Re: TI-H: Jason Dyer


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Re: TI-H: Jason Dyer




I must say I do not like your new signature.  It is enclosed to show how
it came through.
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 13:41:46 +0000 kimo <kimo@iland.net> writes:
>
><html><div>Hmm, alright i'll jump into it.&nbsp; How about before you
>&quot;e-bomb&quot; him, talked to his parents first.&nbsp; Chances 
>are,
>his parents are going to be total dickheads.&nbsp; If you explain what
>happened, I'm sure they'll do something about it.&nbsp; I mean, 24.50 
>is
>a lot of money.&nbsp; It's also the time involved, a month and a half 
>and
>you got nothing.&nbsp; Just call them up first, then if they are
>dickheads . . . I'll right back with another &quot;talk you out of
>it&quot; letter.&nbsp; =)</div>
><div>Anyway, i really don't care, i just wanted to test out my new
>signature.&nbsp; =)&nbsp; Like it?</div>
><br>
><br>
><div>At 06:22 AM 4/12/98 , you wrote:</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---Well excuse me!&nbsp; 
>Several
>people were talking about it, and even though it</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---doesn't get my money back, 
>it's
>definately worth it, and maybe he will think</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---twice about doing something
>like that.&nbsp; $24.50 is a good sum of money, but</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---what's worse is the month 
>and a
>half he had my calc.&nbsp; What if the nation had</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---the same idea you do?&nbsp;
>They would say, &quot;Oh, he just killed one person, we</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---have 258 million more, not a
>big deal, we shouldn't take the time to worry</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---about it&quot;, how do you
>think this country would be?&nbsp; It would be total</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---anarchy, and I'm not about 
>to
>let someone jip me out of $24.50!&nbsp; That's like</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---handing him the money, I 
>don't
>see why you let people get away with it, at</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---least file a report 
>somewhere,
>or they will think they got away with it, and</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---go around doing it to 
>everyone
>else!!!!!!&nbsp; So, maybe it IS worth your while</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---to give someone the 
>punishment
>they deserve.</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;Ya know, this is a list
>about TI-Hardware. That means people talking</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;about building new
>interfaces for the calc to work with and stuff like</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;that. It means a group 
>of
>people who are capable of having rational</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;thoughts and doing 
>rational
>things. People who are responsible enough</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;that if somebody agrees 
>to
>do something and then doesn't, you just get</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;over it. At a $5/hr job 
>you
>can earn $20 back in a single afternoon. I</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;sell link cables to 
>people
>all the time, and I've been fortunate enough</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;to have always dealed 
>with
>honest people. I realize that somebody could</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;rip me off by sending a
>bogus check, but at $15 I don't worry about it.</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;I don't burn extra cash 
>to
>heat the house, but I won't die because I</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;lost $15 on
>something.</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;Basically what this is
>coming to is a single point. I expected that</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;people on a TI-Hardware
>list would be smart enough to realize that there</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;isn't a point in
>mail-bombing somebody. It doesn't get your $20 back. It</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;wastes your time, which 
>you
>could have spent doing something productive</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;(like earning another 
>$20).
>Like inventing some new hardware for the TI.</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;So knock it off. I know 
>the
>majority of people on here are high school</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;students, but that is
>certainly old enough to know how to act like a</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;decent human 
>being.</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;--</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;Greg Hill</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>---&gt;greg-hill@bigfoot.com</div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>---&gt;<a href="http://www.comports.com/link" 
>EUDORA=AUTOURL>www.comports.com/link</a></div>
><div>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---&gt;</div>
>---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --- 
><BR>
>
><P>
>
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