"Statement of fact" -- I can make a factual statement nicely, or harshly. The above statement of mine was more harsh than, "Oh, I thought I stated the facts, but just to clarify my post, I was meaning....(and explain)." As comparison, if you (meaning any person) wrote a snail mail, and the receiver replied "I don't understand what you meant"...would you then reply "Well I don't know why! It was all in my 1st letter." No, most people would send a 2nd mail and re-explain the first mail. Instead, on the Internet, we (meaning any persons) fire back a quick retort "I said it in my first mail" and it comes across as "What's wrong with YOU, are you so dense you didn't get it the first time? It's all in my first mail---re-read it!" We're all busy. If someone didn't "get" a post the first time, so what. Sometimes even with *careful reading* a post is misunderstood-- so what? Be nice and re-explain. It'd only takes 2 or 3 sentences to be nice. Nobody misreads on purpose. Judy On 2/10/08, Dan Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2008 1:41 PM, Mo! Langdon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Goodness! That's a rather um, er, em... harsh > > (yeah, that's the ticket...) answer to someone > > who's only trying to help, isn't it? I know what > > *I* would do if I got such an answer back. > > > > Slán, > > > > > Mo, > > You call it harsh. I call it a statement of fact. > Fact: my original post included all the necessary information to > understand > the situation. > Fact: if the complete post was read, clarification was unnecessary. > > Dan

On Feb 10, 2008 1:09 PM, Judy Florian <[email protected]> wrote: > Be nice and re-explain. It'd only takes 2 or 3 sentences to be nice. > Nobody > misreads on purpose. > > Judy > Judy, In snail mail or email: Be nice and read the message completely a 2nd time to ensure you completely understand (or misunderstand or that pertinent information was, in fact, omitted) the situation before hitting the reply button. It is very easy and only takes a few moments ... far less time than beating this dead horse. Dan

You may be having a bad day-- I don't know.. But... this List is meant to HELP. Biting other Admins helps no one. I'm going back to lurking (before I take my bad day out on someone). Judy On 2/10/08, Dan Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > In snail mail or email: Be nice and read the message completely a 2nd > time to ensure you completely understand (or misunderstand or that pertinent > information was, in fact, omitted) the situation before hitting the reply > button. It is very easy and only takes a few moments ... far less time than > beating this dead horse. > > Dan >