> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:15:37 +0000 (UTC), Charlotte L. Blackmer wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > blake murphy > wrote:
> >>On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:14:51 GMT, PeterL1 wrote:
> >>
> >>> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
> >>> :
> >>>
> >> <snip long post bithing abour various things>

[snip some more]

> >>> Now you're just being a condescending bitch.
> >>>
> >>> You know, people respect you for what you do cooking wise at fairs etc,
> >>> but
> >>> you oughta drop the superior look down your nose attitude........ it just
> >>> makes you look like a nasty old woman.

Some people just say what they think. I'm not very good at that, but I
think I would be happier, and certainly more honest, if I tried harder
to do that.

> >>better a condescending bitch than an absolute fruitcake.

> >>> And then seeing the people you kiss ass with, makes me wonder why I don't
> >>> just killfile you.

> > Blake, why bother trying to play on his level? He's obviously deluded.
>
> but it's so fun and e-z!
>
> > Anyway, I find the threat of "I should killfile you" hi-lar-i-ous. Not
> > only does it completely demonstrate that he got stuck some time during
> > the second month or so of his usenet career and hasn't acquired a clue
> > since, it really comes across like the Inquisitors from the Monty Python
> > sketch. Threatening Barb with the killfile is exactly like "Bring out
> > the comfy chair!"
> >
> > Meta note: Threatening people with your killfile just makes you (general
> > you, not just Peter) look like a complete tool. Either do or do not, and
> > don't make grand announcements. Nobody cares but you.

People are going to get tired of me saying this (or are already tired of
it), but I view my killfile like I view my tv remote control. If I
don't want to watch a show, I turn it off. If I don't want to listen to
a commercial, I mute it. It's nothing personal. It does nothing to
anybody else. It's strictly for my convenience.

ObPetPeeve: People who leave the tv on when they aren't watching it. I
generally shut it off, if in my house. I was in the hospital for a
week, a couple of weeks ago. It was a triple room, and the guy next to
me left his tv on all the time. We're talking 24 hours a day. It was
only off once during the three days we shared the room. I suspect that
he had left and the nurse turned it off. He also smoked in the room.
He thought nobody would notice. The nurse reamed him pretty good for
that one, fortunately. After that, he smoked outside, right underneath
the "no smoking sign". He smoked with the security guards, so I guess
he didn't think he'd get busted.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA