--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander > > > > <mailander111@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I think the distinction was implicit in what Curtisdeltablues > > > > > said, but Judy missed it. Now that she understands it, I think > > > > > we're all pretty much in agreement. > > > > > > > > Angela. Every single time you venture to > > > > suss out my thinking, you fall flat on your > > > > face, and this is no exception. You're so > > > > wildly off-base here I don't know how to > > > > begin to go about straightening you out. > > > > > > > > Just stick to commenting on what people > > > > *say*, not what you imagine them to have > > > > understood. You'll be a lot better off. > > > > > > Pot. Kettle. Black. > > > > > > If we had a nickel for every time YOU > > > have done this, we'd be able to afford > > > to payt the two shyster-Governors to > > > tell us how high we are. :-) > > > > No, see, the "black" here is to do it > > *cluelessly*, the way Angela does it-- > > and the way you do it as well. Both of > > you are so convinced of your own > > wonderfulness, of your own self- > > importance, that you don't think you > > need to pay attention to what people > > actually say. > > As opposed to...uh...reacting to having > it pointed out that you do *exactly* the > same thing you're accusing Angela of, and > far more frequently, by getting all uppity > and defensive? :-)
This is an example, BTW, of what I'm talking about: You didn't pay attention to what I actually said, so your comment is a non sequitur. > I think the "black" that you're trying to > convey is that you are always RIGHT when you > claim to know what someone here is "really" > thinking when they post, or what their "real" > intent was behind the post, or when you add > one of your famous "Translation:" comments > to change what the poster actually said into > what you think they said. :-) Nope, not always (another example). But I'm a lot better at it than you or Angela, because I *pay attention* to what people say and base my remarks on that rather than just consulting my imagination.
