Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


I get my gum from Australia. Don't know if they have 'name-calling' patches.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those who deserve
the names!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a few
others respond to :-)




John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

P.Fritz wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now
are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance
of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be
perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those
who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a
few
others respond to :-)


See? I knew Fritz wouldn't be able to stop the childish name calling.
Kudos to the rest of you, though. Hell, even JimH and I have had a
meaningful conversation. I DO hope Fritz sees the light, and starts
posting meaningful diatribes, but it doesn't look good so far.

On 8 Mar 2005 05:09:02 -0800, wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now
are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance
of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be
perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those
who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a
few
others respond to :-)


See? I knew Fritz wouldn't be able to stop the childish name calling.
Kudos to the rest of you, though. Hell, even JimH and I have had a
meaningful conversation. I DO hope Fritz sees the light, and starts
posting meaningful diatribes, but it doesn't look good so far.

Why don't you just killfile him? Do you not recognize your participation?


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

JimH wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again.

bass wrote:


Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again

***********
Give him some slack.

He really doesn't know any better.

With some people it's a controllable decision and expresses a behavior
that can be controlled.
With others, its a bonafide personality disorder and literally defines
who they are.