Re: Mind's Eye Re: Mind Courtesies

lol are we supposed to stay on topic.. I always thought it was to
stimulate thought.. and sometimes the thought takes it to an
different area of the topic.. but the drifting is what really makes
it interesting..
Is that on topic enough??
Allan

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:17 AM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
> I often think we are a bit like a radio station phone in when it comes
> to attention span.
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> On 15 Oct, 07:14, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bring back that old rigsy! You are welcome indeed Bill. We have
>> trouble staying on topic, but this is part of the charm.
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>> On 15 Oct, 05:01, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> > Yes- this is a sweet hangout and it's good you have joined. I thought
>> > early on that much of the nastinest could have been avoided if people
>> > had been required to use their real names thus being responsible for
>> > their posts however many felt that tags would allow greater freedom of
>> > expression and also protection. There are certainly many inane nasty
>> > writers/opinionators that use their proper name. Anyway, I have
>> > mellowed. :-) In my "salad days" on the internet forums, I could be a
>> > wild thing esp. after a few drinks and with a similar lively group-
>> > chalk it up to experience, learning the hard way, the mystery of
>> > ardent spirits- whatever.// I think there is a difference in school
>> > smarts and life smarts...unfortunately.
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>> > On Oct 13, 6:03 pm, William L Houts <luka...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > > Hey Friends,
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>> > > This is just to say that I feel right blessed to have fallen in with a
>> > > group of such affable smart people. Like all of you, I'm betting, I've
>> > > been sailing Net oceans since their very beginnings on college Usenet
>> > > groups, and even before that on BBS systems.
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>> > > The difference here, I find, is a spirit of collaboration in
>> > > discussions, rather than some digital wartime ethic of cutting each
>> > > other off at the knees.
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>> > > It makes for better reading, and for a kind of warm glowy pro-human feeling which, it seems, you don't often find on Net discussion groups; and I've checked out dozens of them, both on Google and Yahoo. Also, I'm not the smartest one here for a change, and I enjoy hearing the arias performed by your singing minds.
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>> > > So here's a little bouquet for you all, and a ghostly boo! just to be a little season appropriate.
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>> > > Cheers and fond wishes,
>>
>> > > --Bill
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>> > > --
>> > > "I just flew in from the Land of the Dead
>> > > and boy are my arms tired."
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