Post #110,242
7/17/03 8:57:07 PM
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Gosh.. I missed a whole Fluffy Purple Dinosaur Flamewar :(
As my mater used to say (funny how smart a dumb-ol parent seems to get as we get older. Wonder where the polarity of that line changes from a - to a +)
You can be as easy as an old shoe. And worth as little.
What I say is - as in, wearing one's religion on sleeve for instant nose-blowing {I Talk to God!} {..but does She indeed Talk Back?}
Honesty is an attribute which someone might say about someone else.
(and then: always it's an opinion of someone Not living inside that particular -and possibly quite expertly-dissembling- head)
Look.. I Am Honest is an oyymoron. It is a phrase so self-congratulatory that - only A career Politician could miss why.
Look it up, please. Your er experience-base is in some disrepair if.. you have never heard the phrase, talking past each other.
We are Here to Help with Your Ed-ja-Kay'-shun, as our fearless non-elected pResident might say, all too willingly.
Ashton
Now me..
I AM Honest. But those Other guys..
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Post #110,260
7/17/03 10:36:07 PM
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dont you be fucking raggin my shoes!!! :-)
best pair I got is a set of clarty beuits (ugly mofo boots) rescued from a dumpster circa earely eighties. Anytime I have to walk further than 1 mile these fellers come out and go on. Have put on 30 miles a day with those and there isnt a $200+ dollar replacement that I would trade them for. They are worn to my paticular ugly gait and schlep along better than any nike ever made.
thanx,
bill
questions, help? [link|mailto:pappas@catholic.org|email pappas at catholic.org]
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Post #110,402
7/18/03 5:02:00 PM
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OK. We now return you to our regularly scheduled
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Post #110,262
7/17/03 10:50:14 PM
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No idea what you mean ( was Re: Gosh.. I missed a ...)
Honesty is an attribute which someone might say about someone else. I don't remember saying anything about honesty in this thread, so I don't know what this is replying to. Look it up, please. Your er experience-base is in some disrepair if.. you have never heard the phrase, talking past each other. I have no idea how to look up a phrase. And I really have not ever heard of that particular phrase. So would someone enlighten me? Thanks. Nightowl >8# P.S. I can't stand Barney the purple dinosaur, by the way. ;) "Only dead fish swim with the stream."
Linda Ellerbee
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Post #110,294
7/18/03 7:41:33 AM
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Neither does anyone else. I wouldn't worry about it.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #110,404
7/18/03 5:08:45 PM
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OK. I failed. No big deal. Change to owls.
Recommendation, for owl-to-owl communication then:
Pigwidgeon (sp?) - one of the owls in the Harry Potter series, might express with more clarity. Actaully the Wizard-wisdom in a few paragraphs across all the series - will do even better. Certainly it will do better than modrin edjaKayshun is doing, lately.
What a Hoot!
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Post #110,534
7/20/03 2:59:02 AM
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"talking past each other"
Means two people in a dialogue who think they are in a conversation (i.e. are listening and responding) but are not (i.e. are talking without listening or without understanding the other person).
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #110,536
7/20/03 3:40:13 AM
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Exactly
Imagine two people, not quite facing each other, talking at once. What each says goes past the other - and doesn't register. The result is 2 different conversations, and frustration as half-heard responses don't seem to fit what you said.
When a conversation feels like that, I would say that the people are talking past each other. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
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Post #110,587
7/20/03 6:43:57 PM
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Re: Exactly
Imagine two people, not quite facing each other, talking at once. What each says goes past the other - and doesn't register. The result is 2 different conversations, and frustration as half-heard responses don't seem to fit what you said. When a conversation feels like that, I would say that the people are talking past each other. :-) Thanks! That makes so much more sense, and explains why you and I weren't understanding each other! :) Nightowl >8# "Only dead fish swim with the stream."
Linda Ellerbee
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