Wow! What a guy, to name his spit after the girl who totalled the first one!
(I'm not the same Laura-I assure you! I'd rather be dead than to kill a
spit!<g>)
Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Conn <conn@wctc.net>
To: Laura G. <savercool@email.msn.com>
Cc: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Spitfires and non-verbal communications
>
>
>"Laura G." wrote:
>
>> Yes Conn-
>> I am bragging about my car-like every other person. What I was objecting
to
>> was Dan's rather unpleasent tone to N.A.-I didn't say much when he was
>> putting me down-but then I saw it happening to someone who was agreeing
with
>> me (and a couple of other people)-I just felt offended by his "bullying".
>
>You certainly have a right to be proud of your car. And my only point,
despite
>what anyone read into it, was that perhaps we should all consider our words
more
>carefully. I bet that Dan didn't think he was bullying anyone, but that
>certainly wasn't how you perceived his post.
>
>> I may seem "almost arrogant"-but, 1.) I'm not really saying anything that
>> the "guys" don't say and 2.) I don't go and attack others on the list in
a
>> personal, bullying manner.
>
>For point 2., again, this is simply a perception. You felt there was a
personal,
>bullying attack. Fair enough. Maybe Dan meant it to be, maybe he didn't.
Perhaps
>it was a poor decision on my part to point out that your words could just
as
>easily be misconstrued, as anyone's could. I did not mean to say that you
were
>being arrogant, only that your posts *could* be misinterpreted that way. To
>point 1, from here, I see you as a fellow enthusiast. The fact that you're
a
>woman has no bearing on how I read your posts or what weight I give your
>opinions. Gender doesn't enter into it, at least on my part.
>
>> Oh, and 3.)-The changing in phones boothes-that was a secret-who told?
;-)
>
>I'm pleased that you took this bit of hyperbole in the manner it was
intended...
>as a joke. A good-natured poke at a fellow lister. Nigel, the
Super-Spitfire!
>;^)
>
>In a bit of dumb trivia, I almost named my current Spit "Laura", after the
girl
>who totaled my first one all those years ago. When the guy at the DMV
handed me
>the plates that read "TNY-118", I knew she wanted to be called "Tiny".
>
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