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Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:49:57 GMT
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mattdm@/stopspammers/mattdm.org
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Linc Smith <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote:
> teachers, yet I know a lot about car repair. Why shouldn't everybody know
> about car repair? Do you have some "strange sort of pride in" your lack of
> car repair knowledge?
_I_ take a strange sort of pride in my lack of car repair knowledge. Filthy
beasts.
(But I agree with your point about helping other people. I understand Mike
too though -- it was very annoying all trhoughout high school and college
to go over to a friend's house and have their parents say "Oh, hey Matthew
-- can you help with this little computer problem?" The essential difference
between cars and computers being that computers have problems constantly --
or at least their users do. The user interface is a lot more involved.)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Agreed! But I hope my point is not lost in the use of the car analogy. The analogy is not central, and I hope it does not distract from what I was trying to stress (last paragraphs). It is my fault for (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Mike, I keep waiting for you back down a bit from this stance, but wow! I feel it comes down to this... if I were your friend, and you asked, I wouldn't mind helping you with your car. I wouldn't think you any (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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