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how does one grok it sounds a useful practice for al of us please explain judy >From: "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fled the scene >Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:24:42 -0400 > >Hi all, > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, the digest contained: > > > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:27:17 -0400 > > From: JoAnn Coen <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: Fled the scene > > > ... Thanks for giving us more info on the Briggs-Myers personality > > tests ... > > Your welcome. I have found the exchanges on this topic inter- > esting as well. > > > ... Do they have a category for mad dog? I was one of those > > yesterday and I want to apologize to the world and call a truce ... > > :-) > > We all have one of those days, don't we. I try not to -- I > always (as I say) try to grok -- but sometimes it's just in- > evitable. > > ;-) > > > ... You are > > right when you said (paraphrasing) it's difficult to get the intonations > > or see a twinkle in one's eye, or a half smile to ease the perception of > > the written word ... > > That *is* the hardest thing to get used to in this form of > communication. When I reply, I try to (but not always to the > same level :-( ) write the reply, read it, add to or modify the > reply as new thoughts occur or errors appear, read it, spell > check the reply, and read it one last time. Usually, if I'm hav- > ing one of those "mad dog" days, the original need to send the > angry reply has melted away by the time I get to the reply/send > operation. > > But, I also understand that not everyone is as ana ... er, uh, > ... I mean as careful as I try to be. Sometimes, it seems just > too easy to write a few quick lines in anger and hit send/reply > without thinking things over. > > > ... Maybe > > today will come up smelling more like roses. > > I'm sure it will Jo Ann. Take care ... > >Bill-- > ...who is troubled because he can't write zero in Roman numerals. > __ _-==-=_,-. >.___. William A. ....._..._ .......7177 Heritage Drive/--`' \_O-O.--< ---+ >| _ \__ _ _ _ _ _ ___| |_| |_ ___ .Westchester........`--'\ \ <___/. | >| _/ _` | '_| '_/ -_) _| _/ -_).OH 45069-4012......| \ \\ " / | >|_| \__,_|_| |_| \___|\__|\__\___|.513/779-0780.......| >=\\_/`< 42?| >..... http://w3.one.net/~wap/ .... [log in to unmask] .......+--- /= | \_/|----+ > _/=== \___/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com