Bob,
You might want to cut down on the amount of sugar in your coffee. :-)
I think the listers that "apologize" for using the word thread (I hate that
term) are just trying to be funny, but in the end, long hair, short hair, makes
no difference once the head's blowed off.
But seriously, fish or flounder, I think it's time to retire this, uh, ...
topic.
Jay Fishbein
Somewhere in the Vicinity of Route I-95
Robert Weeks wrote:
> Actually, there is another thing that I've been wondering.....
>
> Why is it that every time someone mentions the word thread it has to get
> pointed out the whole list that someone on this list hates that term? I for
> one couldn't give a flying rat's ass about who hates the term thread and who
> doesn't. They've been called threads for years in usenet and mailing lists
> and my newsreader even has buttons that say "follow thread" "ignore thread"
> etc. So can we just call a thread a thread and leave out the apologies,
> explainations, etc?
>
> Yes, now I feel better. If only this damned headache would go away I'd feel
> great.
>
> Robert
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Thanks for sharing, Robert. I hope you feel better now. As far as I'm
> concerned, the thread (Jay hates that term) on E-Bay is over. List? Time
> for all the "Me too's."
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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