Hi Bogdan,
Thanks for your reply. I am glad that we can disagree on certain matters yet still be "friends." I would envisage that we would agree on far more things than a little volcanic eruption here and there.
Mud slinging is the cyber version of the old-time gun slinging, in my opinion. The only difference is instead of one or both getting killed is that one or both may be emotionally hurt in the exchange. But I am getting too analytic.
Yes, I was sarcastic. My apologies if it caused you grief. Others seem to have been amused by it. It takes all kinds, I suppose.
I do appreciate what you have done here. My sardonic remarks were out of frustration and after I had a pretty lousy day dealing with some very unreasonable people. But that's not a feeble excuse. I said what I said. I just went a bit feral but I didn't set out to hurt anybody intentionally. A lot of what I said was tongue-in-cheek but it had a strong element of truth behind it - as far as I was concerned at the time, that is. I suppose it spiced the thread up a bit.
I take your point about the way others perceive things. Heh... at least it got your attention and you have acted upon it. I have since disabled the pop-ups for my own peace of mind. I am still scratching my head regarding those who like the distraction and blanketing of the panels. Whatever. Here's a suggestion - not that it will benefit me now...
Why not put the bottom pop-up on the LHS where it will cover nothing. That seems logical to me.
Leon,
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"I wish I had your ability to write. I would not be hanging around here so much! I would be writing articles or books to sell. I must say that you did make me chuckle in your first post."
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Thank you. I have indeed written many books (non-fiction) and am currently working on two novels. Anyway, you have a pretty decent method of expression yourself, so, like Linda with Bogdan, I will take that as a compliment. Thank you again.
Winston,
Trust you. Kneecaps. Hmm. Talk about a ribald sense of humo(u)r. All that HAHAHA stuff reminded me of the old Batman series on TV. KAPOW!
Ranunculus,
You can cover my back or my front - heh... ONLY joking. Seriously, I can indeed envision you standing there arms folded, toe tapping. I'd hate to be late to work when you are watching the time machine. Oops, forgot - we don't have them any more. See? I'm showing my age.
Finally, Bogdan...
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"Thank you for listening"
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You too. Pity that's not happening between Israel and Lebanon. What is happening over there can put a dampener on everybody's day.
OK. Time to finish up. I talk too much.
Gary