brooklyn1 said...

> "George Leppla" wrote:
>>"Andy" wrote
>>
>>> To you two... if it hasn't dawned on yourselves, you don't make
>>> friends at rfc, you make acquaintences.
>>
>>Well, that is a shame.
>>
>>I've been participating in newsgroups since 1994 and I have made
>>hundreds of friends. I'm talking about real friends... people who I
>>have actually met in person after first meeting them online. I've been
>>to their homes and they have been to mine. I've been on cruises with
>>many of them and have been to their weddings and held their children and
>>grandchildren.... and shared in their joys and sorrows.
>>
>>Andy, you puzzle me. Sometimes I enjoy what you write but other times
>>you appear to be intentionally nasty for no reason. If you aren't open
>>to making friends... you are doing a good job of it..... and that is a
>>shame.
>>
>
> I've been on Newsgroups regularly since before '94 and only consider
> one person I've met at rfc a friend, we email every day (often several
> times a day) and telephone regularly but have never met in person...
> meeting in person is not a requirement of friendship... I meet plenty
> of local shopkeepers in person every week, we are friendly towards
> each other but we are not friends.


Sheldon,

<snipped for brevity>

> Andy is real, what you see is what you get.

So THAT'S my problem!?! <VBG>

Thanks for the kind words.

Best,

Andy