"Dawlish" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 2:08 am, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jun 4, 10:22 pm, "JCW" wrote:
Dear god, Paul, will you please get a life!

based access to usenet, instead of a newsreader
group. In the first instance, it is easier and many stick to that.
Others on here do. Are they stupid? No, They just use it because of
it's initial ease of access and stick with it. It's inertia, I know,
Joe, but no-one follows every perfect solution; there are too many in
this life. I honestly think that it is your good self that needs to
"get a life" having seen you post, in response to me, just this once
here and the post is simply a snipe and nothing to do with the
weather.

Paul, I must reply.

I will accept that my 'get a life' remark was uncalled for and I take it
back. I did not intend any snipe, as you describe it.

I had been reading this thread out of content interest initially. The fact
that I posted this "once here" was a reaction to, what I considered, a rash
post of your own to Mike T. I've followed your posts, and others, for the
information they offer, the debates the provoke, the arguments they counter
however on this occasion I just thought your own response was
inappropriate...much as mine obviously is!

The point that was being made, intially, was that the headers of your post
were not being changed by an individual however the fact that usenet made it
appear so! (If I am wrong about this then I totally apologise for that
interpretation.) The fact that Mike tried to explain this seems lost
because, in my opinion, you perceived his post to be a deliberate(?) attempt
to make public your IP address and the possibility you felt his advice
patronising? Of course, I'm not a mind reader and can't read your thoughts
or intent but then neither are you and until, or if, Mike replies we are
only second-guessing the intent behind a few lines of text... I think you'd
agree that trying to do so is probably all, too commonly, a dangerous
mistake to make?

In trying to that that very thing here, I detect a certain grand
righteousness about a minority of your posts! I hope is nothing more than my
own mis-interpretation of your posts! We all make mistakes...well most of
us.

I won't get into your scientific challenges you make to Weatherlawyer
however the 'conversations' between you both do make interesting reading for
many reasons but maybe my description of 'banter' is not apt. Anyway W is
well ,well able to comment for himself!

Finally, with regard to "snipes", I would seem not to be alone in rising to
that particular behaviour as per your comment below?

"If the title is changed, maybe the same few who feel it is fine to descend
from the trees to criticise someone using web-based access to usenet and
therefore not fully understanding newsreader access, will feel similarly
moved to criticise the one who alters it - but why do I doubt that they will
do that."

I don't like being preached to; I am quite sure you are no different. I
don't want to persist with this off-topic posting however that decision is
as much your as mine. I'll try not to be so serious; so quick to judge; so
quick to respond without due consideration. It's difficult but I'll try!!

Regards,

Joe