"And let no man put asunder, the joining of this man and woman, in holy
matrimony, now and forever, amen".
:-)
Sorry. Poor form, I know... But somehow through all of this, I'm seeing a
bit of humor. And they say you British have a peculiar sense of humor!
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
To: spitlist <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: Laura.G <Laura.G@141.com>; spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: On MailList politics and knowing who's ones friends are...
>
> As usual with these things, it seems that it is everyone's fault a little,
and
> no-one's fault completely.
>
> Joe, I believe you may have treated Laura with some level of insensitivity
in
> your comments to her. Whatever your intentions, it is clear that your
words
> have genuinely upset Laura badly. I find it hard to believe she would
turn
> her back on a community that she has been so much a part of, purely as
some
> sort of attention-seeking tantrum. Maybe good intentions, but badly
phrased
> to someone who we know can take things very personally.
>
> Laura, I suspect that you may have over-reacted to Joe's comments. They
may
> have appeared hurtful, but the impression I get from what he subsequently
said
> is that his intentions were honourable - he seemed concerned that, to him
and
> possibly others, your claims were making you look foolish. He may be
right,
> he may be wrong - I have never stopped to question your claims, without
having
> seen Nigel, and I have never considered you foolish - but his concern
appears
> to me that he wants to save you from embarrassment. You clearly are
capable
> of standing up for yourself and do not want to be saved by anyone, but I
> believe Joe's intentions were merely misplaced good ones, not
deliberately
> hurtful - at least before the slanging match started up.
>
> Laura, I hope you will return to this list, I'm sure most of us appreciate
your
> contributions and humour, and those who don't, well they should just keep
it
> to themselves. No-one gets on with everyone in this world, and for the
sake
> of the general peace it is best just to stay away from those we don't get
on
> with.
>
> Everyone, whether or not Laura re-joins, can we put this behind us now,
and
> continue as friends as we all were before. Yes, I know that makes me a
> hypocrite, since it was me who dug up what should already have been
buried and
> forgotten - for this I apologise.
>
> Enough now.
>
> Richard
>
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