Posted by Larry Hoover on August 22, 2003, at 17:03:57
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Susan J's post » Lou Pilder, posted by Susan J on August 22, 2003, at 7:42:28
> > Susan J,
> > You wrote,[...I'm sure nobody means to defame you at all...].
> > Could you clarify how you made that conclusion, for one would have to examine over 2 years of this forum. Have you done that?
> > Lou
>
> <<<< Hahahahah! Thanks, Lou. You made my day with your post.
>
> I'm pulling myself out of this thread now for my own mental health. I tried with great sincerity to help end the frustration I felt from these posts. My people skills aren't as good as I thought.
>
> I wish you the best.
>
> SusanSusan, I just wanted to say that I think your people skills are great. It's the medium that is flawed. Your considerable skill with language is negated by the absence of all the other tools you probably use every day, to great effect: inflection, tone, volume, eye contact, body language, and so on.
It's just so darn easy to be misunderstood in a text-only forum, that lacks even the immediacy of something like a chat room.
Lar
P.S. I'm glad you find my chemist-head alter-ego valuable.
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