Hi Mike,

***Unless you just don't see my points or have the time, I bet you're a great one to ask!***

I see your points. Thank you for your vote of confidence.

***Shall I assume my content-related questions were too unimportant or off-topic to address?***

No. Don't assume that.

***That it suited your mood more to be drawn off into another argument with Luis Hamburgh, anonymous Dick-basher of longstanding?***

"Suiting [my] mood" is a good way to characterize the reason I responded to Luis instead of you. Let me explain why I respond when I do. The time I have available to respond is variable and intermittent. That explains the clumps and gaps in my response pattern. When I do have time to respond, I am inclined to respond to someone with whom I disagree, either to get clarification from them, or to offer a new point of view to them. I am disinclined to respond to people who share my views. I think that wastes everyone's time. The highest priority, though, is to respond to anyone who asks me a question or addresses me directly.

In your case, you may have noticed that any time you ask me anything, I usually respond at my earliest opportunity. If, on the other hand, you have posted something in a conversation with someone else and I happen to agree with you, I usually don't respond at all. There have been exceptions, though, when you wrote something so good that I thought it deserved some complimentary remarks even though I agreed with you and you were talking to someone else.

So, to net it out, if you want me to comment, all you have to do is ask me.

I have just been called to dinner and I don't know how to save this so I can continue it later. I'll just post it now and continue in another post when I am not so hungry.

Warm regards,

Paul

• Here's the rest of it - pmartin - July 22, 2002 - 05:04 UTC
  • an exception....a minor one - kantolfir2 - July 22, 2002 - 15:36 UTC
    • Stafford's result in one sentence! - pmartin - July 22, 2002 - 16:48 UTC
      • Better yet, - pmartin - July 22, 2002 - 17:41 UTC
      • You have the gratitude of human, horse, dog, cat, bird & plants - kantolfir2 - July 22, 2002 - 20:44 UTC
      • The law of non-contradiction - dolphin - July 23, 2002 - 04:36 UTC
  • Thank you Paul - dolphin - July 29, 2002 - 07:22 UTC
    • God had a choice - dolphin - July 29, 2002 - 07:49 UTC
      • I think you're right about that, Alan - pmartin - July 29, 2002 - 16:45 UTC
        • Thanks - dolphin - August 3, 2002 - 14:53 UTC