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From: Charles E Hardwidge on 21 Jan 2010 18:29 "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message news:4b58bca1$1$30033$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > The time you spend trimming would be better spent taking photos. As I said to some armchair Zen Buddhist today, you need to live to give philosophy meaning. As for your own comment, you need a philosophy to give life meaning. Bottom line, you sneering cynics really need to get a life. FU trimmed to alt.photography -- Charles E Hardwidge
From: Pete on 21 Jan 2010 18:35 Peter wrote: > "Pete" <available.on.request(a)aserver.com> wrote in message > news:jR36n.78641$gm2.14974(a)newsfe18.ams2... > > >> My weapon of choice for coping with everyday life is humour: that is a >> minority strategy. Just a fact. >> > > Not so sure that humor, (despite your misspelling,) The word I used is humour, as defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th edition 2004: it has not changed its spelling since. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour. > is not a widely used strategy of coping with the vicissitudes of life. An > example of how I did things: Many years ago I worked for the government. > A directive came down that when we needed forms we could not get them at > the public forms window, they had to be requisitioned. Immediately upon > receiving that memo, I wrote an urgent memo to my manager, in response. I > said in essence that since we had no forms to requisition forms, I would > be unable to do any work until we received the proper forms. Within an > hour the original memo was revoked. While humour is widely used as a coping strategy, that is not enough to indicate it is in use by the majority. Genuine humour appears to be sadly lacking in the 21st century - it is now frequently used as a deeply veiled form of sarcasm instead of a celebration of life. The veiling is the sender's veiling of themselves to themselves (for a plethora of reasons) - some recipients can unmask it. My reply to Charles was that I cope with genuine humour (unhidden, learnt the hard way, tried and tested, and independently verified). If you had quoted my full response, it would be clear that my final sentence "Just a fact" was rhetoric. I'm not having-a-go at you: I've learnt from my new experience with Usenet that it's ok to insist that something I say is not to be taken out of context. It is also ok to challenge being told I'm factually wrong. I'm aware enough to realize this reply demonstrates my second line of defence - to defend myself when challenged. Nothing wrong with that in general, but it's something I need to work on... I greatly value your posts and appreciate the time you spend writing them. The last thing I would wish to do is argue with you. Bet I've made a typo or spelling mis-steak somewhere :) Speaking of which, I'm gonna make dinner. Pete
From: Peter on 21 Jan 2010 18:44 "Pete" <available.on.request(a)aserver.com> wrote in message news:Dy56n.52769$yt6.24967(a)newsfe14.ams2... > Peter wrote: >> "Pete" <available.on.request(a)aserver.com> wrote in message >> news:jR36n.78641$gm2.14974(a)newsfe18.ams2... >> >> >>> My weapon of choice for coping with everyday life is humour: that is a >>> minority strategy. Just a fact. >>> >> >> Not so sure that humor, (despite your misspelling,) > > The word I used is humour, as defined in the Concise Oxford English > Dictionary 11th edition 2004: it has not changed its spelling since. See > also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour. > >> is not a widely used strategy of coping with the vicissitudes of life. An >> example of how I did things: Many years ago I worked for the government. >> A directive came down that when we needed forms we could not get them at >> the public forms window, they had to be requisitioned. Immediately upon >> receiving that memo, I wrote an urgent memo to my manager, in response. I >> said in essence that since we had no forms to requisition forms, I would >> be unable to do any work until we received the proper forms. Within an >> hour the original memo was revoked. > > While humour is widely used as a coping strategy, that is not enough to > indicate it is in use by the majority. Genuine humour appears to be sadly > lacking in the 21st century - it is now frequently used as a deeply veiled > form of sarcasm instead of a celebration of life. The veiling is the > sender's veiling of themselves to themselves (for a plethora of reasons) - > some recipients can unmask it. > > My reply to Charles was that I cope with genuine humour (unhidden, learnt > the hard way, tried and tested, and independently verified). If you had > quoted my full response, it would be clear that my final sentence "Just a > fact" was rhetoric. > > I'm not having-a-go at you: I've learnt from my new experience with Usenet > that it's ok to insist that something I say is not to be taken out of > context. It is also ok to challenge being told I'm factually wrong. > > I'm aware enough to realize this reply demonstrates my second line of > defence - to defend myself when challenged. Nothing wrong with that in > general, but it's something I need to work on... > > I greatly value your posts and appreciate the time you spend writing them. > The last thing I would wish to do is argue with you. Bet I've made a typo > or spelling mis-steak somewhere :) Speaking of which, I'm gonna make > dinner. > > Pete > Enjoy! -- Peter
From: Atheist Chaplain on 21 Jan 2010 19:32 "Charles E Hardwidge" <boing(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:Kr56n.29808$Ym4.18982(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message > news:4b58bca1$1$30033$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > >> The time you spend trimming would be better spent taking photos. > > As I said to some armchair Zen Buddhist today, you need to live to give > philosophy meaning. As for your own comment, you need a philosophy to give > life meaning. Bottom line, you sneering cynics really need to get a life. > > FU trimmed to alt.photography > > -- > Charles E Hardwidge And as I said to a net cop today, you first need to get a life before you can tell others about your philosophy. bottom line, if you don't like it then that's you problem. FU re-set to that intended by the OP. -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi
From: George Kerby on 21 Jan 2010 19:44
On 1/21/10 10:27 AM, in article 48269$4b58807f$546accd9$1911(a)cache80.multikabel.net, "Robert Spanjaard" <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:57:32 -0500, tony cooper wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:49:10 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> On 1/20/10 PDT 7:49 PM, tony cooper wrote: >>>> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit >>>> dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the East-West >>>> Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >>>> >>>> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg >>> >>> Shoot, tony, you must be really bored to try to start with the C v N >>> bits....but just to help out: I've always thought many Nikon owners were >>> supercilious, insecure and pedantic! >>> >>> And look at the dork in the bg of the pic: long lens, but mono mounted >>> on camera body..... >> >> Yeah, but the Nikon guy is the one in the cool hat. We pedantic types >> notice details like this. > > I don't see a Nikon guy. The one with the green hat has a Canon as well, > with a Sigma lens. (And, as noted, without the tripod ring around the > lens.) > > With a Nikon strap? Right! |