On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 19:33:50 +0900, "Shannon Jacobs"
<shanen@my-deja.com> wrote:

>Today's conclusion: Most people are pretty so-so, but I'm always looking for
>new candidates for my list of admirable people. I don't spot so many these
>days. Can't recall noticing any candidates hereabouts.

I can't admire anyone who lacks the common courtesy not to top post.

>Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>> Shannon Jacobs wrote:
>>> Not that I can really complain. I do have to admit that my
>>> post-newsgroup friends do seem to be nicer people than most of the
>>> folks I met through newsgroups. Still, I sometimes miss the old days
>>> when more newsgroups had a more civilized crowd.

>> How many times have you wandered into this group to tell us what a
>> bunch of uncouth morons we are now? I wonder why you keep subjecting
>> yourself to reading such drivel.

Exactly: a doctoral thesis a day on how he's too good for this group
and there's noone here worthy of his "admiration".

>> You know what's kind of interesting? Raj got *way* more flak than you
>> when he first wandered into this group's unsavory midst. That's
>> probably because what he wrote was actually interesting, even if he
>> was slamming us for the most part.

Thanks, Ryan. I'd forgotten about how I started posting here <blush>.

>> Like the man said, don't let the door hit you in the ass.

He won't leave though. As far as I'm concerned he's a just a more
eloquent Outland. At the end of the day a troll is a troll is a troll.

Raj