On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:16:07 -0500, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
and "Six_O'Clock_High" <Six_O'Clock_High@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> instead
replied:
>"Ray Haddad" <ray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:2i79349n96l748gkcu9lai1h8rh4i896bn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:28:53 -0500, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
>> and "MJKolodziej" <mjmwcsREMOVEKILLERCHAOS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> instead
>> replied:
>>
>>>"Ray Haddad" <ray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>news:ea97341j5d78i9esq51o09ko8no6ntq35f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> On 20 May 2008 22:46:26 GMT, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and
>>>> "Doug McLaren" <dougmc+usenet-20080519@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> instead replied:
>>>>
>>>>>My presentation was quite clear, but I'll repeat it for your benefit
>>>>>(though again, it wasn't referring to you or your posts) :
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're going to post to a thread complain `that there's been X
>>>>> posts in the thread and yet nobody has answered the original
>>>>> question', then unless you're answering the original question
>>>>> yourself, then you're part of the `problem' that you're
complaining
>>>>> about and *not* the solution.
>>>>>
>>>>>(Note that I have not declared this to be a problem, and indeed I
>>>>>don't see it as a problem. Just pointing out the hypocrisy. I do
>>>>>find completely off-topic posts to be annoying, but mere thread
drift?
>>>>>No.)
>>>>
>>>> Well, there you have it. By your own admission, you posted off topic
>>>> thereby continuing the off topic posting you dislike. Doug, I
>>>> pointed out the irony of making a complaint in a post that itself is
>>>> as off topic as the post you are pointing at. It's an endless loop.
>>>> I laughed at that irony. I found it funny, not evil. Just relax.
>>>>
>>>> Let's go flying. It's a gorgeous day here in Perth.
>>>
>>>Ray, your posts are more fun if I imagine a Aussie accent.
>>>:)
>>
>> Oh, too bad. I'm an ex-pat American living in Perth since 1999.
>> See: http://www.rayhaddad.com
>>
>>>Pretty day in central Texas too.
>>>mk
>>>(can I get any farther from Perth than here?)
>>
>> I've flown down in Beeville and McAllen a number of years ago.
>> Visiting family both times but a few small planes made it into the
>> vehicle Great flat areas all over the place and LOTS of room.
>
>How many years ago? The Beeville club moved from the old site to
something
>better and the McAllen bunch were moved last year.
Back in the 1970s. My kid brother was stationed there at Beeville
briefly and later settled in McAllen. He still lives there.
--
Ray
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