* Terence McCarthy
Strangely enough, to you perhaps, I don't like the tone or the language of this email.
Sorry about that .. that reply should have been directed directly at the sender, not at the list.
I hear what you say, but my comment holds whether it's for private or public consumption~ would you talk to a colleague or friend in those terms, or in that way?
I do hope not.
Actually, sometimes I do . The problem with email communication is that it's only textual, and that while the language might come off strong, the intention isn't always to flame the receiver to hell and highwater and back again. Sticking a smiley somehwere in the first 3 lines of the original email would likely have taken the sting out of most what I worte, and made it clear I wasn't trying to crisp. Putting a 2 line reply (at the top of) a 200 line email is a p[et peeve of mine. COmbined with lack of sleep and lack of coffee this meant that I 1) forgot I was sending it to the list in stead of the sender 2) didn't realise the tone of the message was more vehement than I had intended.
Terence
Currently listening to: Track 3 Gerhard, <@jasongeo.com> == The Acoustic Motorbiker == -- __O Screwing a cow while she goes moo-moo =`\<, Will be entertaining to both her and you (=)/(=) Or you might try a tiger, if you have enough gall But the hedgepod can never be buggered at all.