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Posted by "Joan O. Arc" <joan_o_arc@hotmail.com> on Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:20:18 -0000
As *my* final word on this "who are you" stuff that‘s been in the air
lately, let me make a few long-winded points If you‘re a list member who‘s
sick of this stuff by now As I am! please delete NOW to save yourself some
time.:
1 In case anyone thinks they should start in with any of that "exactly
where do you live/work" stuff with me, let me tell you right now you can
forget it. Having told you I‘m a reasonably young, reasonably attractive
woman, there is no way on God‘s green earth I am going to give out that
information to a bunch of strangers on-line. And if you can‘t figure out why
that is, then I can‘t help you because clearly you are either: a stupid, b
crazy, or c a professional pervert.
2 Since we‘re playing Spanish Inquisition If our amateur detectives figure
I can‘t possibly be a girl because I quote Python endlessly, I say, "Buzz
off." My husband received a couple of Python DVDs for Xmas, and it‘s been a
long, cold winter here, hence the ready supply of quotes..., let me point
out that although many of the list members know each other, I have no clue
who *any* of you are. Is John Gow a tree surgeon? Is Don Schepens a
belly-dancer no offense, Don!? Is J-F a podiatrist? Is Mac a volunteer
fireman? And where do you all live? Two blocks away from me? In
Lloydminster? On the moon?
You see, one of the great drawbacks of this on-line stuff is that it almost
always involves an element of trust and uncertainty that can be faintly
off-putting for everyone involved. Knowing this, I have "played it straight"
in dealing with the members of this list from the beginning, but if there
are people here who can‘t handle my request that I be allowed to conceal
some bits of personal info. - for whatever reason - it seems to me that
maybe Gow is right - maybe you *should* go do your own thing in private,
where "outsiders" can‘t interfere or intrude.
3 That said, I‘m particularly steamed about this nonsense because I‘ve
actually grown incredibly fond of most of the regular posters over the past
few months, which is why I myself have been posting more recently - I‘ve
been feeling more "at home". The old buddies who rib and nudge each other -
John, Don and Ian the young uns, the Matts, Rob, and, of course, Private
Sean who are alternately incredibly respectful and marvellously
enthusiastic the gruff old-timers who keep us all in line gently, of
course! - Mac and Ian again! the comedians - Daves Hall and Newcombe
the knowledgeable Nova Scotians, Peter DeVries, and, of course, the
still-MIA Mike etc. etc. - I love you all figuratively speaking only, of
course!, and lots more who I haven‘t named, too.
I am especially taken by the way almost everyone on the list usually!
shows signs of having the qualities I have always associated with the
military without, mind you, knowing a whole lot about it -
self-discipline, forbearance, appreciation for clarity and order, loyalty,
mutual respect, sense of humour, and so on. This is what I expected to find
when I joined the list and is partly why I decided to join.
4 I also, as I have always said, joined the list because dating back to
the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII celebration stuff I have developed
a growing interest in Canada‘s military - what it has done in the past, how
it works, how it will handle the future, and why, to be honest, it keeps
getting such a bad rap in the press Hence my questions on this issue in
particular - and I figured peppering real live soldiers and vets and wives
and friends, etc. of CF people would be more fun and more interesting than
trying to make time to wade through a bunch of military history books, or
spending hours trying to find my way around the DND site. If my questions
sometimes seem too dumb am sure that happens a lot!, or too numerous that
too, lately, feel free to tell me. Or, if Mike B., or whomever, thinks my
reasons for participating aren‘t valid/good enough, tell me that, too.
But enough already !!! with these made-up computer trails, and trumped up
accusations, and kooky, paranoid innuendos. I don‘t think I have ever
treated anyone on this list badly or disrespectfully at least not on
purpose, and don‘t see why I should have to put up with poor treatment in
return.
Thus endeth the sermon. And thanks for reading!
- Joan
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As *my* final word on this "who are you" stuff that‘s been in the air
lately, let me make a few long-winded points If you‘re a list member who‘s
sick of this stuff by now As I am! please delete NOW to save yourself some
time.:
1 In case anyone thinks they should start in with any of that "exactly
where do you live/work" stuff with me, let me tell you right now you can
forget it. Having told you I‘m a reasonably young, reasonably attractive
woman, there is no way on God‘s green earth I am going to give out that
information to a bunch of strangers on-line. And if you can‘t figure out why
that is, then I can‘t help you because clearly you are either: a stupid, b
crazy, or c a professional pervert.
2 Since we‘re playing Spanish Inquisition If our amateur detectives figure
I can‘t possibly be a girl because I quote Python endlessly, I say, "Buzz
off." My husband received a couple of Python DVDs for Xmas, and it‘s been a
long, cold winter here, hence the ready supply of quotes..., let me point
out that although many of the list members know each other, I have no clue
who *any* of you are. Is John Gow a tree surgeon? Is Don Schepens a
belly-dancer no offense, Don!? Is J-F a podiatrist? Is Mac a volunteer
fireman? And where do you all live? Two blocks away from me? In
Lloydminster? On the moon?
You see, one of the great drawbacks of this on-line stuff is that it almost
always involves an element of trust and uncertainty that can be faintly
off-putting for everyone involved. Knowing this, I have "played it straight"
in dealing with the members of this list from the beginning, but if there
are people here who can‘t handle my request that I be allowed to conceal
some bits of personal info. - for whatever reason - it seems to me that
maybe Gow is right - maybe you *should* go do your own thing in private,
where "outsiders" can‘t interfere or intrude.
3 That said, I‘m particularly steamed about this nonsense because I‘ve
actually grown incredibly fond of most of the regular posters over the past
few months, which is why I myself have been posting more recently - I‘ve
been feeling more "at home". The old buddies who rib and nudge each other -
John, Don and Ian the young uns, the Matts, Rob, and, of course, Private
Sean who are alternately incredibly respectful and marvellously
enthusiastic the gruff old-timers who keep us all in line gently, of
course! - Mac and Ian again! the comedians - Daves Hall and Newcombe
the knowledgeable Nova Scotians, Peter DeVries, and, of course, the
still-MIA Mike etc. etc. - I love you all figuratively speaking only, of
course!, and lots more who I haven‘t named, too.
I am especially taken by the way almost everyone on the list usually!
shows signs of having the qualities I have always associated with the
military without, mind you, knowing a whole lot about it -
self-discipline, forbearance, appreciation for clarity and order, loyalty,
mutual respect, sense of humour, and so on. This is what I expected to find
when I joined the list and is partly why I decided to join.
4 I also, as I have always said, joined the list because dating back to
the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII celebration stuff I have developed
a growing interest in Canada‘s military - what it has done in the past, how
it works, how it will handle the future, and why, to be honest, it keeps
getting such a bad rap in the press Hence my questions on this issue in
particular - and I figured peppering real live soldiers and vets and wives
and friends, etc. of CF people would be more fun and more interesting than
trying to make time to wade through a bunch of military history books, or
spending hours trying to find my way around the DND site. If my questions
sometimes seem too dumb am sure that happens a lot!, or too numerous that
too, lately, feel free to tell me. Or, if Mike B., or whomever, thinks my
reasons for participating aren‘t valid/good enough, tell me that, too.
But enough already !!! with these made-up computer trails, and trumped up
accusations, and kooky, paranoid innuendos. I don‘t think I have ever
treated anyone on this list badly or disrespectfully at least not on
purpose, and don‘t see why I should have to put up with poor treatment in
return.
Thus endeth the sermon. And thanks for reading!
- Joan
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