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John H.[_3_]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:16:13 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I just don't get why you let someones internet "psudo-persona" get to
you. Lot's of folks have "play" personalities they use in different
areas of usenet, some more affable than others I tell my kids all
the time. No sock puppet, not one, that you meet on line will truly
represent the real person behind the keyboard, they are all sock
puppets, every last one of them. If you meet off line, they "will" be
different, every single one of them, that's why I have the Vegas Rule,
so those folks can be who they want to be on line.
It's a little different for me because I do have an online business
that really gives the reader a good insight into who "is" behind the
keyboard. The way I do business makes this necessary for folks to
trust enough to send large checks to a small family business which
they have never visited, or in most cases until the time of the
transaction, never even heard of. That is a little difficult to
explain to my kids, but we get by.
JustWait..., was a screen name I came here with, hoping that those who
knew me well, would recognize me, and those who did not, I could be a
little more free with. Of course my net experience was ruined by a
local net nanny who got a little ****ed at something I said, so
cleverly "outed" me, so be it, but it still was not right. Anyway, be
who you want to be on line, none of you are the same off line, as much
as you might swear you are, so think of "your nemisis" as just another
annoying sock puppet, play with it, but don't try to smash it, you
can't, you can't even reach it so you will only end up more negative
and frustrated, trust me...

That's my rant for the day.. And for those of you following, I think I
am moving toward more of a functional state healthwise for this
season, although I probably scarred another chunk of lung... so be
it.. Thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers, and concerns, on and
off line..

Glad to hear the health is somewhat better.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)