On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:54:02 GMT, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote: >Robert Melson wrote: >> the map is not the territory." We could as easily call >> whatever it is we're doing "fribbling"; so long as we are > >No, "fribble" is related to "frivolous," and to fail to >distinguish that from the serious business I engage in >is totally unacceptable. > >-- >Wes Groleau I think you miss his point. Wes I was hoping he would be more successful in avoiding semantics than me - which was his point. >A pessimist says the glass is half empty. > >An optimist says the glass is half full. > >An engineer says somebody made the glass > twice as big as it needed to be. I say I'm already half way to the next glass. Set 'em up. Hugh

J. Hugh Sullivan wrote: > I think you miss his point. Wes I was hoping he would be more > successful in avoiding semantics than me - which was his point. Just yankin' yer chain.... -- Wes Groleau ----------- Curmudgeon's Complaints on Courtesy: http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/courtesy1.html (Not necessarily my opinion, but worth reading)

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:34:07 GMT, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote: >J. Hugh Sullivan wrote: >> I think you miss his point. Wes I was hoping he would be more >> successful in avoiding semantics than me - which was his point. > >Just yankin' yer chain.... > >-- >Wes Groleau Keep on truckin'. I have a quality yanking chain that enjoys working out. 8-) Hugh