On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 4:57:22 AM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 01:54:44 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 4:43:18 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> >> On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 3:33:30 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 8:33:29 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> >> > > On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 6:42:30 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
> >> > > > Dave Smith wrote:
> >> > > > > On 2021-01-28 6:14 p.m., John Kuthe wrote:
> >> > > > >> I am a failure! :-(
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> John Kuthe...
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > We would not have known that if you had not told us.
> >> > > > > We would not have known about this prospect or the other three in the
> >> > > > > last month if you had not been crowing about them here. Perhaps the
> >> > > > > next time there is a chance at a nursing job you should keep it to
> >> > > > > yourself.
> >> > > > He's a narcissist. He can't help it.
> >> > > I am BIPOLAR not narcissistic!
> >> > I invite you to try this experiment:
> >> >
> >> > For a day, post to RFC without using the words "I, me, my, mine". And
> >> > don't cheat by referring to yourself in the third person.
> >> >
> >> One day? That's setting the bar pretty low.
> >
> >Baby steps. My original thought was a week, but that seemed unreasonable.
> >
> >We all talk about ourselves; it's human nature.
> But John and Dave Smith are extreme.

John is extreme. Dave is... voluble.

Dave is like the uncle who comes to the holiday dinner and talks at length
about his life experiences. Not everybody finds the stories interesting; some
people have heard them before.

John is the uncle who climbs on the furniture with his underpants on his head,
screaming.

Cindy Hamilton