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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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lugnet.lego
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:06:05 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
> > characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".
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> "Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly
> optimistic"?
> While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't
> helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. Being so
> ... stubbornly goodhearted can be offensive too. Someone else then believes you
> offended his intellect, and on is the flame war!
>
> > > I'm confused as to why you need to
> > reply to a private email publicly?
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> "Confused" is the keyword here. See, Larry, if you check the message tree
> carefully you'll find out I actually replied to David "insert cool nickname
> here" K.'s message and, while I was on it, just mentioned your little problem in
> one line or two, because it fit the topic. Well, not THE topic, which is still
> Maersk, but the topic of our little quareling club. I suggest be better quit
> here and now before we all get locked up for spamming ;)
> However, it's not as if I spilled the beans about something confidential, right?
>
> And please read Mark Jordan's "Press release" again. It's hilariously funny. I'm
> still in tears. The funny-false-accent-thing is really old though. I always do
> the same when reading David K.s posts aloud. I'd imagine my false canadian
> accent is actually quite presentable ... :P
Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....
"Der G'schedere gibt nach"
Gary istok
Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."
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| (...) Well, by all indications that would be me then. Damn, you really know how to get me, Gerhard! ;) Alright then: Larry, since I couldn't stand another of your dreary emails anyway, I apologize for having been so particularly nasty. Let me (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) "Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly optimistic"? While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego)
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