@suffolk.lib.ny.us>]

Dan: Let's all met at a place of your choice you buy the beer and I will
pick up the food, but only and I mean only that Oddmund is guest of honor!
also it is a fact that France is a leader in the cloneing process!!!
Hummmm (:)-. Now this is for Oddmund! please bring some of that fine wine
that my grandmother used to give me when I was a small boy, no I have no
idea what it was I know that it was a red wine and Oh so good... Aurevoir
 Tony

                        TEMPUS VITAM REGIT

On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Dan Cardish wrote:

> At 12:39 PM 12-03-97 EST, you wrote:
> >Oddmund,
> >
> >Who are you, where are you from, why are you on the list ?
> >
> >Because I'm on this list sinds only three weeks, and because my english is not
> >so good, I don't really understand the problem with you.(if there is really a
> >problem!)
> 
> [snip]
> 
> There is no problem.  A very few people have made a huge, huge mountain out
> of the smallest of mole hills  (I hope this makes sense to non-English
> speaking LUGers).  They have taken offense to some minor remarks that were
> made months ago, but seem to have taken a life of their own.  I have never
> met Oddmund, but I suspect that if we were all to sit down at a table with a
> few pitchers of beer, that we would have a real good time, arguments and all.  
> 
> The problem with the Internet is that a very important element is removed
> from the interaction that takes place.  I can recall when I first moved to
> Montreal, asking one of my new friends (a Francophone of strong
> nationalistic feelings) where the nearest branch of the "Canada Trust" (a
> form of bank here in Canada) was.  He indicated that he didn't know or
> particularly care.  I asked him if it was the "Canada" part of the name that
> bothered him.  No, he replied, it was the "Trust" part.  We had a really
> good laugh over this.  It was very funny, even though there was some truth
> to what he had said.  We got along quite well from this point onwards.   If
> this interaction had taken place over the Internet, can you imagine what my
> natural reaction would be?  I'd probably be leading the parade of LUGers
> signing off the list.  But I knew this person for real, not over a 28.8 kpbs
> phone line, and I knew that there was more to him then his penitent for
> rabble rousing.
> 
> Anyhow, there is always the delete key.  I use it all the time, and I mean
> no offense by this!  I get so much mail, if someone is asking about
> tele-extenders for a lens I don't own etc. etc., I hit delete.  Its no big
> deal.  No point reading a question that's not relevant to me and that I
> can't possibly answer.  I usually read Oddmund's stuff, but I've reached a
> point where I will start deleting anything with the subject of "Leica as a
> weapon" in it.
> 
> Join us on the IRC,  the beer's on me!
> 
> 
> Dan C.
>