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alloy-digest         Saturday, March 14 1998         Volume 03 : Number 069



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Alloy: Happy Birthday Suzanne!!!                  [RThurF <RThurF@aol.com>]
  Re: Alloy: The 40's?                              [RThurF <RThurF@aol.com>]
  Re: Alloy: Happy Birthday Suzanne!!!  [IT Admin - Govt Office North West <]
  Re: Alloy: The 40's?  [IT Admin - Govt Office North West <help.gonw.st@gtn]
  Re: Alloy: Happy Birthday Suzanne!!!     [Eclipse <eclipse@white-star.com>]

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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 08:33:53 EST
From: RThurF <RThurF@aol.com>
Subject: Alloy: Happy Birthday Suzanne!!!

Hey Miss Sakamoto!!

!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!

You have to tell me what kind of frosting you want on all these cupcakes I
made :)

have a great day!

love Robin

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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 08:32:29 EST
From: RThurF <RThurF@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Alloy: The 40's?

In a message dated 98-03-12 19:36:05 EST, Slarv wrote:

<< I always try to treat EVERYONE equally.  I'm sure I sometimes fail (some of
 our users definitely seem like nimnoes to me), I'm only human like everyone
 else, but I do TRY to treat people as I'd like them to treat me, however
 hard it might be sometimes.  Behaviour breeds similar behaviour.  If you
 treat people well, they'll usually reciprocate;  not always, but usually.
 
>>

I agree, and I also agree that for some people the more you try to please them
the more subtly demanding they become. I do love a peaceful environment & will
gladly put myself in a position of mediator if I think I can help keep things
on an even keel; most people really are able to see someone else's point of
view once they know what it is. But sometimes I lose my patience when it's
clear someone's trying to be manipulative for their own warped purposes, or if
they're not being considerate of others' feelings. Then, even if I stubbornly
try to remain cheerful after someone's gone & pissed me off, the things I say
start become laced with sarcasm & after I've heard myself sounding like this a
few times, I know it's time for me to just shut up & accept the fact that I'm
pissed off.

Robin

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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 00:43:34 GMT
From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West <help.gonw.st@gtnet.gov.uk>
Subject: Re: Alloy: Happy Birthday Suzanne!!!

At 08:33 13/03/98 EST, Robin wrote:
>
>Hey Miss Sakamoto!!
>
>!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!
>
<snip>

OOOPs!!!! I almost missed it.  Luckily, because of the time zone difference
I can say, 'Happy Birthday Miss Sakamoto' because even though it's the 14th
here, it's still the 13th there.

Very best wishes.

Slarvibarglhee

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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 00:43:37 GMT
From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West <help.gonw.st@gtnet.gov.uk>
Subject: Re: Alloy: The 40's?

At 08:32 13/03/98 EST, Robin wrote:
>
>>>
>
>I agree, and I also agree that for some people the more you try to please them
>the more subtly demanding they become. 

Er, did I say that?  Did I imply it?  If I didn't, I probably should have done.

<snip>
> But sometimes I lose my patience when it's
>clear someone's trying to be manipulative for their own warped purposes, or if
>they're not being considerate of others' feelings. 

The nature of my work, which is to help users of our IT system, requires me
to be civil to them even when I feel like saying, "Why don't you shut up and
pay attention to what I'm telling you, then you might learn something."  I
try to remember that what is obvious and simple to me, may be a difficult
and unusual concept to them, because they may not be doing it on a daily
basis like I am.  But it's easy to forget this sometimes.  Some of them ARE
manipulative little beggars, who will pretend not to know how to do
something so that I'll do it for them, but they are in the minority.


AND ----- At 00:38 13/03/98 -0500, Crackers wrote:
>

>
>I still have the same youthful enthusiasm for life that I had when I was
>17, only now it is tempered with the wisdom gained by 14 years of experience
>in the adult world.
>

Wise words from hell there, sunbeam.  And wisdom is all very well in its
place, but youthful enthusiasm should definitely be encouraged as well.

Slarv

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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 01:04:55 -0800
From: Eclipse <eclipse@white-star.com>
Subject: Re: Alloy: Happy Birthday Suzanne!!!

IT Admin - Govt Office North West wrote:
> 
> At 08:33 13/03/98 EST, Robin wrote:
> >
> >Hey Miss Sakamoto!!
> >
> >!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!
> >
> <snip>
> 
> OOOPs!!!! I almost missed it.  Luckily, because of the time zone difference
> I can say, 'Happy Birthday Miss Sakamoto' because even though it's the 14th
> here, it's still the 13th there.
> 
> Very best wishes.
> 
> Slarvibarglhee

Eeeek, I almost missed it too!  5 minutes left, now that's close!
Hrmmm, a Friday the 13th Birthday... Robin's got cupcakes, I guess I'll
bring the black cats.  Happy Birthday, Miss Sakamoto!  Here's hoping it
was a very special day.

(and also that it was nothing like -my- last birthday)

 -- E(lipse

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