I have tried to avoid getting into the middle of this kind of stuff, but
nicely done, Bill.
I thought your Sweish Chef post was funny, albeit off-topic, and a brilliant
way to soften the tensions that have been growing as of late.
It wasn't taken that way, and I guess that's fine too, because perception is
9/10ths reality.
However, whereas most folks on this list, myself probably included, would
have gotten into a huff and taken the "ease up, pally!" approach to the
retort, you handled it like a true gentleman and ended it. I was expecting a
very public flame war.
I suppose I should have just been silently impressed, but something urged me
to publically congratulate you on your decency and understanding.
The steak knives are in the mail...
Alex Maiolo
Chapel Hill NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "William J. Rice" <jarvis64@juno.com>
To: <lro@works.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 6:31 PM
Subject: LRO: Peace and Love
> Hey everyone,
> I just wanted to say publicly that my post using the dialogizer to
> convert Marin's post into Swedish Chef dialect was not at all intended as
> an attack on Marin. I found that site and thought I'd type something in
> and convert it and post it for humor value. Then I thought, "what if I
> take a recent wordy post and convert it?" So, I dug through the last
> five or so messages received, and there was Marin's nice paragraph
> discussing the merits of old cars. Viola!
> I apologize for causing any unnecessary tension (goodness knows we have
> enough necessary tension here). And for those of you who were able to
> enjoy it w/o perceiving it as an attack, congratulations.
> If I weren't heading out the door for the evening I'd convert this very
> post into a dialect, perhaps "redneck" or "jive" and post it just to show
> how fun (and non-confrontational) this can be.
>
> bill
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