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Subject: [Leica] SHOUT IN CAPS
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 22:24:48 -0700
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Y'er a good sport, Ted.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jul 4, 2013, at 5:12 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> OK Uncle Herb, ;-)
> 
> No more caps only where properly applicable! ;-)
> 
> cheers,
> Uncle Ted  :-)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 4:35 PM
> Subject: [Leica] SHOUT IN CAPS
> 
> 
>> I guess this is a dig at Uncle Ted, but he deserves it. So, I'll start 
>> with a little story.
>> 
>> Back in the days before the internet, during a month of my unemployment, 
>> a friend and I collaborated on developing software which would produce 
>> justified printing by dot matrix printers. The friend lived a few miles 
>> away, and we collaborated by communicating (computer to computer) over 
>> land lines using 300 baud modems.
>> 
>> Well, my friend had a very bad habit: his computer code was always 
>> written in all caps. I found it kinda hard to read. I finally broke him 
>> of the habit by asking him: "Of all the books, magazines, etc. that you 
>> have read, which have you had more practice reading: lower-case letters 
>> or upper-case ones?"
>> 
>> While I'm mildly annoyed by your "shouting" in upper case, your writing 
>> an entire email in upper case is just too too much.
>> 
>> Herb, who being six years older than you decided he has the nerve to sass 
>> you. :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>> 
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear, Ted, you can call me "dear" anytime ;-)
>>> We have a saying about people like that here in the South - "Bless her
>>> heart."
>>> 
>>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bless+your+heart
>>> 
>>> Saves a whole lot of words!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> OK folks here's the stupidest word relationship to this whole subject 
>>>> and
>>>> how my life evolved to this modern day use of such a simple word as 
>>>> "Dear.
>>>> dear. DEAR!"  READY? If ever I was ready to kill the stupid bitch !!!!!!
>>>> 
>>>> OK HERE WE GO.>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> I grew-up in an English-Welsh language old country fashion family in use
>>>> of the word.... "Dear, dear in more connotations than is posible to 
>>>> recall.
>>>> 
>>>> A few:
>>>> "What  a dear boy."
>>>> What a dear girl?"
>>>> What a dear Lady
>>>> 
>>>> And yes, "What a dear man when a hand of support was offered or door
>>>> opened for a lady! ......... (referring to all kinds of ages.}
>>>> 
>>>> Male or female responses to so many situations it's immpossible to list
>>>> them all.
>>>> 
>>>> "Thanks dear!"  Male to female.... stranger or friend and never seen as 
>>>> a
>>>> negative.
>>>> The above comment in reverse female to male. Still no inflection other
>>>> than... a kind of "thanks!"
>>>> 
>>>> Not to waste space I'm sure you have the idea? A simple kind of "thank
>>>> you!"
>>>> 
>>>> Then came a year ago and I'm introduced to one of those "over educated
>>>> university type women wearing a "straight-jacket of a face, posture, 
>>>> dress
>>>> and God Forbid............ "ATTITUDE!!!" AAACCCCKKKKK ! PUKE! :-(
>>>> 
>>>> So after a few days of meetings and becoming familiar with the crew
>>>> involved in the project the "bitch offerd a simple instruction to me. 
>>>> :-)
>>>> Yeah me! A light kind of missive.  "AND WITH OUT ANY THOUGHT ON MY 
>>>> PART. I
>>>> RESPOND QUITE LIGHT HEARTEDLY............ "Ok dear right away!!!" As I'm
>>>> about to jump to her request............. "THIS SCREAMING VOICE OF A
>>>> VAMPIRE REPONDS WITH AND EVERYBODY COULD HEAR HER!!!!!!!!
>>>> 
>>>> " I'M NOT YOUR DEAR!!!!! NEVER USE THAT WORD AGAIN WHEN SPEAKING TO
>>>> ME........... I'M CHRISTINA!!!!!!! NOT YOUR DEAR!!!!!!!!"
>>>> 
>>>> YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP IN THE ROOM!!!!!! ME? IN MY MIND........
>>>> "IGNORANT BITCH!!!!!! AND NEARLY SAID IT!!!!!  A gentleman of course
>>>> wouldn't in any event! So I responded in a flash....... "Sorry just for 
>>>> a
>>>> moment  my thoughts were about my Mom. Sorry to offend you m'am!" And 
>>>> from
>>>> that moment on I never addressed her by name, but anything I could work
>>>> around it! More fun waiting  to see if I could get her to rip me again? 
>>>> :-)
>>>> 
>>>> 85 years vertical & breathing on Mother Earth  and never ever had a 
>>>> female
>>>> scream at me in such a vulgar fashion over such a wonderful million 
>>>> dollar
>>>> multi-use meaning word!! "Dear!"
>>>> 
>>>> And they walk amongst us, small minded short on meaning in the use of 
>>>> our
>>>> wonderful language.!!!!!!!!!! God help-us over such a small word
>>>> use!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Later when I described the event to my "WONDERFUL ... 
>>>> SHE
>>>> WHO MUST BE OBEYED!" :-)
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry I can't repeat what she said about this poor damsel in word mental
>>>> distress!!!!!!!!!! ;-) :-) However let's say she was more than annoyed 
>>>> with
>>>> her....... "THE BITCH!" :-) Later I did think of a great number of 
>>>> words I
>>>> could've called her. But dismissed them simply because if I used any, 
>>>> all
>>>> I'd do is belittle myself! Not worth the time in the life of a 
>>>> gentleman!
>>>> :-)
>>>> 
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Dr. ted :-)
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Tina Manley
>>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>>> 
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