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The New Hobbit Hole
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Well, yeah, I suppose... eventually... uhm, is there a time limit?What's the matter, Bear - feeling a bit Entish?
To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog
Oh, congratulations on passing! And good luck in the job hunt!
Are you enjoying my catching up, Hair?
To: RosieCotton
Heh heh... I come by it honestly, my family has a long tradition of folks moving slowly.
But compared to my Rose, I'm positively hasty!
To: ecurbh
The score on the OS portion was a bit closer than I would have liked, but hey, when it's pass/fail, who cares? Exactly - who cares, so long as you pass and can put your certification on a resume! Score doesn't matter. Besides, you'll probably never use about 80% of what they put on those exams, anyway.
Thanks for the well-wishes. I'm just down because they said they'd call me for an interview this week, and now it's going on THURSDAY and no call! I feel like I'm being used (to use a Jane Austenism) abominably ill.
Keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow, though.
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I'm sorry, I'm working on that. What did you find objectionable about my previous post? The fact that I hold opinions different from yours?
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Bear, for goodness sake! I feel kinda bad for John now! - There was confrontation on all sides of that one today, but I think it was all civil. I don't think John was that confrontational. I guess we don't disagree around here very much, we sure notice when we do disagree! None of us know how to handle it when we see our own in a debate here.
I guess we should let the middle east just rest around here. Those conflicts have been going on thousands of years, we aren't gonna solve them here.
To: John Farson
What did you find objectionable about my previous post? The fact that I hold opinions different from yours?I rest my case.
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
How many times did I say "around here" in that post? No fair going back and counting.
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Okay. I'll shutup.
To: HairOfTheDog
I guess we don't disagree around here very much, we sure notice when we do disagree!I disagree with a lot of the regulars here on a lot of things. But I'll bet no one here has noticed that about me, have they?
To: John Farson; Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog
You know...I KNOW this site is meant for political discussion, but I can't help feeling that the Hobbit Hole isn't the place for it, in spite of it being on this site. Although we're all conservatives, we DON'T have the same views on a lot of things. And there are PLENTY of threads on the site to hash these things out on.
This is our safe refuge from the arguing that goes on elsewhere - let's keep it that way!
To: John Farson; Sam Cree; Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree
Well... when I got home tonight and saw your questions, I was going to haul out my stuff and go to town. But, I stopped when I realized that I don't have the time nor energy.
So, tell you what I'm going to do... I'm going to yield the field. I'm going to throw in the towel. I'm going raise the white flag.
I took the bait of the raspberry, and I got my clocked clean. You win! Enjoy a pint on me.
But could you do a little something for me. The next time Viggo, or Elijah, or one of them decide that they are against the war... don't ping me. Okay? Then my compulsion will not have an avenue to spill out all over the Hobbit Hole... (I am attending 12 step programs on this issue)
I understand your views, and I respect them. You did great. I feel just like the Cincinnati Bengals.
To: HairOfTheDog
OK, how many times did I say stuff like "these things"? I guess I'm not a very good writer, am I?
As if NaNoWriMo didn't teach me that already...
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog; carton253
I resolve not to mention my opinions on the Middle East here. It is a contentious issue.
To: RosieCotton
Rosie, can we get these people to get along? Everyone is testy!
To: carton253
I can't win. I gave up before you did. (see #45329) :-P
To: HairOfTheDog
I'm just getting a little worried...because it used to be if I was away for a day and found that there were way more posts than usual, it was because we were arguing about stuff like the true nature of lembas or whether or not Boromir was a jerk. Now...it tends to be stuff about the Middle East. Some of it is interesting...but there are so many other places on FR to discuss it! I want my tidy little (well...somewhat spammy) Hole back!
To: carton253; John Farson; Bear_in_RoseBear
I think the problem is the desire to win the debate. That is what doesn't fit here. I don't want to see anyone "lose" and admit defeat. We should all make our views known, but that doesn't mean we have to debate the ones we don't share. I think the problem comes with the extended effort to convince the other side.
To: John Farson
Well.. now I feel even more than the Bengals. 1 - 15! You have freepmail! LOL!
To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton
This reminds of why my mother's family always had only one rule at the family reunions - no discussion of religion or politics. All those subjects do is make people testy.
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