On Jun 7, 10:16 am, "Dominic T." > wrote:
> On Jun 7, 10:31 am, Space Cowboy > wrote:
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> > You're the one who needs a life vest. You still haven't given me your
> > publisher contact info. That was for my lawyers who say you seem to
> > have deep pockets. I don't hide behind anything I say anywhere. My
> > instant psycho babble analysis of you passive-aggressive with latent
> > homosexual tendencies. You play the victim milking it for all it's
> > worth and you follow guys around on the Internet.
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> > Jim
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> > PS You're damn lucky I can't get the MAC hooked up to the Internet
> > and my current network card can only handle a few bytes at a time.
> > Who is your ghost writer? You're still a lazy ass.
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> > pgwk wrote:
> > > I almost didn't send this message and also thought carefully about
> > > dropping out of RFDT, which would be a big loss for me - I enjoy the
> > > group and am learning so much. I have decided to address the
> > > underlying issue very directly: Space Cowboy. The second part of this
> > > posting is a firm effort to rescue the group from him. I do not intend
> > > to discuss it/him or respond to him; as I stated after his last and
> > > silly attack on me, no reply is needed or merited. But, something
> > > needs to be done and I hope I can help RFDT in this regard.
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> Honestly you could possibly be well served by maybe just trying to
> ease up a bit. What kick do you get out of being so odd and biting? It
> always appears as someone trying to be/sound/act so highly intelligent
> and above others when in reality it is easy to distinguish those with
> the real knowledge and the true essence of tea. And sadly they are
> some of the quietest members of this NG.
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> You do have the ability to actually contribute and be helpful, you
> just choose not to. That always bothers me, but I will say that I'm
> not so sure pgwk is doing much better. I've worked as a writer, and a
> post like this just emphasizes the fact that he maybe should not be
> writing a book at this stage and also should rethink this promotional
> tea tasting until he has the knowledge and true passion inside to know
> implicitly and completely what to serve and how to go about it.
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> What this newsgroup was and what it currently is are two different
> things. I'd much rather have fun, active, yet retreaded conversations
> and answering the common newbie questions over a stark barren
> wasteland of technical talk and arguments. I also think that as with
> any endeavor there is a fine line between actually enjoying something
> and obsession. Knowing yourself and those boundaries is something I
> have always been good at and anytime I notice the scales tipping to
> the obsession side, I make sure I slow down, step back, and get back
> on track.
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> Balance is what life is all about, and truly both SC and pgwk should
> take a serious look at themselves and try to regain some balance. I
> know these are probably wasted words, but in the small chance it might
> fire off a neuron or two even for a second it's worth it. Else, just
> flame me and feel good about your lofty perch.
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> - Dominic- Hide quoted text -
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Space has a wide variety of interests outside of tea as represented by
his profile. Here on thi group, he's tea involved. Peter is first of
all a writer; not all tea lovers have that skill. Toci